Demilancer

Dem"i*lan`cer (?), n. A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.

Demilune

Dem"i*lune` (?), n. [F. demi-lune.]

1. (Fort.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

2. (Physiol.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. &hand; Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.

Demiman

Dem"i*man` (?), n. A half man. [R.] Knolles.

Demimonde

Dem`i*monde" (?), n. [F.; demi + monde world, L. mundus.] Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. Literary demimonde, writers of the lowest kind.

Deminatured

Dem"i*na"tured (?; 135), a. Having half the nature of another. [R.] Shak.

Demiquaver

Dem"i*qua`ver (?), n. (Mus.) A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver. [R.]

Demirelief, Demirelievo

Dem`i*re*lief" (?), Dem`i*re*lie"vo (?), n. Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.

Demrep

Dem"*rep` (?), n. [Contr. fr. demi-reputation.] A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. [Colloq.] De Quincey.

Demi-rilievo

Dem"i-ri*lie"vo (?), n. [Pref. demi- + It. rilievo.] (Fine Arts) (a) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness. (b) A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.

Demisability

De*mis`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. (Law) The state of being demisable.

Demisable

De*mis"a*ble (?), a. [From Demise.] (Law) Capable of being leased; as, a demisable estate.

Demise

De*mise" (?), n. [F. d\'82mettre, p. p. d\'82mis, d\'82mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d\'82- (L. de or dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send. See Mission, and cf. Dismiss, Demit.]

1. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

2. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the death of any illustrious person.

After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing-rooms] were held but twice a week. P. Cunningham.

3. (Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter. Bouvier. &hand; The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown, royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as by that event the crown is transferred to a successor. Blackstone. Demise and redemise, a conveyance where there are mutual leases made from one to another of the same land, or something out of it. Syn. -- Death; decease; departure. See Death.

Demise

De*mise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demising.]

1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. "Power to demise my lands." Swift.

What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine? Shak.

2. To convey; to give. [R.]

His soul is at his conception demised to him. Hammond.

3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, be lease; to lease.

Demisemiquaver

Dem`i*sem"i*qua`ver (?), (Mus.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.

Demiss

De*miss" (?), a. [L. demissus, p. p. of demittere.] Cast down; humble; submissive. [Obs.]
He down descended like a most demiss And abject thrall. Spenser.

Demission

De*mis"sion (?), n. [L. demissio, fr. demittere. See Demit.]

1. The act of demitting, or the state of being demitted; a letting down; a lowering; dejection. "Demission of mind." Hammond.

Demission of sovereign authority. L'Estrange.

2. Resignation of an office. [Scot.]

Demissionary

De*mis"sion*a*ry (?), a.

1. Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary deed.

2. Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.

Demissive

De*miss"ive (?), a. [See Demiss.] Downcast; submissive; humble. [R.]
They pray with demissive eyelids. Lord (1630).

Demissly

De*miss"ly, adv. In a humble manner. [Obs.]

Demisuit

Dem"i*suit` (?), n. (Mil. Antiq.) A suit of light armor covering less than the whole body, as having no protection for the legs below the things, no vizor to the helmet, and the like.

Demit

De*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting.] [L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise.]

1. To let fall; to depress. [R.]

They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train]. Sir T. Browne.

2. To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.]

3. To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.]

General Conway demitted his office. Hume.

Demitint

Dem"i*tint` (?), n. (Fine Arts) (a) That part of a painting, engraving, or the like, which is neither in full darkness nor full light. (b) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition. Also called half tint.

Demitone

Dem"i*tone` (?), n. (Mus.) Semitone. [R.]

Demiurge

Dem"i*urge (?), n. [Gr. dhmioyrgo`s a worker for the people, a workman, especially the marker of the world, the Creator; dh`mios belonging to the people (fr. dh^mos the people) + 'e`rgon a work.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states.

2. God, as the Maker of the world.

3. According to the Gnostics, an agent or one employed by the Supreme Being to create the material universe and man.

Demiurgic

Dem`i*ur"gic (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to a demiurge; formative; creative. "Demiurgic power." De Quincey.

Demvill

Dem"*vill` (?), n. (Old Law) A half -vill, consisting of five freemen or frankpledges. Blackstone.

Demivolt

Dem"i*volt` (?), n. [Cf. F. demi-volte.] (Man.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.

Demiwolf

Dem"i*wolf` (?), n. A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf.

Demobilization

De*mob`i*li*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82mobilisation. See Mobilization.] (Mil.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing.

Demobilize

De*mob"i*lize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82mobiliser.] (Mil.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.

Democracy

De*moc"ra*cy (?), n.; pl. Democracies (#). [F. d\'82mocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a; dh^mos the people + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.]

1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.

2. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.

3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. Milton.

4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.]

Democrat

Dem"o*crat (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82mocrate.]

1. One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people.

Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat. Tennyson.

2. A member of the Democratic party. [U.S.]

Democratic

Dem`o*crat"ic (?), a. [Gr. d\'82mocratique.]

1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people.

2. Relating to a political party so called.

3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.

Democratical

Dem`o*crat"ic*al (?), a. Democratic.
The democratical was democratically received. Algernon Sidney.

Democratically

Dem`o*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a democratic manner.

Democratism

De*moc"ra*tism (?), n. The principles or spirit of a democracy. [R.]

Democratist

De*moc"ra*tist (?), n. A democrat. [R.] Burke.

Democratize

De*moc"ra*tize (?) v. t. To render democratic.

Democraty

De*moc"ra*ty (?), n. Democracy. [Obs.] Milton.
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Demogorgon

De`mo*gor"gon (?), n. [First me the scholiast, gorgo`s fierce, , A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See Gorgon.
Orcus and Ades, and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon. Milton.

Demography

De*mog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc. -- Dem`o*graph"ic, a.

Demoiselle

De`moi`selle" (?), n. [F. See Damsel.]

1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The Numidian crane (Antropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion.

Demolish

De*mol"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demolished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demolishing.] [F. d\'82molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de- + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See Mole a mound, and Finish.] To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
I expected the fabric of my book would long since have been demolished, and laid even with the ground. Tillotson.
Syn. -- To Demolish, Overturn, Destroy, Dismantle, Raze. That is overturned or overthrown which had stood upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are scattered; that is demolished which had formed a mass or structure; that is dismantled which is stripped of its covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its bastions, etc.; that is razed which is brought down smooth, and level to the ground. An ancient pillar is overturned or overthrown as the result of decay; as city is destroyed by an invasion of its enemies; a monument, the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real or imaginary, may be demolished; a fortress may be dismantled from motives of prudence, in order to render it defenseless; a city may be razed by way of punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of vengeance.

Demolisher

De*mol"ish`er (?), n. One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns.

Demolishment

De*mol"ish*ment (?), n. Demolition.

Demolition

Dem`o*li"tion (?; 277), n. [L. demolitio, fr. demoliri: cf. F. d\'82molition. See Demolish.] The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.

Demolitionist

Dem`o*li"tion*ist, n. A demolisher. [R.] Carlyle.

Demon

De"mon (?), n. [F. d\'82mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil spirit, fr. Gr.

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.

The demon kind is of an inSydenham.

2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates. [Often written d\'91mon.]

3. An evil spirit; a devil.

That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. Shak.

Demoness

De"mon*ess (?), n. A female demon.

Demonetization

De*mon`e*ti*za"tion (?), n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized.

Demonetize

De*mon"e*tize (?; see Monetary), v. t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. R. Cobden.

Demoniac, Demoniacal

De*mo"ni*ac (?), Dem`o*ni"a*cal (?; 277), a. [L. daemoniacus, fr. daemon; cf. F. d\'82moniaque. See Demon.]

1. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.

Sarcastic, demoniacal laughter. Thackeray.

2. Influenced or produced by a demon or evil spirit; as, demoniac or demoniacal power. "Demoniac frenzy." Milton.

Demoniac

De*mo"ni*ac (?), n.

1. A human being possessed by a demon or evil spirit; one whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon.

The demoniac in the gospel was sometimes cast into the fire. Bates.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists who maintain that the demons or devils will finally be saved.

Demoniacally

Dem`o*ni"a*cal*ly (?), adv. In a demoniacal manner.

Demoniacism

Dem`o*ni"a*cism (?), n. The state of being demoniac, or the practices of demoniacs.

Demonial

De*mo"ni*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a demon. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Demonian

De*mo"ni*an (?), a. Relating to, or having the nature of, a demon. "Demonian spirits." Milton.

Demonianism

De*mo"ni*an*ism (?), n. The state of being possessed by a demon or by demons.

Demoniasm

De*mo"ni*asm (?), n. See Demonianism. [R.]

Demonic

De*mo"nic (?), a. [L. daemonicus, Gr. daimoniko`s.] Of or pertaining to a demon or to demons; demoniac. "Demonic ambushes." Lowell.

Demonism

De"mon*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82monisme.] The belief in demons or false gods.
The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. Farmer.

Demonist

De"mon*ist, n. A believer in, or worshiper of, demons.

Demonize

De"mon*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demonizing.] [Cf. LL. daemonizare to be possessed by a demon, Gr.

1. To convert into a demon; to infuse the principles or fury of a demon into.

2. To control or possess by a demon.

Demonocracy

De`mon*oc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + kra`tos strength: cf. F. d\'82monocratie.] The power or government of demons.
A demonocracy of unclean spirits. H. Taylor.

Demonographer

De`mon*og"ra*pher (?), n. [Demon + -graph + -er.] A demonologist. [R.] Am. Cyc.

Demonolatry

De`mon*ol"a*try (?), n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + latrei`a worship, d\'82monol\'83trie.] The worship of demons.

Demonologer

De`mon*ol"o*ger (?), n. One versed in demonology. R. North.

Demonologic, Demonological

De`mon*o*log"ic (?), De`mon*o*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82monologique.] Of or Pertaining to demonology.

Demonologist

De`mon*ol"o*gist (?), n. One who writes on, or is versed in, demonology.

Demonology

De`mon*ol"o*gy (?; 277), n. [Demon + -logy: cf. F. d\'82monologie.] A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations. Sir W. Scott.

Demonomagy

De`mon*om"a*gy (?), n. [Gr. dai`mwn demon + magic.] Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black or infernal magic. Bp. Hurd.

Demonomania

De*mon`o*ma"ni*a (?), n. [Demon + mania.] A form of madness in which the patient conceives himself possessed of devils.

Demonomist

De*mon"o*mist (?) n. One in subjection to a demon, or to demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Demonomy

De*mon"o*my (?), n. [Gr. The dominion of demons. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Demonry

De"mon*ry (?), n. Demoniacal influence or possession. J. Baillie.

Demonship

De"mon*ship, n. The state of a demon. Mede.

Demonstrability

De*mon`stra*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrableness.

Demonstrable

De*mon"stra*ble (?), a. [L. demonstrabilis: cf. OF. demonstrable, F. d\'82montrable.]

1. Capable of being demonstrated; that can be proved beyond doubt or question.

The grand articles of our belief are as demonstrable as geometry. Glanvill.

2. Proved; apparent. [Obs.] Shak.

Demonstrableness

De*mon"stra*ble*ness, n. The quality of being demonstrable; demonstrability.

Demonstrably

De*mon"stra*bly, adv. In a demonstrable manner; incontrovertibly; clearly.
Cases that demonstrably concerned the public cause. Clarendon.

Demonstrance

De*mon"strance (?), n. [OF. demonstrance.] Demonstration; proof. [Obs.] Holland.

Demonstrate

Dem"on*strate (?; 277), v. t. [L. demonstratus, p. p. of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show. See Monster.]

1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident. Shak.

2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the possibility of doubt or denial.

We can not demonstrate these things so as to show that the contrary often involves a contradiction. Tillotson.

3. (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other anatomical preparation).

Demonstrater

Dem"on*stra`ter, n. See Demonstrator.

Demonstration

Dem`on*stra"tion (?), n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F. d\'82monstration.]

1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof; especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt; indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

Those intervening ideas which serve to show the agreement of any two others are called "proofs;" and where agreement or disagreement is by this means plainly and clearly perceived, it is called demonstration. Locke.

2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a manifestation; a show.

Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief? Shak.
Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. Prescott.

3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or other anatomical preparation.

4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement indicating an attack.

5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself.

6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions. Direct, ∨ Positive, demonstration (Logic & Math.), one in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; -- opposed to Indirect, ∨ Negative, demonstration (called also reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion is an inference from the demonstration that any other hypothesis must be incorrect.

Demonstrative

De*mon"stra*tive (?), a. [F. d\'82monstratif, L. demonstrativus.]

1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden.

An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker.

2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.

3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.

Demonstrative

De*mon"stra*tive, n. (Gram.) A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.

Demonstratively

De*mon"stra*tive*ly (?), adv. In a manner fitted to demonstrate; clearly; convincingly; forcibly.

Demonstrativeness

De*mon"stra*tive*ness, n. The state or quality of being demonstrative.

Demonstrator

Dem"on*stra`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F. d\'82monstrateur.]

1. One who demonstrates; one who proves anything with certainty, or establishes it by indubitable evidence.

2. (Anat.) A teacher of practical anatomy.

Demonstratory

De*mon"stra*to*ry (?), a. Tending to demonstrate; demonstrative. Johnson.

Demorage

De*mor"age (?; 48), n. Demurrage. [Obs.] Pepys (1663).

Demoralization

De*mor`al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82moralisation.] The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being corrupted or subverted in discipline, courage, etc.; as, the demoralization of an army or navy.

Demoralize

De*mor"al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demoralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demoralizing.] [F. d\'82moraliser; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + moraliser. See Moralize.] To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
The demoralizing example of profligate power and prosperous crime. Walsh.
The vices of the nobility had demoralized the army. Bancroft.

Demosthenic

Dem`os*then"ic (?), a. [L. Demosthenicus: cf. F. D\'82mosth\'82nique.] Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator.

Demotic

De*mot"ic (?), a. [Gr. d\'82motique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. Demotic alphabet ∨ character, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also epistolographic character, and enchorial character. See Enchorial.

Demount

De*mount" (?), v. i. To dismount. [R.]

Dempne

Demp"ne (?) v. t. To damn; to condemn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dempster; 215, Demster

Demp"ster (?; 215), Dem"ster (?), n. [See Deemster.]

1. A deemster.

2. (O. Scots Law) An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.

Demulce

De*mulce" (?), v. t. [L. demulcere; de- + mulcere to stroke, soothe.] To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

Demulcent

De*mul"cent (?), a. [L. demulcens, p. pr. of demulcere.] Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent.

Demulcent

De*mul"cent, n. (Med.) A substance, usually of a mucilaginous or oily nature, supposed to be capable of soothing an inflamed nervous membrane, or protecting i

Demulsion

De*mul"sion (?), n. The act of soothing; that which soothes. Feltham.

Demur

De*mur" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Demurred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demurring.] [OF. demurer, demorer, demourer, to linger, stay, F. demeurer, fr. L. demorari; de- + morari to delay, tarry, stay, mora delay; prob. originally, time for thinking, reflection, and akin to memor mindful. See Memory.]

1. To linger; to stay; to tarry. [Obs.]

Yet durst not demur nor abide upon the camp. Nicols.

2. To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Upon this rub, the English embassadors thought fit to demur. Hayward.

3. To scruple or object; to take exception; as, I demur to that statement.

4. (Law) To interpose a demurrer. See Demurrer, 2.

Demur

De*mur", v. t.

1. To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about. [Obs.]

The latter I demur, for in their looks Much reason, and in their actions, oft appears. Milton.

2. To cause delay to; to put off. [Obs.]

He demands a fee, And then demurs me with a vain delay. Quarles.

Demur

De*mur", n. [OF. demor, demore, stay, delay. See Demur, v. i.] Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Pope.

Demure

De*mure" (?), a. [Perh. from OF. de murs (i. e., de bonnes murs of good manners); de of + murs, mours, meurs, mors, F. m, fr. L. mores (sing. mos) manners, morals (see Moral); or more prob. fr. OF. me\'81r, F. m\'96r mature, ripe (see Mature) in a phrase preceded by de, as de m\'96re conduite of mature conduct.]

1. Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.

Sober, steadfast, and demure. Milton.
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes. W. Black.

2. Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her. L'Estrange.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head. Miss Mitford.

Demure

De*mure", v. i. To look demurely. [Obs.] Shak.

Demurely

De*mure"ly, adv. In a demure manner; soberly; gravely; -- now, commonly, with a mere show of gravity or modesty.
They . . . looked as demurely as they could; for 't was a hanging matter to laugh unseasonably. Dryden.

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Demureness

De*mure"ness (?), n. The state of being demure; gravity; the show of gravity or modesty.

Demurity

De*mur"i*ty (?), n. Demureness; also, one who is demure. Sir T. Browne.

Demurrable

De*mur"ra*ble (?), a. That may be demurred to. Stormonth.

Demurrage

De*mur"rage (?), n. [Cf. OF. demorage delay. See Demur.] (Law) (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. M\'bfCulloch.
&hand; The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.

Demurral

De*mur"ral (?), n. Demur; delay in acting or deciding.
The same causes of demurral existed which prevented British troops from assisting in the expulsion of the French from Rome. Southey.

Demurrer

De*mur"rer (?), n.

1. One who demurs.

2. (Law) A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alleged by the opposite party, it is sufficient in law to sustain the action or defense, and hence whether the party resting is bound to answer or proceed further. Demurrer to evidence, an exception taken by a party to the evidence offered by the opposite party, and an objecting to proceed further, on the allegation that such evidence is not sufficient in law to maintain the issue, and a reference to the court to determine the point. Bouvier.

Demy

De*my" (?), n.; pl. Demies (#). [See Demi-.]

1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper.

2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [Written also demi.]

He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called "scholars," young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson.

Demy

De*my", a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book.

Den

Den (?), n. [AS. denn; perh. akin to G. tenne floor, thrashing floor, and to AS. denu valley.]

1. A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; esp., a cave used by a wild beast for shelter or concealment; as, a lion's den; a den of robbers.

2. A squalid place of resort; a wretched dwelling place; a haunt; as, a den of vice. "Those squalid dens, which are the reproach of great capitals." Addison.

3. Any snug or close retreat where one goes to be alone. [Colloq.]

4. [AS. denu.] A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Shak.

Den

Den, v. i. To live in, or as in, a den.
The sluggish salvages that den below. G. Fletcher.

Denarcotize

De*nar"co*tize (?), v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion (#), n.

Denarius

De*na"ri*us (?), n.; pl. Denarii (#). [L. See 2d Denier.] A Roman silver coin of the value of about fourteen cents; the "penny" of the New Testament; -- so called from being worth originally ten of the pieces called as.

Denary

Den"a*ry (?), a. [L. denarius. See 2d Denier.] Containing ten; tenfold; proceeding by tens; as, the denary, or decimal, scale.

Denary

Den"a*ry, n.

1. The number ten; a division into ten.

2. A coin; the Anglicized form of denarius. Udall.

Denationalization

De*na`tion*al*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82nationalisation.] The or process of denationalizing.

Denationalize

De*na"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denationalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denationalizing.] [Cf. F. d\'82nationaliser.] To divest or deprive of national character or rights.
Bonaparte's decree denationalizes, as he calls it, all ships that have touched at a British port. Cobbett.
An expatriated, denationalized race. G. Eliot.

Denaturalize

De*nat"u*ral*ize (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denaturalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denaturalizing.] [Cf. F. d\'82naturaliser.]

1. To render unnatural; to alienate from nature.

2. To renounce the natural rights and duties of; to deprive of citizenship; to denationalize. [R.]

They also claimed the privilege, when aggrieved, of denaturalizing themselves, or, in other words, of publicly renouncing their allegiance to their sovereign, and of enlisting under the banners of his enemy. Prescott.

Denay

De*nay" (?), v. t. [See Deny.] To deny. [Obs.]
That with great rage he stoutly doth denay. Spenser.

Denay

De*nay", n. Denial; refusal. [Obs.] Shak.

Dendrachate

Den"dra*chate (?), n. [L. dendrachates; Gr. dendrachate, dendragate.] (Min.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.

Dendriform

Den"dri*form (?), a. [Gr. -form.] Resembling in structure a tree or shrub.

Dendrite

Den"drite (?), n. [Gr. dendrite.] (Min.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization.

Dendritic, Dendritical

Den*drit"ic (?), Den*drit"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent.

Dendroc Den`dro*c (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets.

Dendroid, Dendroidal

Den"droid (?), Den*droid"al (?), a. [Gr. dendro\'8bde.] Resembling a shrub or tree in form; treelike.

Dendrolite

Den"dro*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite: cf. F. dendrolithe.] (Paleon.) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.

Dendrologist

Den*drol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in the natural history of trees.

Dendrologous

Den*drol"o*gous (?), a. Relating to dendrology.

Dendrology

Den*drol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. dendrologie.] A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.

Dendrometer

Den*drom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. dendrom\'8atre.] An instrument to measure the height and diameter of trees.

Denegate

Den"e*gate (?), v. t. [L. denegatus, p. p. of denegare. See Deny.] To deny. [Obs.]

Denegation

Den`e*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82n\'82gation.] Denial. [Obs.]

Dengue

Den"gue (?), n. [See Note, below.] (Med.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal. &hand; This disease, when it first appeared in the British West India Islands, was called the dandy fever, from the stiffness and constraint which it grave to the limbs and body. The Spaniards of the neighboring islands mistook the term for their word dengue, denoting prudery, which might also well express stiffness, and hence the term dengue became, as last, the name of the disease. Tully.

Deniable

De*ni"a*ble (?), a. [See Deny.] Capable of being, or liable to be, denied.

Denial

De*ni"al (?), n. [See Deny.]

1. The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.

You ought to converse with so much sincerity that your bare affirmation or denial may be sufficient. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. A refusal to admit the truth of a statement, charge, imputation, etc.; assertion of the untruth of a thing stated or maintained; a contradiction.

3. A refusal to grant; rejection of a request.

The commissioners, . . . to obtain from the king's subjects as much as they would willingly give, . . . had not to complain of many peremptory denials. Hallam.

4. A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God. Denial of one's self, a declining of some gratification; restraint of one's appetites or propensities; self-denial.

Deniance

De*ni"ance (?), n. Denial. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Denier

De*ni"er (?), n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ.

Denier

De*nier" (?), n. [F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten, and cf. Denary, Dinar.] A small copper coin of insignificant value.
My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak.

Denigrate

Den"i*grate (?), v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.]

1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. Boyle.

2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.]

To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. Morley.

Denigration

Den`i*gra"tion (?), n. [L. denigratio.]

1. The act of making black. Boyle.

2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation.

The vigorous denigration of science. Morley.

Denigrator

Den"i*gra`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, blackens.

Denim

Den"im (?), n. [Of uncertain origin.] A coarse cotton drilling used for overalls, etc.

Denitration

Den`i*tra"tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + nitrate.] A disengaging, or removal, of nitric acid.

Denitrification

De*ni`tri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.

Denitrify

De*ni"tri*fy (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + nitrogen + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, nitrogen.

Denization

Den`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. Hallam.

Denize

De*nize" (?), v. t. To make a denizen; to confer the rights of citizenship upon; to naturalize. [Obs.]
There was a private act made for denizing the children of Richard HillStrype.

Denizen

Den"i*zen (?), n. [OF. denzein, deinzein, prop., one living (a city or country); opposed to forain foreign, and fr. denz within, F. dans, fr. L. de intus, prop., from within, intus being from in in. See In, and cf. Foreign.]

1. A dweller; an inhabitant. "Denizens of air." Pope.

Denizens of their own free, independent state. Sir W. Scott.

2. One who is admitted by favor to all or a part of the rights of citizenship, where he did not possess them by birth; an adopted or naturalized citizen.

3. One admitted to residence in a foreign country.

Ye gods, Natives, or denizens, of blest abodes. Dryden.

Denizen

Den"i*zen, v. t.

1. To constitute (one) a denizen; to admit to residence, with certain rights and privileges.

As soon as denizened, they domineer. Dryden.

2. To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.

There [islets] were at once denizened by various weeds. J. D. Hooker.

Denizenation

Den`i*zen*a"tion (?), n. Denization; denizening. Abbott.

Denizenize

Den"i*zen*ize (?), v. t. To constitute (one) a denizen; to denizen. Abbott.

Denizenship

Den"i*zen*ship, n. State of being a denizen.

Denmark satin

Den"mark sat"in (?). See under Satin.

Dennet

Den"net (?), n. A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)

Denominable

De*nom"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being denominated or named. Sir T. Browne.

Denominate

De*nom"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denominated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denominating (?).] [L. denominatus, p. p. of denominare to name; de- + nominare to call by name. See Nominate.] To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
Passions commonly denominating selfish. Hume.

Denominate

De*nom"i*nate (?), a. [L. denominatus, p. p.] Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.

Denomination

De*nom`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. denominatio metonymy: cf. F. d\'82nomination a naming.]

1. The act of naming or designating.

2. That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.

Those [qualities] which are classed under the denomination of sublime. Burke.

3. A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect; as, a denomination of Christians. Syn. -- Name; appellation; title. See Name.

Denominational

De*nom`i*na"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to a denomination, especially to a sect or society. "Denominational differences." Buckle.

Denominationalism

De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ism (?), n. A denominational or class spirit or policy; devotion to the interests of a sect or denomination.

Denominationalist

De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ist, n. One imbued with a denominational spirit. The Century.

Denominationally

De*nom`i*na"tion*al*ly, adv. In a denominational manner; by denomination or sect.

Denominative

De*nom`i*na"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82nominatif.]

1. Conferring a denomination or name.

2. (Logic) Connotative; as, a denominative name.

3. Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.

The least denominative part of time is a minute. Cocker.

4. (Gram.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.

Denominative

De*nom`i*na"tive, n. A denominative name or term; denominative verb. Jer. Taylor. Harkness.

Denominatively

De*nom`i*na"tive*ly, adv. By denomination.

Denominator

De*nom"i*na`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82nominateur.]

1. One who, or that which, gives a name; origin or source of a name.

This opinion that Aram . . . was the father and denomination of the Syrians in general. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. (Arith.) That number placed below the line in vulgar fractions which shows into how many parts the integer or unit is divided. &hand; Thus, in denominator, showing that the integer is divided into five parts; and the numerator, 3, shows how many parts are taken.

3. (Alg.) That part of any expression under a fractional form which is situated below the horizontal line signifying division. &hand; In this sense, the denominator is not necessarily a number, but may be any expression, either positive or negative, real or imaginary. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. )

Denotable

De*not"a*ble (?), a. [From Denote.] Capable of being denoted or marked. Sir T. Browne.

Denotate

De*no"tate (?), v. t. [L. denotatus, p. p. of denotare.] To mark off; to denote. [Archaic]
These terms denotate a longer time. Burton.
What things should be denotated and signified by the color. Urquhart.

Denotation

De`no*ta"tion (?), n. [L. denotatio: cf. F. d\'82notation.] The marking off or separation of anything. Hammond.

Denotative

De*not"a*tive (?), a. Having power to denote; designating or marking off.
Proper names are pre\'89minently denotative; telling us that such as object has such a term to denote it, but telling us nothing as to any single attribute. Latham.

Denote

De*note" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Denoting.] [L. denotare; de- + notare to mark, nota mark, sign, note: cf. F. d\'82noter. See Note.]

1. To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the hour.

The better to denote her to the doctor. Shak.

2. To be the sign of; to betoken; to signify; to mean.

A general expression to denote wickedness of every sort. Gilpin.

Denotement

De*note"ment (?), n. Sign; indication. [R.] &hand; A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.

Denotive

De*not"ive (?), a. Serving to denote.

D\'82nouement

D\'82`noue`ment" (?), n. [F. d\'82nouement, fr. d\'82nouer to untie; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie, fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]

1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.


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Denounce

De*nounce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denouncing.] [F. d\'82noncer, OF. denoncier, fr. L. denuntiare, denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a messenger, message. See Nuncio, and cf. Denunciate.]

1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim (especially an evil). [Obs.]

Denouncing wrath to come. Milton.
I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx. 18.

2. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.

His look denounced desperate. Milton.

3. To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize.

Denounced for a heretic. Sir T. More.
To denounce the immoralities of Julius C\'91sar. Brougham.

Denouncement

De*nounce"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. denoncement.] Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. [Archaic]
False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne.

Denouncer

De*noun"cer (?) n. One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.
Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.

Dense

Dense (?), a. [L. densus; akin to Gr. dense.]

1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog.

All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray.
To replace the cloudy barrier dense. Cowper.

2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance.

Densely

Dense"ly, adv. In a dense, compact manner.

Denseless

Dense"less, n. The quality of being dense; density.

Densimeter

Den*sim"e*ter (?), n. [L. densus dense + -meter: cf. F. densim\'8atre.] An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity or density of a substance.

Density

Den"si*ty (?), n. [L. densitas; cf. F. densit\'82.]

1. The quality of being dense, close, or thick; compactness; -- opposed to rarity.

2. (Physics) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard. &hand; For gases the standard substance is hydrogen, at a temperature of 0° Centigrade and a pressure of 760 millimeters. For liquids and solids the standard is water at a temperature of 4° Centigrade. The density of solids and liquids is usually called specific gravity, and the same is true of gases when referred to air as a standard.

3. (Photog.) Depth of shade. Abney.

Dent

Dent (?), n. [A variant of Dint.]

1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.

2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.

A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey.

Dent

Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.] To make a dent upon; to indent.
The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay.

Dent

Dent, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.

Dental

Den"tal (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]

1. Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

2. (Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters. Dental formula (Zo\'94l.), a brief notation used by zo\'94logists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental surgeon, a dentist.

Dental

Den"tal, n. [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]

1. An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

Dentalism

Den"tal*ism (?), n. The quality of being formed by the aid of the teeth.

Dentalium

Den*ta"li*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

Dentary

Den"ta*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or bearing, teeth. -- n. The distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.

Dentate, Dentated

Den"tate (?), Den"ta*ted (?), a. [L. dentatus, fr. dens, dentis, tooth.]

1. (Bot.) Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having teeth or toothlike points. See Illust. of Antenn\'91.

Dentate-ciliate

Den"tate-cil"i*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Having the margin dentate and also ciliate or fringed with hairs.

Dentately

Den"tate*ly (?), adv. In a dentate or toothed manner; as, dentately ciliated, etc.

Dentate-sinuate

Den"tate-sin"u*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between dentate and sinuate.

Dentation

Den*ta"tion (?), n. Formation of teeth; toothed form. [R.]
How did it [a bill] get its barb, its dentation? Paley.

Dented

Dent"ed (?), a. [From Dent, v. t.] Indented; impressed with little hollows.

Dentel

Dent"el (?), n. Same as Dentil.

Dentelle

Den*telle" (?), n. [F.] (Bookbinding) An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.

Dentelli

Den*tel"li (?), n. pl. [It., sing. dentello, prop., little tooth, dim. of dente tooth, L. dens, dentis. Cf. Dentil.] Modillions. Spectator.

Dentex

Den"tex (?), n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zo\'94l.) An edible European marine fish (Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percid\'91.

Denticete

Den`ti*ce"te (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + cetus, pl. cete, whale, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

Denticle

Den"ti*cle (?), n. [L. denticulus a little tooth, dim. of dens, dentis, tooth. See Dental, and cf. Dentelli.] A small tooth or projecting point.

Denticulate, Denticulated

Den*tic"u*late (?), Den*tic"u*la`ted (?), a. [L. denticulatus, fr. denticulus. See Denticle.] Furnished with denticles; notched into little toothlike projections; as, a denticulate leaf of calyx. -- Den*tic"u*late*ly (#), adv.

Denticulation

Den*tic`u*la"tion (?), n.

1. The state of being set with small notches or teeth. Grew.

2. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.

Dentiferous

Den*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -ferous.] Bearing teeth; dentigerous.

Dentiform

Den"ti*form (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -form: cf. F. dentiforme.] Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.

Dentifrice

Den"ti*frice (?), n. [L. dentifricium; dens, dentis, tooth + fricare to rub: cf. F. dentifrice. See Tooth, and Friction.] A powder or other substance to be used in cleaning the teeth; tooth powder.

Dentigerous

Den*tig"er*ous (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous.] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures.

Dentil

Den"til (?), n. [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. Cf. Dentelli, Denticle, Dentile.] (Arch.) A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

Dentilabial

Den`ti*la"bi*al (?), a. Formed by the teeth and the lips, or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilabial sound or letter.

Dentilated

Den"ti*la`ted (?), a. Toothed.

Dentilation

Den`ti*la"tion (?), n. Dentition.

Dentilave

Den"ti*lave (?), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash.] A wash for cleaning the teeth.

Dentile

Den"tile (?), n. [LL. dentillus, for L. denticulus. See Dentil.] (Zo\'94l.) A small tooth, like that of a saw.

Dentilingual

Den`ti*lin"gual (?), a. [L. dens tooth + E. lingual.] Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums; or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilingual sound or letter.
The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc.

Dentiloquist

Den*til"o*quist (?), n. One who speaks through the teeth, that is, with the teeth closed.

Dentiloquy

Den*til"o*quy (?), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + loqui to speak.] The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed.

Dential

Den"ti*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to dentine.

Dentine

Den"tine (?), n. [Cf. F. dentine.] (Anat.) The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel.

Dentiphone

Den"ti*phone (?), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + Gr. An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone. Knight.

Dentiroster

Den`ti*ros"ter (?), n.; pl. Dentirostres (#). [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth + rostrum bill, beak: cf. F. dentirostre.] (Zo\'94l.) A dentirostral bird.

Dentirostral

Den`ti*ros"tral (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak.

Dentirostrate

Den`ti*ros"trate (?), a. Dentirostral.

Dentiscalp

Den"ti*scalp (?), n. [L. dens tooth + scalpere to scrape.] An instrument for scraping the teeth.

Dentist

Den"tist (?), n. [From L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dentiste. See Tooth.] One whose business it is to clean, extract, or repair natural teeth, and to make and insert artificial ones; a dental surgeon.

Dentistic, Dentistical

Den*tis"tic (?), Den*tis"ti*cal (?), a. Pertaining to dentistry or to dentists. [R.]

Dentistry

Den"tist*ry (?), n. The art or profession of a dentist; dental surgery.

Dentition

Den*ti"tion (?), n. [L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See Dentist.]

1. The development and cutting of teeth; teething.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.

Dentize

Den"tize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dentized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dentizing.] [L. dens, dentis, tooth.] To breed or cut new teeth. [R.]
The old countess . . . did dentize twice or thrice. Bacon.

Dentoid

Den"toid (?), a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth + -oid.] Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.

Dentolingual

Den`to*lin"gual (?), a. Dentilingual.

Denture

Den"ture (?; 135), n. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. denture, OF. denteure.] (Dentistry) An artificial tooth, block, or set of teeth.

Denudate

De*nud"ate (?), v. t. [L. denudatus, p. p. of denudare. See Denude.] To denude. [Obs. or R.]

Denudation

Den`u*da"tion (?; 277), n. [L. denudatio: cf. F. d\'82nudation.]

1. The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

2. (Geol.) The laying bare of rocks by the washing away of the overlying earth, etc.; or the excavation and removal of them by the action of running water.

Denude

De*nude" (?), v. t. [L. denudare; de- + nudare to make naked or bare, nudus naked. See Nude.] To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip; to divest; as, to denude one of clothing, or lands.

Denunciate

De*nun"ci*ate (?), v. t. [L. denuntiatus, denunciatus, p. p. of denuntiare, -ciare. See Denounce.] To denounce; to condemn publicly or solemnly. [R.]
To denunciate this new work. Burke.

Denunciation

De*nun`ci*a"tion (?), n. [L. denuntiatio, -ciatio.]

1. Proclamation; announcement; a publishing. [Obs.]

Public . . . denunciation of banns before marriage. Bp. Hall.

2. The act of denouncing; public menace or accusation; the act of inveighing against, stigmatizing, or publicly arraigning; arraignment.

3. That by which anything is denounced; threat of evil; public menace or accusation; arraignment.

Uttering bold denunciations of ecclesiastical error. Motley.

Denunciative

De*nun"ci*a*tive (?), a. [L. denuntiativus, -ciativus, monitory.] Same as Denunciatory. Farrar.

Denunciator

De*nun"ci*a`tor (?), n. [L. denuntiator, -ciator, a police officer.] One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.

Denunciatory

De*nun"ci*a*to*ry (?), a. Characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language.

Denutrition

De`nu*tri"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.

Deny

De*ny" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Denying.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d\'82nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See Negation.]

1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. &hand; We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.

2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] "If you deny to dance." Shak.

3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies? Pope.
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. J. Edwards.

4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

The falsehood of denying his opinion. Bancroft.
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. Keble.
To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. Matt. xvi. 24.

Deny

De*ny", v. i. To answer in
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. Gen. xviii. 15.

Denyingly

De*ny"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of one denies a request. Tennyson.

Deobstruct

De`ob*struct" (?), v. t. To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.

Deobstruent

De*ob"stru*ent (?), a. (Med.) Removing obstructions; having power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body; aperient. -- n. (Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.

Deodand

De"o*dand` (?), n. [LL. deodandum, fr. L. Deo dandum to be given to God.] (Old Eng. Law) A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand. &hand; Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England.

Deodar

De`o*dar" (?), n. [Native name, fr. Skr. d, prop., timber of the gods.] (Bot.) A kind of cedar (Cedrus Deodara), growing in India, highly valued for its size and beauty as well as for its timber, and also grown in England as an ornamental tree.

Deodate

De"o*date` (?), n. [L. Deo to God (Deus God) + datum thing given.] A gift or offering to God. [Obs.]
Wherein that blessed widow's deodate was laid up. Hooker.

Deodorant

De*o"dor*ant (?), n. A deodorizer.

Deodorization

De*o`dor*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of depriving of odor, especially of offensive odors resulting from impurities.

Deodorize

De*o"dor*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of odor, especially of such as results from impurities.

Deodorizer

De*o"dor*i`zer (?), n. He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that destroys offensive odors.

Deonerate

De*on"er*ate (?), v. t. [L. deoneratus, p. p. of deonerare. See Onerate.] To unload; to disburden. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Deontological

De*on`to*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to deontology.

Deontologist

De`on*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in deontology.

Deontology

De`on*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The science relat J. Bentham.

Deoperculate

De`o*per"cu*late (?), a. (Bot.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

Deoppilate

De*op"pi*late (?), v. t. To free from obstructions; to clear a passage through. [Obs.] Boyle.

Deoppilation

De*op`pi*la"tion (?), n. Removal of whatever stops up the passages. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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Deoppilative

De*op"pi*la*tive (?), a. & n. (Med.) Deobstruent; aperient. [Obs.] Harvey.

Deordination

De*or`di*na"tion (?), n. [LL. deordinatio depraved morality.] Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.]
Excess of rideordination. Jer. Taylor.

Deosculate

De*os"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. deosculatus, p. p. of deosculari. See Osculate.] To kiss warmly. [Obs.] -- De*os`cu*la"tion (#), n. [Obs.]

Deoxidate

De*ox"i*date (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize.

Deoxidation

De*ox`i*da"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process of reducing from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidization

De*ox`i*di*za"tion (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation.

Deoxidize

De*ox"i*dize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to reduce from the state of an oxide.

Deoxidizer

De*ox"i*di`zer (?), n. (Chem.) That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.

Deoxygenate

De*ox"y*gen*ate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize. [Obs.]

Deoxygenation

De*ox`y*gen*a"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or operation of depriving of oxygen.

Deoxygenize

De*ox"y*gen*ize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidize.

Depaint

De*paint" (?), p. p. [F. d\'82peint, p. p. of d\'82peindre to paint, fr. L. depingere. See Depict, p. p.] Painted. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Depaint

De*paint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depainting.]

1. To paint; to picture; hence, to describe; to delineate in words; to depict. [Obs.]

And do unwilling worship to the saint That on his shield depainted he did see. Spenser.
In few words shall see the nature of many memorable persons . . . depainted. Holland.

2. To mark with, or as with, color; to color.

Silver drops her vermeil cheeks depaint. Fairfax.

Depainter

De*paint"er (?) n. One who depaints. [Obs.]

Depardieux

De*par"dieux` (?), interj. [OF., a corruption of de part Dieu, lit., on the part of God.] In God's name; certainly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Depart

De*part" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Departed; p. pr. & vb. n. Departing.] [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. d\'82partir to divide, distribute, se d\'82partir to separate one's self, depart; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + partir to part, depart, fr. L. partire, partiri, to divide, fr. pars part. See Part.]

1. To part; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.

I will depart to mine own land. Num. x. 30.
Ere thou from hence depart. Milton.
He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. Shak.

3. To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading.

If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles. Madison.

4. To pass away; to perish.

The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv. 21.

5. To quit this world; to die.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. Luke ii. 29.
To depart with, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] Shak.

Depart

De*part", v. t.

1. To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.]

Till death departed them, this life they lead. Chaucer.

2. To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.]

And here is gold, and that full great plentee, That shall departed been among us three. Chaucer.

3. To leave; to depart from. "He departed this life." Addison. "Ere I depart his house." Shak.

Depart

De*part", n. [Cf. F. d\'82part, fr. d\'82partir.]

1. Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.]

The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon.

2. A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.]

At my depart for France. Shak.
Your loss and his depart. Shak.

Departable

De*part"a*ble (?), a. Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.

Departer

De*part"er (?), n.

1. One who refines metals by separation. [Obs.]

2. One who departs.

Department

De*part"ment (?), n. [F. d\'82partement, fr. d\'82partir. See Depart, v. i.]

1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.]

Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.

2. A part, portion, or subdivision.

3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay.

4. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

5. A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Departmental

De`part*men"tal (?), a. Pertaining to a department or division. Burke.

Departure

De*par"ture (?; 135), n. [From Depart.]

1. Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.]

No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.

2. Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or going away.

Departure from this happy place. Milton.

3. Removal from the present life; death; decease.

The time of my departure is at hand. 2 Tim. iv. 6.
His timely departure . . . barred him from the knowledge of his son's miseries. Sir P. Sidney.

4. Deviation or abandonment, as from or of a rule or course of action, a plan, or a purpose.

Any departure from a national standard. Prescott.

5. (Law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier.

6. (Nav. & Surv.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line. &hand; Since the meridians sensibly converge, the departure in navigation is not measured from the beginning nor from the end of the ship's course, but is regarded as the total easting or westing made by the ship or person as he travels over the course. To take a departure (Nav. & Surv.), to ascertain, usually by taking bearings from a landmark, the position of a vessel at the beginning of a voyage as a point from which to begin her dead reckoning; as, the ship took her departure from Sandy Hook. Syn. -- Death; demise; release. See Death.

Depascent

De*pas"cent (?), a. [L. depascens, p. pr. of depascere; de- + pascere to feed.] Feeding. [R.]

Depasture

De*pas"ture (?; 135), v. t. & i. To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.]
Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone.
A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn.

Depatriate

De*pa"tri*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. de- + patria one's country.] To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish. [Obs.]
A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. Mason.

Depauperate

De*pau"per*ate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Depauperated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depauperating (?).] [LL. depauperatus, p. p. depauperare to impoverish; L. de- + pauperare to make poor, pauper poor.] To make poor; to impoverish.
Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer.
Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.

Depauperate

De*pau"per*ate (?), a. [L. depauperatus, p. p.] (Bot.) Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.

Depauperize

De*pau"per*ize (?), v. t. To free from paupers; to rescue from poverty. [R.]

Depeach

De*peach" (?), v. t. [L. d\'82p\'88cher. See Dispatch.] To discharge. [Obs.]
As soon as the party . . . before our justices shall be depeached. Hakluyt.

Depectible

De*pec"ti*ble (?), a. [L. depectere to comb off; de- + pectere to comb.] Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.]
Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.

Depeculation

De*pec`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. depeculari, p. p. depeculatus, to rob. See Peculate.] A robbing or embezzlement. [Obs.]
Depeculation of the public treasure. Hobbes.

Depeinct

De*peinct" (?), v. t. [See Depaint.] To paint. [Obs.] Spenser.

Depend

De*pend" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Depended; p. pr. & vb. n. Depending.] [F. d\'82pendre, fr. L. depend; de- + pend to hang. See Pendant.]

1. To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.

And ever-living lamps depend in rows. Pope.

2. To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.

You will not think it unnatural that those who have an object depending, which strongly engages their hopes and fears, should be somewhat inclined to superstition. Burke.

3. To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; -- followed by on or upon, formerly by of.

The truth of God's word dependeth not of the truth of the congregation. Tyndale.
The conclusion . . . that our happiness depends little on political institutions, and much on the temper and regulation of our own minds. Macaulay.
Heaven forming each on other to depend. Pope.

4. To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; -- with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.

But if you 're rough, and use him like a dog, Depend upon it -- he 'll remain incog. Addison.

5. To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer. [Obs.] Shak.

6. To impend. [Obs.] Shak.

Dependable

De*pend"a*ble (?), a. Worthy of being depended on; trustworthy. "Dependable friendships." Pope.

Dependant, Dependance, n., Dependancy

De*pend"ant (?), De*pend"ance (?), n., De*pend"an*cy (?), n. See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency. &hand; The forms dependant, dependance, dependancy are from the French; the forms dependent, etc., are from the Latin. Some authorities give preference to the form dependant when the word is a noun, thus distinguishing it from the adjective, usually written dependent.

Dependence

De*pend"ence (?), n. [LL. dependentia, fr. L. dependens. See Dependent, and cf. Dependance.]

1. The act or state of depending; state of being dependent; a hanging down or from; suspension from a support.

2. The state of being influenced and determined by something; subjection (as of an effect to its cause).

The cause of effects, and the dependence of one thing upon another. Bp. Burnet.

3. Mutu

So dark adependence or order. Sir T. More.

4. Subjection to the direction or disposal of another; inability to help or provide for one's self.

Reduced to a servile dependence on their mercy. Burke.

5. A resting with confidence; reliance; trust.

Affectionate dependence on the Creator is the spiritual life of the soul. T. Erskine.

6. That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.

7. That which depends; anything dependent or suspended; anything attached a subordinate to, or contingent on, something else.

Like a large cluster of black grapes they show And make a large dependence from the bough. Dryden.

8. A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel. [Obs.]

To go on now with my first dependence. Beau. & Fl.

Dependency

De*pend"en*cy (?), n.; pl. Dependencies (.

1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other. Sir J. Reynolds.
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So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England. Bacon.

2. A thing hanging down; a dependence.

3. That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.

This earth and its dependencies. T. Burnet.
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances. Locke.

4. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America. &hand; Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4.

Dependent

De*pend"ent (?), a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]

1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends.

England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. Macaulay.
Dependent covenant or contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. -- Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable.

Dependent

De*pend"ent, n.

1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents.

A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. Hallam.

2. That which depends; corollary; consequence.

With all its circumstances and dependents. Prynne.
&hand; See the Note under Dependant.

Dependently

De*pend"ent*ly, adv. In a dependent manner.

Depender

De*pend"er (?), n. One who depends; a dependent.

Dependingly

De*pend"ing*ly, adv. As having dependence. Hale.

Depeople

De*peo"ple (?), v. t. To depopulate. [Obs.]

Deperdit

De*per"dit (?), n. [LL. deperditum, fr. L. deperditus, p. p. of deperdere; de- + perdere to lose, destroy.] That which is lost or destroyed. [R.] Paley.

Deperditely

De*per"dite*ly (?), adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. [Archaic]

Deperdition

Dep`er*di"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82perdition.] Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Depertible

De*per"ti*ble (?), a. [See Depart.] Divisible. [Obs.] Bacon.

Dephlegm

De*phlegm" (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + phlegm water; cf. F. d\'82phlegmer, d\'82flegmer.] (O. Chem.) To rid of phlegm or water; to dephlegmate. [Obs.] Boyle.

Dephlegmate

De*phleg"mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlegmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlegmating.] [See Dephlegm.] (Chem.) To deprive of superabundant water, as by evaporation or distillation; to clear of aqueous matter; to rectify; -- used of spirits and acids.

Dephlegmation

De`phleg*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82flegmation.] (Chem.) The operation of separating water from spirits and acids, by evaporation or repeated distillation; -- called also concentration, especially when acids are the subject of it. [Obs.]

Dephlegmator

De*phleg"ma*tor (?), n. An instrument or apparatus in which water is separated by evaporation or distillation; the part of a distilling apparatus in which the separation of the vapors is effected.

Dephlegmatory

De*phleg"ma*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or producing, dephlegmation.

Dephlegmedness

De*phlegm"ed*ness (?), n. A state of being freed from water. [Obs.] Boyle.

Dephlogisticcate

De`phlo*gis"tic*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dephlogisticated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dephlogisticating.] [Pref. de- + phlosticate: cf. F. d\'82phlogistiguer.] (O. Chem.) To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability. Priestley. Dephlogisticated air, oxygen gas; -- so called by Dr. Priestly and others of his time. -- De`phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion (#), n.

Dephosphorization

De*phos`phor*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of freeing from phosphorous.

Depict

De*pict" (?), p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.] Depicted. Lydgate.
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Depict

De*pict" (?), p. p. [L. depictus, p. p. of depinger to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.] Depicted. Lydgate.

Depict

De*pict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depicting.]

1. To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

His arms are fairly depicted in his chamber. Fuller.

2. To represent in words; to describe vividly.

C\'91sar's gout was then depicted in energetic language. Motley.

Depiction

De*pic"tion (?), n. [L. depictio.] A painting or depicting; a representation.

Depicture

De*pic"ture (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depictured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depicturing.] To make a picture of; to paint; to picture; to depict.
Several persons were depictured in caricature. Fielding.

Depilate

Dep"i*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depilating.] [L. depilatus, p. p. of depilare to depilate; de- + pilare to put forth hairs, pilus hair.] To strip of hair; to husk. Venner.

Depilation

Dep`i*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82pilation.] Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing. Dryden.

Depilatory

De*pil"a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82pilatoire.] Having the quality or power of removing hair. -- n. An application used to take off hair.

Depilous

Dep"i*lous (?), a. [Pref. de- + pilous: cf. L. depilis.] Hairless. Sir t. Browne.

Deplanate

De*pla"nate (?), a. [L. deplanetus, p. p. of deplanare to make level. See Plane, v. t.] (Bot.) Flattened; made level or even.

Deplant

De*plant" (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + plan: cf. F. d\'82planter, L. deplantare to take off a twig. See Plant, v. t.] To take up (plants); to transplant. [R.]

Deplantation

De`plan*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82plantation.] Act of taking up plants from beds.

Deplete

De*plete" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting.] [From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a.]

1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland.

2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. Saturday Review.

Depletion

De*ple"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82pl\'82tion.]

1. The act of depleting or emptying.

2. (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.

Depletive

De*ple"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82pl\'82tif.] Able or fitted to deplete. -- n. A substance used to deplete.

Depletory

De*ple"to*ry (?), a. Serving to deplete.

Deplication

Dep`li*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. deplicare to unfold; L. de- + plicare to fold.] An unfolding, untwisting, or unplaiting. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Deploitation

Dep`loi*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. Exploitation, Deploy.] Same as Exploitation.

Deplorability

De*plor`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Deplorableness. Stormonth.

Deplorable

De*plor"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82plorable.] Worthy of being deplored or lamented; lamentable; causing grief; hence, sad; calamitous; grievous; wretched; as, life's evils are deplorable.
Individual sufferers are in a much more deplorable conditious than any others. Burke.

Deplorableness

De*plor"a*ble*ness, n. State of being deplorable.

Deplorably

De*plor"a*bly, adv. In a deplorable manner.

Deplorate

De*plo"rate (?), a. [L. deploratus, p. p. of deplorare. See Deplore.] Deplorable. [Obs.]
A more deplorate estate. Baker.

Deploration

Dep`lo*ra"tion (?), n. [L. deploratio: cf. F. d\'82ploration.] The act of deploring or lamenting; lamentation. Speed.

Deplore

De*plore" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deploring.] [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. d\'82plorer. Cf. Flow.]

1. To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over.

To find her, or forever to deplore Her loss. Milton.
As some sad turtle his lost love deplores. Pope.

2. To complain of. [Obs.] Shak.

3. To regard as hopeless; to give up. [Obs.] Bacon. Syn. -- To Deplore, Mourn, Lament, Bewail, Bemoan. Mourn is the generic term, denoting a state of grief or sadness. To lament is to express grief by outcries, and denotes an earnest and strong expression of sorrow. To deplore marks a deeper and more prolonged emotion. To bewail and to bemoan are appropriate only to cases of poignant distress, in which the grief finds utterance either in wailing or in moans and sobs. A man laments his errors, and deplores the ruin they have brought on his family; mothers bewail or bemoan the loss of their children.

Deplore

De*plore", v. i. To lament. Gray.

Deploredly

De*plor"ed*ly (?), adv. Lamentably.

Deploredness

De*plor"ed*ness, n. The state of being deplored or deplorable. [R.] Bp. Hail.

Deplorement

De*plore"ment (?), n. Deploration. [Obs.]

Deplorre

De*plor"re (?), n. One who deplores.

Deploringly

De*plor"ing*ly, adv. In a deploring manner.

Deploy

De*ploy" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Deployed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deploying.] [F. d\'82ployer; pref. d\'82 = d\'82s (L. dis) + ployer, equiv. to plier to fold, fr. L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Display.] (Mil.) To open out; to unfold; to spread out (a body of troops) in such a way that they shall display a wider front and less depth; -- the reverse of ploy; as, to deploy a column of troops into line of battle.

Deploy, Deployment

De*ploy" (?), De*ploy"ment (?), n. (Mil.) The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. -Wilhelm.
Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H.L. Scott.

Deplumate

De*plu"mate (?), a. [LL. diplumatus, p. p. of deplumare. See Deplume.] (Zo\'94l.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.

Deplumation

Dep`lu*ma"tion (?), n. [See Deplumate.]

1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet

2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes. Thomas.

Deplume

De*plume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.] [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. d\'82plumer.]

1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage.

On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.

2. To lay bare; to expose.

The exposure and depluming of the leading humbugs of the age. De Quincey.

Depolarization

De*po`lar*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82polarisation.] The act of depriving of polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized condition. Depolarization of light (Opt.), a change in the plane of polarization of rays, especially by a crystalline medium, such that the light which had been extinguished by the analyzer reappears as if the polarization had been anulled. The word is inappropriate, as the ray does not return to the unpolarized condition.

Depolarize

De*po"lar*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depolarized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depolarizing.] [Pref. de- + polarize: cf. F. d\'82polarizer.]

1. (Opt.) To deprive of polarity; to reduce to an unpolarized condition. &hand; This word has been inaccurately applied in optics to describe the effect of a polarizing medium, as a crystalline plate, in causing the reappearance of a ray, in consequence of a change in its plane of polarization, which previously to the change was intercepted by the analyzer.

2. (Elec.) To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

Depolarizer

De*po"lar*i`zer (?), n. (Elec.) A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.

Depolish

De*pol"ish (?), v. t. To remove the polish or glaze from.

Depolishing

De*pol"ish*ing (?), n. (Ceramics) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.

Depone

De*pone" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deponed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deponing.] [L. deponere, depositum, to put down, in LL., to assert under oath; de- + ponere to put, place. See Position, and cf. Deposit.]

1. To lay, as a stake; to wager. [Obs.] Hudibras.

2. To lay down. [R.] Southey.

3. To assert under oath; to depose. [A Scotticism]

Sprot deponeth that he entered himself thereafter in conference. State Trials(1606).

Depone

De*pone", v. i. To testify under oath; to depose; to bear witness. [A Scotticism]
The fairy Glorians, whose credibility on this point can not be called in question, depones to the confinement of Merlin in a tree. Dunlop.

Deponent

De*po"nent (?), n. [L. deponenes, -entis, laying down. See Depone, v. t.]

1. (Law) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

2. (Gr. & Lat. Gram.) A deponent verb. Syn. -- Deponent, Affiant. These are legal terms describing a person who makes a written declaration under oath, with a view to establish certain facts. An affiant is one who makes an affidavit, or declaration under oath, in order to establish the truth of what he says. A deponenet is one who makes a deposition, or gives written testimony under oath, to be used in the trial of some case before a court of justice. See under Deposition.

Deponent

De*po"nent, a. [L. deponens, -entis, laying down (its proper passive meaning), p. pr. of deponere: cf. F. d\'82ponent. See Depone.] (Gram.) Having a passive form with an active meaning, as certain latin and Greek verbs.

Depopulacy

De*pop"u*la*cy (?), n. Depopulation; destruction of population. [R.] Chapman.

Depopulate

De*pop"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depopulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating (?).] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d\'82peupler. See People.] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.
Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city? Shak.
&hand; It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth.

Depopulate

De*pop"u*late, v. i. To become dispeopled. [R.]
Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith.

Depopulation

De*pop`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. d\'82population depopulation.] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants.
The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. Motley.

Depopulator

De*pop"u*la`tor (?), n. [L., pillager.] One who depopulates; a dispeopler.

Deport

De*port" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deported; p. pr. & vb. n. Deporting.] [F. d\'82porter to transport for life, OF., to divert, amuse, from L. deportare to carry away; de- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.]

1. To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

He told us he had been deported to Spain. Walsh.

2. To carry or demean; to conduct; to behave; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Let an ambassador deport himself in the most graceful manner befor a prince. Pope.

Deport

De*port" (?), n. Behavior; carrige; demeanor; deportment. [Obs.] "Goddesslike deport." Milton.

Deportation

De`por*ta"tion (?), n. [L. depotatio: cf.F. d\'82portation.] The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
In their deportations, they had often the favor of their conquerors. Atterbury.

Deportment

De*port"ment (?), n. [F. d\'82portement misconduct, OF., demeanor. See Deport.] Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carrige; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing.
The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties. Swift.

Deporture

De*por"ture (?), n. Deportment. [Obs.]
Stately port and majestical deporture. Speed.

Deposable

De*pos"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell.

Deposal

De*pos"al (?), n. The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne. Fox.

Depose

De*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deposing.][FF. d\'82poser, in the sense of L. deponere to put down; but from pref. d\'82- (L. de) + poser to place. See Pose, Pause.]

1. To lay down; to divest one's self of; to lay aside. [Obs.]

Thus when the state one Edward did depose, A greater Edward in his room arose. Dryden.

2. To let fall; to deposit. [Obs.]

Additional mud deposed upon it. Woodward.

3. To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office.

A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne.

4. To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use. Abbott.

To depose the yearly rent or valuation of lands. Bacon.

5. To put under oath. [Obs.]

Depose him in the justice of his cause. Shak.

Depose

De*pose", v. i. To bear witness; to testify under oath; to make deposition.
Then, seeing't was he that made you to despose, Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. Shak.

Deposer

De*pos"er (?), n.

1. One who deposes or degrades from office.

2. One who testifies or deposes; a deponent.

Deposit

De*pos"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depoited; p. pr. & vb. n. Depositing.] [L. depositus, p. p. of deponere. See Depone, and cf. Deposit, n.]

1. To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium.

The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor.

2. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

3. To lodge in some one's hands for sale keeping; to commit to the custody of another; to intrust; esp., to place in a bank, as a sum of money subject to order.

4. To lay aside; to rid one's self of. [Obs.]

If what is written prove useful to you, to the depositing that which i can not deem an error. Hammond.
&hand; Both this verb and the noun following written deposite.

Deposit

De*pos"it, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of deponere: cf. F. d\'82p\'93t, OF. depost. See Deposit, v. t., and cf. Depot.]

1. That is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel, etc., deposits of a river).

The deposit already formed affording to the succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis. Kirwan.

2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under the conditions to invite exploitation. Raymond.

3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for safe keeping; somthing intrusted to the care of another; esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to order; anything given as pledge or security.

4. (Law) (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor. (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for the performance of a duty assumed by the person depositing.

5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.] Bank of deposit. See under Bank. -- In deposit, or On deposit, in trust or safe keeping as a deposit; as, coins were recieved on deposit.

Depositary

De*pos"i*ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Depositaries (#). [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]

1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.

I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak.
The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.J.S. Mill.

2. A storehouse; a depository. Bp. Hurd.

3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent.

Deposition

Dep`o*si"tion (?), n. [L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf. F. d\'82position. See Deposit.]

1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. H. Miller.

2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle. W. Montagu.

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3. The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal. &hand; A deposition differs from an abdication, an abdication being voluntary, and a deposition compulsory.

4. That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

5. An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

6. (Law) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writting, under oath or affirmation, befor some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories. Syn. -- Deposition, Affidavit. Affidavit is the wider term. It denotes any authorized ex parte written statement of a person, sworn to or affirmed before some competent magistrate. It is made without cross-examination, and requires no notice to an opposing party. It is generally signed by the party making it, and may be drawn up by himself or any other person. A deposition is the written testimony of a witness, taken down in due form of law, and sworn to or affirmed by the deponent. It must be taken before some authorized magistrate, and upon a prescribed or reasonable notice to the opposing party, that may attend and cross-examine. It is generally written down from the mouth of the witness by the magistrate, or some person for him, and in his presence.

Depositor

De*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L., fr. deponere. See Depone.] One who makes a deposit, especially of money in bank; -- the correlative of depository.

Depository

De*pos"i*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Depositories (.

1. A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

2. One with whom something is deposited; a depositary.

I am the sole depository of my own secret, and it shall perish with me. Junius.

Depoitum

De*po"i*tum (?), n. [L.] Deposit.

Depoiture

De*po"i*ture (?), n. The act of depositing; deposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Depot

De"pot (?), n. [F. d\'82p\'93t, OF. depost, fr. L. depositum a deposit. See Deposit, n.]

1. A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse.

The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic (1794).

2. (Mil.) (a) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled. (b) (Eng. & France) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are recieved and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for.

3. A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passenges or freight. [U. S.] Syn. -- See Station.

Depper

Dep"per (?), a. Deeper. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Depravation

Dep`ra*va"tion (?), n. [L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. d\'82pravation. See Deprave.]

1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.]

To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak.

2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.

3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.

The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.

4. (Med.) Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion. Syn. -- Depravity; corruption. See Depravity.

Deprave

De*prave" (?), n. t. [imp. & p. p. Depraved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depraving.] [L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]

1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.]

And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman.

2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.

Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser.
Syn. -- To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.

Depravedly

De*prav"ed*ly (?), adv. In a depraved manner.

Depravedness

De*prav"ed*ness, n. Depravity. Hammond.

Depravement

De*prave"ment (?), n. Depravity. [Obs.] Milton.

Depraver

De*prav"er (?), n. One who deprave or corrupts.

Depravingly

De*prav"ing*ly, adv. In a depraving manner.

Depravity

De*prav"i*ty (?), n. [From Deprave: cf. L. pravitas crookedness, perverseness.] The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle. Total depravity. See Original sin, and Calvinism. Syn. -- Corruption; vitiation; wickedness; vice; contamination; degeneracy. -- Depravity, Depravation, Corruption. Depravilty is a vitiated state of mind or feeling; as, the depravity of the human heart; depravity of public morals. Depravation points to the act or process of making depraved, and hence to the end thus reached; as, a gradual depravation of principle; a depravation of manners, of the heart, etc. Corruption is the only one of these words which applies to physical substances, and in reference to these denotes the process by which their component parts are dissolved. Hence, when figuratively used, it denotes an utter vitiation of principle or feeling. Depravity applies only to the mind and heart: we can speak of a depraved taste, or a corrupt taste; in the first we introduce the notion that there has been the influence of bad training to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principle to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principles to decide. The other two words have a wider use: we can speak of the depravation or the corruption of taste and public sentiment. Depravity is more or less open; corruption is more or less disguised in its operations. What is depraved requires to be reformed; what is corrupt requires to be purified.

Deprecable

Dep"re*ca*ble (?), a. [L. deprecabilis exorable.] That may or should be deprecated. Paley.

Deprecate

Dep"re*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprecated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deprecating (?).] [L. deprecatus, p. p. of deprecari to avert by player, to deprecate; de- + precari to pray. See Pray.] To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by player; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.
His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it. Sir W. Scott.

Deprecating

Dep"re*ca`ting (?), adv. In a deprecating manner.

Deprecation

Dep`re*ca"tion (?), n. [L. deprecatio; cf. F. d\'82pr\'82cation.]

1. The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.

Humble deprecation. Milton.

2. Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.

3. An imprecation or curse. [Obs.] Gilpin.

Deprecative

Dep"re*ca*tive (?), a. [L. deprecativus: cf. F. d\'82pr\'82catif.] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. -- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly, adv.

Deprecator

Dep"re*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who deprecates.

Deprecatory

Dep"re*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Humble and deprecatory letters. Bacon.

Depreciate

De*pre"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depreciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depreciating (?).] [L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price.] To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Addison.
Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. Cudworth.
To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. Burke.
Syn. -- To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See Decry.

Depreciate

De*pre"ci*ate, v. i. To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.

Depreciation

De*pre`ci*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82pr\'82ciation.]

1. The act of lessening, or seeking to lessen, price, value, or reputation.

2. The falling of value; reduction of worth. Burke.

3. the state of being depreciated.

Depreciative

De*pre"ci*a`tive (?), a. Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing. -- De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly, adv.

Depreciator

De*pre"ci*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who depreciates.

Depreciatory

De*pre"ci*a*to*ry (?), a. Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.

Depredable

Dep"re*da*ble (?), a. Liable to depredation. [Obs.] "Made less depredable." Bacon.

Depredate

Dep"re*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating (?).] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.] To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon.

Depredate

Dep"re*date, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

Depredation

Dep`re*da"tion (?), n. [L. depraedatio: cf. F. d\'82pr\'82dation.] The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.

Depredator

Dep"re*da`tor (?), n. [L. depraedator.] One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.

Depredatory

Dep"re*da`to*ry (?), a. Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.

Depreicate

De*pre"i*cate (?), v. t. [Pref. de- (intensive) + predicate.] To proclaim; to celebrate. [R.]

Deprehend

Dep`re*hend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Deprehending.] [L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile.]

1. To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend.

The deprehended adulteress.Jer. Taylor.

2. To detect; to discover; to find out.

The motion . . . are to be deprehended by experience. Bacon.

Deprehensible

Dep`re*hen"si*ble (?), a. That may be caught or discovered; apprehensible. [Obs.] Petty. -- Dep`re*hen"si*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Deprehension

Dep`re*hen"sion (?), n. [L. deprehensio.] A catching; discovery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Depress

De*press" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depressing.] [L. depressus, p. p. of deprimere; de- + premere to press. See Press.]

1. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed." Tennyson.

2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.

3. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.

4. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.

5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.

6. (Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree. To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator. Syn. -- To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage.

Depress

De*press", a. [L. depressus, p. p.] Having the middle lower than the border; concave. [Obs.]
If the seal be depress or hollow. Hammond.

Depressant

De*press"ant (?), n. (Med.) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.

Depressed

De*pressed" (?), a.

1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

2. (Bot.) (a) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.

Depressingly

De*press"ing*ly, adv. In a depressing manner.

Depression

De*pres"sion (?), n. [L. depressio: cf. F. d\'82pression.]

1. The act of depressing.

2. The state of being depressed; a sinking.

3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

4. Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

5. Dejection; despondency; lowness.

In a great depression of spirit. Baker.

6. Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

7. (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

8. (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

9. (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8. Angle of depression (Geod.), one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Depression of the dewpoint (Meteor.), the number of degreees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere. -- Depression of the pole, its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator. -- Depression of the visible horizon. (Astron.) Same as Dip of the horizon, under Dip. Syn. -- Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.

Depressive

De*press"ive (?), a. Able or tending to depress or cast down. -- De*press"ive*ness, n.

Depressomotor

De*pres`so*mo"tor (?), a. (Med.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. -- n. Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc.

Depressor

De*press"or (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.

2. (Anat.) A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressor nerve (Physiol.), a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart.

Depriment

Dep"ri*ment (?), a. [L. deprimens, p. pr. of deprimere. See Depress.] Serving to depress. [R.] "Depriment muscles." Derham.

Deprisure

De*pri"sure (?), n. [F. d\'82priser to undervalue; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + priser to prize, fr. prix price, fr. L. pretium. See Dispraise.] Low estimation; disesteem; contempt. [Obs.]

Deprivable

De*priv"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.
Kings of Spain . . . deprivable for their tyrannies. Prynne.

Deprivation

Dep`ri*va"tion (?), n. [LL. deprivatio.]

1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. &hand; Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.

Deprive

De*prive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depriving.] [LL. deprivare, deprivatium, to divest of office; L. de- + privare to bereave, deprive: cf. OF. depriver. See Private.]

1. To take away; to put an end; to destroy. [Obs.]

'Tis honor to deprive dishonored life. Shak.

2. To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of.

God hath deprived her of wisdom. Job xxxix. 17.
It was seldom that anger deprived him of power over himself. Macaulay.

3. To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical.

A miniser deprived for inconformity. Bacon.
Syn. -- To strip; despoil; rob; abridge.

Deprivement

De*prive"ment (?), n. Deprivation. [R.]

Depriver

De*priv"er (?), n. One who, or that which, deprives.

Deprostrate

De*pros"trate (?), a. Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.]
How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.

Deprovincialize

De`pro*vin"cial*ize (?), v. t. To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.

Depth

Depth (?), n. [From Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. d, d, Goth. diupi.]

1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface,or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.

Mindful of that heavenly love Which knows no end in depth or height. Keble.

3. Lowness; as, depth of sound.

4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

From you unclouded depth above. Keble.
The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5.

5. (Logic) The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.

6. (Horology) A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [R.]


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Depth of a sail (Naut.), the extent of a square sail from the head rope to the foot rope; the length of the after leach of a staysail or boom sail; -- commonly called the drop of sail.

Depthen

Depth"en (?), v. t. To deepen. [Obs.]

Depthless

Depth"less, a.

1. Having no depth; shallow.

2. Of measureless depth; unfathomable.

In clouds of depthless night. Francis.

Depucelate

De*pu"ce*late (?), v. t. [L. de + LL. pucella virgin, F. pucelle: cf. F. d\'82puceler.] To deflour; to deprive of virginity. [Obs.] Bailey.

Depudicate

De*pu"di*cate (?), v. t. [L. depudicatus, p. p. of depudicare.] To deflour; to dishonor. [Obs.]

Depulse

De*pulse" (?), v. t. [L. depulsus, p. p. of depellere to drive out; de- + pellere to drive.] To drive away. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Depulsion

De*pul"sion (?), n. [L. depulsio.] A driving or thrusting away. [R.] Speed.

Depulsory

De*pul"so*ry (?), a. [L. depulsorius.] Driving or thrusting away; averting. [R.] Holland.

Depurant

Dep"u*rant (?), a. & n. (Med.) Depurative.

Depurate

Dep"u*rate (?), a. [LL. depuratus, p. p. of depurare to purify; L. de- + purare to purify, purus clean, pure. Cf. Depure.] Depurated; cleansed; freed from impurities. Boyle.

Depurate

Dep"u*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depurating (?).] To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse.
To depurate the mass of blood. Boyle.

Depuration

Dep`u*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82puration.] The act or process of depurating or freeing from foreign or impure matter, as a liquid or wound.

Depurative

Dep"u*ra*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82puratif.] (Med.) Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory. -- n. A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative.

Depurator

Dep"u*ra`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, cleanses.

Depuratory

Dep"u*ra*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82puratoire.] Depurating; tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.

Depure

De*pure" (?), v. t. [F. d\'82purer. See Depurate.] To depurate; to purify. [Obs.]
He shall first be depured and cleansed before that he shall be laid up for pure gold in the treasures of God. Sir T. More.

Depurgatory

De*pur"ga*to*ry (?), a. Serving to purge; tending to cleanse or purify. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Depurition

Dep`u*ri"tion (?), n. See Depuration.

Deputable

Dep"u*ta*ble (?), a. Fit to be deputed; suitable to act as a deputy. Carlyle.

Deputation

Dep`u*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82putation. See Depute.]

1. The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.

The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South.

2. The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce. By deputation, or In deputation, by delegated authority; as substitute; through the medium of a deputy. [Obs.]

Say to great C\'91sar this: In deputation I kiss his conquering hand. Shak.

Deputator

Dep"u*ta`tor (?), n. One who deputes, or makes a deputation. [R.] Locke.

Depute

De*pute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deputing.] [F. d\'82puter, fr. L. deputare to esteem, consider, in LL., to destine, allot; de- + putare to clean, prune, clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Pure.]

1. To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2. Sam. xv. 3.
Some persons, deputed by a meeting. Macaulay.

2. To appoint; to assign; to choose. [R.]

The most conspicuous places in cities are usually deputed for the erection of statues. Barrow.

Depute

De*pute", n. A person deputed; a deputy. [Scot.]

Deputize

Dep"u*tize (?), v. t. To appoint as one's deputy; to empower to act in one's stead; to depute.

Deputy

Dep"u*ty (?), n.; pl. Deputies (#). [F. d\'82put\'82, fr. LL. deputatus. See Depute.]

1. One appointed as the substitue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.

There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47.
God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. Shak.
&hand; Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff.

2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] Chamber of Deputies, one of the two branches of the French legilative assembly; -- formerly called Corps L\'82gislatif. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts. Syn. -- Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor.

Dequantitate

De*quan"ti*tate (?), v. t. [L. de- + quantatas, -atis. See Quantity.] To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Deracinate

De*rac"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deracinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deracinating (?).] [F. d\'82raciner; pref. d\'82- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.] To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]
While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak.

Deraination

De*ra`i*na"tion (?), n. The act of pulling up by the roots; eradication. [R.]

Deraign, Derain

De*raign", De*rain" (?), v. t. [See Darraign.] (Old Law) To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.]

Deraignment, Derainment

De*raign"ment, De*rain"ment (?), n. [See Darraign.]

1. The act of deraigning. [Obs.]

2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] Blount.

Derail

De*rail" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Derailing.] To cause to run off from the rails of a railroad, as a locomotive. Lardner.

Derailment

De*rail"ment (?), n. The act of going off, or the state of being off, the rails of a railroad.

Derange

De*range" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deranged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deranging.] [F. d\'82ranger; pref. d\'82- = d\'82s- (L. dis) + ranger to range. See Range, and cf. Disarrange, Disrank.]

1. To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.

2. To disturb in action or function, as a part or organ, or the whole of a machine or organism.

A sudden fall deranges some of our internal parts. Blair.

3. To disturb in the orderly or normal action of the intellect; to render insane. Syn. -- To disorder; disarrange; displace; unsettle; disturb; confuse; discompose; ruffle; disconcert.

Deranged

De*ranged" (?), a. Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane.
The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

Derangement

De*range"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82rangement.] The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; lunacy; madness; delirium; mania. See Insanity.

Deranger

De*ran"ger (?), n. One who deranges.

Deray

De*ray" (?), n. [OF. derroi, desroi, desrei; pref. des- (L. dis-) + roi, rei, rai, order. See Array.] Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]

Derbio

Der"bi*o (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large European food fish (Lichia glauca).

Derby

Der"by (?; usually ? in Eng.; 85), n.

1. A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780. Derby Day, the day of the annual race for the Derby stakes, -- Wednesday of the week before Whitsuntide.

2. A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

Derbyshire spar

Der"by*shire spar" (?). (Min.) A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

Derdoing

Der*do"ing (?), a. [See Dere, v. t.] Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [Obs.] "In derdoing arms." Spenser.

Dere

Dere (?), v. t. [AS. derian to hurt.] To hurt; to harm; to injure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dere

Dere, n. Harm. [Obs.] Robert of Brunne.

Dereine, Dereyne

De*reine, De*reyne" (?), v. t. Same as Darraign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Derelict

Der"e*lict (?), a. [L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See Relinquish.]

1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. Jer. Taylor.

2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. Burke.
A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. J. Buchanan.

Derelict

Der"e*lict, n. (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.

Dereliction

Der`e*lic"tion (?), n. [L. derelictio.]

1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.

Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. Burke.

2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.

A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott.

3. The state of being left or abandoned.

4. (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

Dereligionize

De`re*li"gion*ize (?), v. t. To make irreligious; to turn from religion. [R.]
He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey.

Dereling

Dere"ling (?), n. Darling. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dereling

Dere"ling (?), n. Darling. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Derf

Derf (?), a. [Icel. djafr.] Strong; powerful; fierce. [Obs.] -- Derf"ly, adv. [Obs.]

Deride

De*ride" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriding.] [L. deridere, derisum; de- + rid to laugh. See Ridicule.] To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.
And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14.
Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton.
Syn. -- To mock; laugh at; ridicule; insult; taunt; jeer; banter; rally. -- To Deride, Ridicule, Mock, Taunt. A man may ridicule without any unkindness of feeling; his object may be to correct; as, to ridicule the follies of the age. He who derides is actuated by a severe a contemptuous spirit; as, to deride one for his religious principles. To mock is stronger, and denotes open and scornful derision; as, to mock at sin. To taunt is to reproach with the keenest insult; as, to taunt one for his misfortunes. Ridicule consists more in words than in actions; derision and mockery evince themselves in actions as well as words; taunts are always expressed in words of extreme bitterness.

Derider

De*rid"er (?), n. One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.

Deridingly

De*rid"ing*ly, adv. By way of derision or mockery.

Derision

De*ri"sion (?), n. [L. derisio: cf. F. d\'82rision. See Deride.]

1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. Ps. ii. 4.
Saderision called. Milton.

2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

I was a derision to all my people. Lam. iii. 14.
Syn. -- Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.

Derisive

De*ri"sive (?), a. Expressing, serving for, or characterized by, derision. "Derisive taunts." Pope. -- De*ri"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ri"sive*ness, n.

Derisory

De*ri"so*ry (?), a. [L. derisorius: cf. F. d\'82risoire.] Derisive; mocking. Shaftesbury.

Derivable

De*riv"a*ble (?), a. [From Derive.] That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources.
All honor derivable upon me. South.
The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. H. G. Bell.
The argument derivable from the doxologies. J. H. Newman.

Derivably

De*riv"a*bly, adv. By derivation.

Derival

De*riv"al (?), n. Derivation. [R.]
The derival of e from a. Earle.

Derivate

Der"i*vate (?), a. [L. derivatus, p. p. of derivare. See Derive.] Derived; derivative. [R.] H. Taylor. -- n. A thing derived; a derivative. [R.]

Derivate

Der"i*vate (?), v. t. To derive. [Obs.] Huloet.

Derivation

Der`i*va"tion (?), n. [L. derivatio: cf. F. d\'82rivation. See Derive.]

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source. [Obs.] T. Burnet.

2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.

As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.

3. The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

4. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

5. That from which a thing is derived.

6. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river. Gibbon.

7. (Math.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.

8. (Med.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derivational

Der`i*va"tion*al (?), a. Relating to derivation. Earle.

Derivative

De*riv"a*tive (?), a. [L. derivativus: cf. F. d\'82rivatif.] Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the veins without the interposition of capillaries. Flint. -- De*riv"a*tive*ly, adv. -- De*riv"a*tive*ness, n.

Derivative

De*riv"a*tive, n.

1. That which is derived; anything obtained or deduced from another.

2. (Gram.) A word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root.

3. (Mus.) A chord, not fundamental, but obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.

4. (Med.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

5. (Math.) A derived function; a function obtained from a given function by a certain algebraic process. &hand; Except in the mode of derivation the derivative is the same as the differential coefficient. See Differential coefficient, under Differential.

6. (Chem.) A substance so related to another substance by modification or partial substitution as to be regarded as derived from it; thus, the amido compounds are derivatives of ammonia, and the hydrocarbons are derivatives of methane, benzene, etc.

Derive

De*rive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deriving.] [F. d\'82river, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.]

1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]

For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. Holland.
Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. Spenser.
Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. Jer. Taylor.

2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.


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3. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.

From these two causes . . . an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases. Arbuthnot.

4. (Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon. Syn. -- To trace; deduce; infer.

Derive

De*rive" (?), v. i. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. Shak.
Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed. Prior.

Derivement

De*rive"ment (?), n. That which is derived; deduction; inference. [Obs.]
I offer these derivements from these subjects. W. Montagu.

Deriver

De*riv"er (?), n. One who derives.

Derk

Derk (?), a. Dark. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-derm

-derm (?). [See Derm, n.] A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.

Derm

Derm (?), n. [Gr. derme. See Tear, v. t.]

1. The integument of animal; the skin.

2. (Anat.) See Dermis.

Derma

Der"ma (?), n. [NL. See Derm.] (Anat.) See Dermis.

Dermal

Derm"al (?), a. [From Derm.]

1. Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

Dermaptera, Dermapteran

Der*map"te*ra (?), Der*map"ter*an (, n. (Zo\'94l.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

Dermatic, Dermatine

Der*mat"ic (?), Der"ma*tine (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to the skin.

Dermatitis

Der`ma*ti"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the skin.

Dermatogen

Der*mat"o*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

Dermatogen

Der*mat"o*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition.

Dermatography

Der*ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin.

Dermatoid

Der"ma*toid (?), a. [Gr. -oid: cf. F. dermato\'8bde. Cf. Dermoid.] Resembling

Dermatologist

Der`ma*tol"o*gist (?), n. One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology.

Dermatology

Der`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. dermatologie.] The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases.

Dermatopathic

Der`ma*to*path"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure.

Dermatophyte

Der*mat"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A vegetable parasite, infesting the skin.

Dermestes

Der*mes"tes (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larv\'91 of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is D. lardarius, known as the bacon beetle.

Dermestoid

Der*mes"toid (?), a. [Dermestes + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes.
The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Dermic

Der"mic (?), a.

1. Relating to the derm or skin.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal.

Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the integument is peculiarly modified. Huxley.
Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin.

Dermis

Der"mis (?), n. [NL. See Derm.] (Anat.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix.

Dermobranchiata

Der`mo*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

Dermobranchiate

Der`mo*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [Derm + branchiate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.

Dermoh\'91mal

Der`mo*h\'91"mal (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and h\'91mal structures; as, the dermoh\'91mal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes.

Dermoid

Der"moid (?), a. [Derm + -oid: cf. F. dermo\'8bde.] Same as Dermatoid. Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair.

Dermoneural

Der`mo*neu"ral (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen.

Dermopathic

Der`mo*path"ic (?), a. (Med.) Dermatopathic.

Dermophyte

Der"mo*phyte (?), n. A dermatophyte.

Dermoptera

Der*mop"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulid\'91).

2. (Zo\'94l.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo.

3. (Zo\'94l.) An order of Mammalia; the Cheiroptera. [Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera.]

Dermopteran

Der*mop"ter*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig.

Dermopteri

Der*mop"te*ri (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Dermopterygii.

Dermopterygii

Der*mop`te*ryg"i*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia.

Dermoskeleton

Der`mo*skel"e*ton (?), n. [Derm + skeleton.] (Anat.) See Exoskeleton.

Dermostosis

Der`mos*to"sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Physiol.) Ossification of the dermis.

Dern

Dern (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A gatepost or doorpost. [Local Eng.] C. Kingsley.

Dern

Dern, a. [See Dearn, a.]

1. Hidden; concealed; secret. [Obs.] "Ye must be full dern." Chaucer.

2. Solitary; sad. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Derne

Derne (?), v. t. & i. [AS. dyrnan to hide. See Dern, a., Dearn, a.] To hide; to skulk. [Scot.]
He at length escaped them by derning himself in a foxearth. H. Miller.

Dernful

Dern"ful (?), a. Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful. [Obs.] "Dernful noise." Spenser.

Dernier

Der`nier" (?), a. [F., from OF. darrein, derrain. See Darrein.] Last; final. Dernier ressort ( [F.], last resort or expedient.

Dernly

Dern"ly (?), adv. Secretly; grievously; mournfully. [Obs.] Spenser.

Derogant

Der"o*gant (?), a. [L. derogans, p. pr.] Derogatory. [R.] T. Adams.

Derogate

Der"o*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derogated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Derogating (?).] [L. derogatus, p. p. of derogare to derogate; de- + rogare to ask, to ask the people about a law. See Rogation.]

1. To annul in part; to repeal partly; to restrict; to limit the action of; -- said of a law.

By several contrary customs, . . . many of the civil and canon laws are controlled and derogated. Sir M. Hale.

2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing. [R.]

Anything . . . that should derogate, minish, or hurt his glory and his name. Sir T. More.

Derogate

Der"o*gate (?), v. i.

1. To take away; to detract; to withdraw; -- usually with from.

If we did derogate from them whom their industry hath made great. Hooker.
It derogates little from his fortitude, while it adds infinitely to the honor of his humanity. Burke.

2. To act beneath one-s rank, place, birth, or character; to degenerate. [R.]

You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate. Shak.
Would Charles X. derogate from his ancestors? Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line? Hazlitt.

Derogate

Der"o*gate (?), n. [L. derogatus, p. p.] Diminished in value; dishonored; degraded. [R.] Shak.

Derogately

Der"o*gate*ly, adv. In a derogatory manner.

Derogation

Der`o*ga"tion (?), n. [L. derogatio: cf. F. d\'82rogation.]

1. The act of derogating, partly repealing, or lessening in value; disparagement; detraction; depreciation; -- followed by of, from, or to.

I hope it is no derogation to the Christian religion. Locke.
He counted it no derogation of his manhood to be seen to weep. F. W. Robertson.

2. (Stock Exch.) An alteration of, or subtraction from, a contract for a sale of stocks.

Derogative

De*rog"a*tive (?), a. Derogatory. -- De*rog"a*tive*ly, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Derogator

Der"o*ga`tor (?), n. [L.] A detractor.

Derogatorily

De*rog"a*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In a derogatory manner; disparagingly. Aubrey.

Derogatoriness

De*rog"a*to*ri*ness, n. Quality of being derogatory.

Derogatory

De*rog"a*to*ry (?), a. Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto.
Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not. Blackstone.
His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other. Macaulay.
Derogatory clause in a testament (Law), a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; -- a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.

Derotremata

Der`o*tre"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The tribe of aquatic Amphibia which includes Amphiuma, Menopoma, etc. They have permanent gill openings, but no external gills; -- called also Cryptobranchiata. [Written also Derotrema.]

Derre

Der"re (?), a. Dearer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Derrick

Der"rick (?), n. [Orig., a gallows, from a hangman named Derrick. The name is of Dutch origin; D. Diederik, Dierryk, prop. meaning, chief of the people; cf. AS. pe\'a2dric, E. Theodoric, G. Dietrich. See Dutch, and Rich.] A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. Derrick crane, a combination of the derrick and the crane, having facility for hoisting and also for swinging the load horizontally.

Derring

Der"ring, a. Daring or warlike. [Obs.]
Drad for his derring doe and bloody deed. Spenser.

Derringer

Der"rin*ger (?), n. [From the American inventor.] A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball.

Derth

Derth (?), n. Dearth; scarcity. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dertrotheca

Der`tro*the"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

Dervish, Dervise, Dervis

Der"vish (?), Der"vise (?), Der"vis (?), n. [Per. derw, fr. OPer. derew to beg, ask alms: cf. F. derviche.] A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life.

Derworth

Der"worth (?), a. [AS. de\'a2rwurpe, lit., dearworth.] Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Descant

Des"cant (?), n. [OF. descant, deschant, F. d\'82chant, discant, LL. discantus, fr. L. dis + cantus singing, melody, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, and cf. Descant, v. i., Discant.]

1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song. (b) The upper voice in part music. (c) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble. Grove.

Twenty doctors expound one text twenty ways, as children make descant upon plain song. Tyndale.
She [the nightingale] all night long her amorous descant sung. Milton.
&hand; The term has also been used synonymously with counterpoint, or polyphony, which developed out of the French d\'82chant, of the 12th century.

2. A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments.

Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! De Quincey.

Descant

Des*cant" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Descanting.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing.]

1. To sing a variation or accomplishment.

2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large.

A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. Addison.

Descanter

Des*cant"er (?), n. One who descants.

Descend

De*scend" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Descended; p. pr. & vb. n. Descending.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See Scan.]

1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend.

The rain descended, and the floods came. Matt. vii. 25.
We will here descend to matters of later date. Fuller.

2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic]

[He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. Milton.

3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.

And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. Pope.

4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.

5. To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.

7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward.

8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

Descend

De*scend" (?), v. t. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.
But never tears his cheek descended. Byron.

Descendant

De*scend"ant (?), a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendent.] Descendent.

Descendant

De*scend"ant, n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
Our first parents and their descendants. Hale.
The descendant of so many kings and emperors. Burke.

Descendent

De*scend"ent (?), a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. Descendant.] Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.
More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. Pope.

Descender

De*scend"er (?), n. One who descends.

Descendibility

De*scend`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate.

Descendible

De*scend"i*ble (?), a.

1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended.

2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. "A descendant estate." Sir W. Jones.

Descending

De*scend"ing, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. Descending constellations ∨ signs (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. -- Descending node (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. -- Descending series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.

Descendingly

De*scend"ing*ly, adv. In a descending manner.

Descension

De*scen"sion (?), n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See Descent.] The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation. Oblique descension (Astron.), the degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the horizon of an oblique sphere. -- Right descension, the degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.]
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Descensional

De*scen"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to descension. Johnson.

Descensive

De*scen"sive (?), a. Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. Smart.

Descensory

De*scen"so*ry (?), n. [NL. descensorium: cf. OF. descensoire. See Descend.] A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils.

Descent

De*scent" (?), n. [F. descente, fr. descendre; like vente, from vendre. See Descend.]

1. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.

2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.

The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. Jortin.

3. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.

2. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. Dryden.

5. (Law) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. Abbott.

6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.

7. That which is descended; descendants; issue.

If care of our descent perplex us most, Which must be born to certain woe. Milton.

8. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.

No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. Hooker.

9. Lowest place; extreme downward place. [R.]

And from the extremest upward of thy head, To the descent and dust below thy foot. Shak.

10. (Mus.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone. Syn. -- Declivity; slope; degradation; extraction; lineage; assault; invasion; attack.

Describable

De*scrib"a*ble (?), a. That can be described; capable of description.

Describe

De*scribe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Described (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Describing.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. d\'82crire. See Scribe, and cf. Descry.]

1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle.

2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities.

3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.]

Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. Josh. xviii. 9.
Syn. -- To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize.

Describe

De*scribe", v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty.

Describent

De*scrib"ent (?), n. [L. describens, p. pr. of describere.] (Geom.) Same as Generatrix.

Describer

De*scrib"er (?), n. One who describes.

Descrier

De*scri"er (?), n. One who descries.

Description

De*scrip"tion (?), n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See Describe.]

1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.

Milton has descriptions of morning. D. Webster.

3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort.

A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton.
The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See Definition.

Descriptive

De*scrip"tive (?), a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. Descriptive anatomy, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. -- Descriptive geometry, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- De*scrip"tive*ly, adv. -- De*scrip"tive*ness, n.

Descrive

De*scrive" (?), v. t. [OF. descrivre. See Describe.] To describe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Descry

De*scry" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Descried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Descrying.] [OE. descrien, discrien, to espy, prob. from the proclaiming of what was espied, fr. OF. descrier to proclaim, cry down, decry, F. d\'82crier. The word was confused somewhat with OF. descriven, E. describe, OF. descrivre, from L. describere. See Decry.]

1. To spy out or discover by the eye, as objects distant or obscure; to espy; to recognize; to discern; to discover.

And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. Judg. i. 23.
Edmund, I think, is gone . . . to descry The strength o' the enemy. Shak.
And now their way to earth they had descried. Milton.

2. To discover; to disclose; to reveal. [R.]

His purple robe he had thrown aside, lest it should descry him. Milton.
Syn. -- To see; behold; espy; discover; discern.

Descry

De*scry" (?), Discovery or view, as of an army seen at a distance. [Obs.]
Near, and on speedy foot; the main descry Stands on the hourly thought. Shak.

Desecate

Des"e*cate (?), v. t. [L. desecare to cut off.] To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. [Obs.]

Desecrate

Des"e*crate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desecrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Desecrating (?).] [L. desecratus, p. p. of desecrare (also desacrare) to consecrate, dedicate; but taken in the sense if to divest of a sacred character; de- + sacrare to consecrate, fr. sacer sacred. See Sacred.] To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate.
The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. W. Tooke.
The founders of monasteries imprecated evil on those who should desecrate their donations. Salmon.

Desecrater

Des"e*cra`ter (?), n. One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag.

Desecration

Des`e*cra"tion (?), n. The act of desecrating; profanation; condition of anything desecrated.

Desecrator

Des"e*cra`tor (?), n. One who desecrates. "Desecrators of the church." Morley.

Desegmentation

De*seg`men*ta"tion (?), n. (Anat.) The loss or obliteration of division into segments; as, a desegmentation of the body.

Desert

De*sert" (?), n. [OF. deserte, desserte, merit, recompense, fr. deservir, desservir, to merit. See Deserve.] That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit.
According to their deserts will I judge them. Ezek. vii. 27.
Andronicus, surnamed Pius For many good and great deserts to Rome. Shak.
His reputation falls far below his desert. A. Hamilton.
Syn. -- Merit; worth; excellence; due.

Desert

Des"ert (?), n. [F. d\'82sert, L. desertum, from desertus solitary, desert, pp. of deserere to desert; de- + serere to join together. See Series.]

1. A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation.

A dreary desert and a gloomy waste. Pope.

2. A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place.

He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Is. li. 3.
Also figuratively.
Before her extended Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life. Longfellow.

Desert

Des"ert, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F. d\'82sert. See 2d Desert.] Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
He . . . went aside privately into a desert place. Luke ix. 10.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Gray.
Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently unproductive place. -- Desert hare (Zo\'94l.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var. Arizon\'91) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United States. -- Desert mouse (Zo\'94l.), an American mouse (Hesperomys eremicus), living in the Western deserts.

Desert

De*sert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserting.] [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere to desert, F. d\'82serter. See 2d Desert.]

1. To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country. "The deserted fortress." Prescott.

2. (Mil.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors.

Desert

De*sert", v. i. To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond.
The soldiers . . . deserted in numbers. Bancroft.
Syn. -- To abandon; forsake; leave; relinquish; renounce; quit; depart from; abdicate. See Abandon.

Deserter

De*sert"er (, n. One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.

Desertful

De*sert"ful (?), a. Meritorious. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Desertion

De*ser"tion (?), n. [L. desertio: cf. F. d\'82sertion.]

1. The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.

Such a resignation would have seemed to his superior a desertion or a reproach. Bancroft.

2. The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.

3. Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

The spiritual agonies of a soul under desertion. South.

Desertless

De*sert"less (?), a. Without desert. [R.]

Desertlessly

De*sert"less*ly, adv. Undeservedly. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Desertness

Des"ert*ness (?), n. A deserted condition. [R.] "The desertness of the country." Udall.

Desertrix, Desertrice

De*sert"rix (?), De*sert"rice (?), n. [L. desertrix.] A feminine deserter. Milton.

Deserve

De*serve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]

1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.

God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite. Thackeray.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. Burke.

2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]

A man that hath So well deserved me. Massinger.

Deserve

De*serve" (?), v. i. To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
One man may merit or deserve of another. South.

Deservedly

De*serv"ed*ly (?), adv. According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.

Deservedness

De*serv"ed*ness, n. Meritoriousness.

Deserver

De*serv"er (?), n. One who deserves.

Deserving

De*serv"ing, n. Desert; merit.
A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.

Deserving

De*serv"ing, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving or act. -- De*serv"ing*ly, adv.

Deshabille

Des`ha*bille (?), n. [F. d\'82shabill\'82, fr. d\'82shabiller to undress; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + habiller to dress. See Habiliment, and cf. Dishabille.] An undress; a careless toilet.

Desiccant

De*sic"cant (?), a. [L. desiccans, p. pr. of desiccare. See Desiccate.] Drying; desiccative. -- n. (Med.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore. Wiseman.

Desiccate

Des"ic*cate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiccated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiccating.] [L. desiccatus, p. p. of desiccare to dry up; de- + siccare to dry, siccus dry. See Sack wine.] To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.

Desiccate

Des"ic*cate, v. i. To become dry.

Desiccation

Des`ic*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dessiccation.] The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

Desiccative

De*sic"ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dessicatif.] Drying; tending to dry. Ferrand. -- n. (Med.) An application for drying up secretions.

Desiccator

Des"ic*ca`tor (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, desiccates.

2. (Chem.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture.

Desiccatory

De*sic"ca*to*ry (?), a. Desiccative.

Desiderable

De*sid"er*a*ble (?), a. Desirable. [R.] "Good and desiderable things." Holland.

Desiderata

De*sid`e*ra"ta (?), n. pl. See Desideratum.

Desiderate

De*sid"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] [L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum.] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson.
Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.

Desideration

De*sid`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. desideratio.] Act of desiderating; also, the thing desired. [R.] Jeffrey.

Desiderative

De*sid"er*a*tive (?), a. [L. desiderativus.] Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.

Desiderative

De*sid"er*a*tive, n.

1. An object of desire.

2. (Gram.) A verb formed from another verb by a change of termination, and expressing the desire of doing that which is indicated by the primitive verb.

Desideratum

De*sid`e*ra"tum (?), n.; pl. Desiderata (#). [L., fr. desideratus, p. p. See Desiderate.] Anything desired; that of which the lack is felt; a want generally felt and acknowledge.

Desidiose, Desidious

De*sid"i*ose` (?), De*sid"i*ous (?), a. [L. desidiosus, fr. desidia a sitting idle, fr. desid to sit idle; de- + sed to sit.] Idle; lazy. [Obs.]

Desidiousness

De*sid"i*ous*ness, n. The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [Obs.] N. Bacon.

Desight

De*sight" (?), n. [Pref. de- + sight.] An unsightly object. [Obs.]

Desightment

De*sight"ment (?), n. The act of making unsightly; disfigurement. [R.]
To substitute jury masts at whatever desightment or damage in risk. London Times.

Design

De*sign" (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Designing.] [F. d\'82signer to designate, cf. F. dessiner to draw, dessin drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Design, n., Designate.]

1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw. Dryden.

2. To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

We shall see Justice design the victor's chivalry. Shak.
Meet me to-morrow where the master And this fraternity shall design. Beau. & Fl.

3. To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

4. To intend or purpose; -- usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.

Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed. Burke.
He was designed to the study of the law. Dryden.
Syn. -- To sketch; plan; purpose; intend; propose; project; mean.

Design

De*sign", v. i. To form a design or designs; to plan. Design for, to intend to go to. [Obs.] "From this city she designed for Collin [Cologne]." Evelyn.
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Design

De*sign" (?), n. [Cf. dessein, dessin.]

1. A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

2. A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.

The vast design and purposTennyson.
The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman. Hallam.
A . . . settled design upon another man's life. Locke.
How little he could guess the secret designs of the court! Macaulay.

3. Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

4. The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

5. (Mus.) The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole. Arts of design, those into which the designing of artistic forms and figures enters as a principal part, as architecture, painting, engraving, sculpture. -- School of design, one in which are taught the invention and delineation of artistic or decorative figures, patterns, and the like. Syn. -- Intention; purpose; scheme; project; plan; idea. -- Design, Intention, Purpose. Design has reference to something definitely aimed at. Intention points to the feelings or desires with which a thing is sought. Purpose has reference to a settled choice or determination for its attainment. "I had no design to injure you," means it was no part of my aim or object. "I had no intention to injure you," means, I had no wish or desire of that kind. "My purpose was directly the reverse," makes the case still stronger.

Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life? Tillotson.
I wish others the same intention, and greater successes. Sir W. Temple.
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow. Shak.

Designable

Des"ig*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. Boyle.

Designate

Des"ig*nate (?), a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] Sir G. Buck.

Designate

Des"ig*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.]

1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

2. To call by a distinctive title; to name.

3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn. -- To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe.

Designation

Des`ig*na"tion (?), n. [L. designatio: cf. F. d\'82signation.]

1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.

3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

The usual designation of the days of the week. Whewell.

4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things have parts. Locke.

Designative

Des"ig*na*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82signatif.] Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.

Designator

Des"ig*na`tor (?), n. [L.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.

2. One who designates.

Designatory

Des"ig*na*to*ry (?), a. Serving to designate; designative; indicating. [R.]

Designedly

De*sign"ed*ly (?), adv. By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.

Designer

De*sign"er (?), n.

1. One who designs, marks out, or plans; a contriver.

2. (Fine Arts) One who produces or creates original works of art or decoration.

3. A plotter; a schemer; -- used in a bad sense.

Designful

De*sign"ful (?), a. Full of design; scheming. [R.] -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. [R.] Barrow.

Designing

De*sign"ing, a. Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man.

Designing

De*sign"ing, n. The act of making designs or sketches; the act of forming designs or plans.

Designless

De*sign"less, a. Without design. [Obs.] -- De*sign"less*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Designment

De*sign"ment (?), n.

1. Delineation; sketch; design; ideal; invention. [Obs.]

For though that some mean artist's skill were shown In mingling colors, or in placing light, Yet still the fair designment was his own. Dryden.

2. Design; purpose; scheme. [Obs.] Shak.

Desilver

De*sil"ver (?), v. t. To deprive of silver; as, to desilver lead.

Desilverization

De*sil`ver*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver.

Desilverize

De*sil"ver*ize (?), v. t. To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from.

Desinence

Des"i*nence (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sinence.] Termination; ending. Bp. Hall.

Desinent

Des"i*nent (?), a. [L. desinens, p. pr. of desinere, desitum, to leave off, cease; de- + sinere to let, allow.] Ending; forming an end; lowermost. [Obs.] "Their desinent parts, fish." B. Jonson.

Desinential

Des`i*nen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82sinentiel.] Terminal.
Furthermore, b, as a desinential element, has a dynamic function. Fitzed. Hall.

Desipient

De*sip"i*ent (?), a. [L. desipiens, p. pr. of desipere to be foolish; de- + sapere to be wise.] Foolish; silly; trifling. [R.]

Desirability

De*sir`a*bil"i*ty, n. The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness.

Desirable

De*sir"a*ble (?), a. [F. d\'82sirable, fr. L. desiderabilis. See Desire, v. t.] Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
All of them desirable young men. Ezek. xxiii. 12.
As things desirable excite Desire, and objects move the appetite. Blackmore.

Desirableness

De*sir"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being desirable.
The desirableness of the Austrian alliance. Froude.

Desirably

De*sir"a*bly, adv. In a desirable manner.

Desire

De*sire" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Desiring.] [F. d\'82sirer, L. desiderare, origin uncertain, perh. fr. de- + sidus star, constellation, and hence orig., to turn the eyes from the stars. Cf. Consider, and Desiderate, and see Sidereal.]

1. To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

Neither shall any man desire thy land. Ex. xxxiv. 24.
Ye desire your child to live. Tennyson.

2. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? 2 Kings iv. 28.
Desire him to go in; trouble him no more. Shak.

3. To require; to demand; to claim. [Obs.]

A doleful case desires a doleful song. Spenser.

4. To miss; to regret. [Obs.]

She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies. Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- To long for; hanker after; covet; wish; ask; request; solicit; entreat; beg. -- To Desire, Wish. In desire the feeling is usually more eager than in wish. "I wish you to do this" is a milder form of command than "I desire you to do this," though the feeling prompting the injunction may be the susage> C. J. Smith.

Desire

De*sire", n. [F. d\'82sir, fr. d\'82sirer. See Desire, v. t.]

1. The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.

Unspeakable desire to see and know. Milton.

2. An expressed wish; a request; petition.

And slowly was my mother brought To yield consent to my desire. Tennyson.

3. Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

The Desire of all nations shall come. Hag. ii. 7.

4. Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

5. Grief; regret. [Obs.] Chapman. Syn. -- Wish; appetency; craving; inclination; eagerness; aspiration; longing.

Desireful

De*sire"ful (?), a. Filled with desire; eager. [R.]
The desireful troops. Godfrey (1594).

Desirefulness

De*sire"ful*ness, n. The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. [R.]
The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. Udall.

Desireless

De*sire"less, a. Free from desire. Donne.

Desirer

De*sir"er (?), n. One who desires, asks, or wishes.

Desirous

De*sir"ous (?), a. [F. d\'82sireux, OF. desiros, fr. desir. See Desire, n.] Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him. John xvi. 19.
Be not desirous of his dainties. Prov. xxiii. 3.

Desirously

De*sir"ous*ly, adv. With desire; eagerly.

Desirousness

De*sir"ous*ness, n. The state of being desirous.

Desist

De*sist" (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Desisting.] [L. desistere; de- + sistere to stand, stop, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. d\'82sister. See Stand.] To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.
Never desisting to do evil. E. Hall.
To desist from his bad practice. Massinger.
Desist (thou art discern'd, And toil'st in vain). Milton.

Desistance

De*sist"ance (?), n. [Cf. F. desistance.] The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle.
If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.

Desistive

De*sist"ive (?), a. [See Desist.] Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]

Desition

De*si"tion (?), n. [See Desinent.] An end or ending. [R.]

Desitive

Des"i*tive (?), a. Final; serving to complete; conclusive. [Obs.] "Desitive propositions." I. Watts.

Desitive

Des"i*tive, n. (Logic) A proposition relating to or expressing an end or conclusion. [Obs.] I. Watts.

Desk

Desk (?), n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See Dish, and cf. Disk.]

1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."

Desk

Desk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Desking.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

Deskwork

Desk"work` (?), n. Work done at a desk, as by a clerk or writer. Tennyson.

Desman

Des"man (?), n. [Cf. Sw. desman musk.] (Zo\'94l.) An amphibious, insectivorous mammal found in Russia (Myogale moschata). It is allied to the moles, but is called muscrat by some English writers. [Written also d\'91sman.]

Desmid, Desmidian

Des"mid (?), Des*mid"i*an (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidi\'91, a group of unicellular alg\'91 in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves.

Desmine

Des"mine (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.

Desmobacteria

Des`mo*bac*te"ri*a (?), n. pl. [Gr. bacteria.] See Microbacteria.

Desmodont

Des"mo*dont (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.

Desmognathous

Des*mog"na*thous (?), a. [Gr. desmo`s bond + (Zo\'94l.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds (Desmognath\'91), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.

Desmoid

Des"moid (?), a. [Gr. desmo`s ligament + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous.

Desmology

Des*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. desmo`s ligament + -logy.] The science which treats of the ligaments. [R.]

Desmomyaria

Des`mo*my*a"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The division of Tunicata which includes the Salp\'91. See Salpa.

Desolate

Des"o*late (?), a. [L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus alone. See Sole, a.]

1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. ix. 11.
And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. Tennyson.

2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.

3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. Ps. xxv. 16.
Voice of the poor and desolate. Keble.

4. Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.]

I were right now of tales desolate. Chaucer.
Syn. -- Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.

Desolate

Des"o*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desolating.]

1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.

2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.

Desolately

Des"o*late*ly (?), adv. In a desolate manner.

Desolateness

Des"o*late*ness, n. The state of being desolate.

Desolater

Des"o*la`ter (?), n. One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede.

Desolation

Des`o*la"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82solation, L. desolatio.]

1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.

You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into desolation. Shak.

3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

How is Babylon become a desolation! Jer. l. 23.
Syn. -- Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.

Desolator

Des"o*la`tor (?), n. [L.] Same as Desolater. Byron.

Desolatory

Des"o*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. desolatorius.] Causing desolation. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Desophisticate

De`so*phis"ti*cate (?), v. t. To clear from sophism or error. [R.] Hare.

Desoxalic

Des`ox*al"ic (?), a. [F. pref. des- from + E. oxalic.] (Chem.) Made or derived from oxalic acid; as, desoxalic acid.

Despair

De*spair" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Despaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despairing.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. Prosper, Desperate.] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.
We despaired even of life. 2 Cor. i. 8.
Never despair of God's blessings here. Wake.
Syn. -- See Despond.

Despair

De*spair", v. t.

1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.]

I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. Milton.

2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] Sir W. Williams.

Despair

De*spair", n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.]

1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.

We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. Keble.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. Macaulay.

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2. That which is despaired of. "The mere despair of surgery he cures." Shak. Syn. -- Desperation; despondency; hopelessness.

Despairer

De*spair"er (?), n. One who despairs.

Despairful

De*spair"ful (?), a. Hopeless. [Obs.] Spenser.

Despairing

De*spair"ing, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- De*spair"ing*ly, adv. -- De*spair"ing*ness, n.

Desparple

De*spar"ple (?), v. t. & i. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter; to disparkle. [Obs.] Mandeville.

Despatch

De*spatch" (?), n. & v. Same as Dispatch.

Despecificate

De`spe*cif"i*cate (?), v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) + specificate.] To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. [R.]
Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully despecificated. Fitzed. Hall.

Despecfication

De*spec`fi*ca"tion (?), n. Discrimination.

Despect

De*spect" (?), n. [L. despectus, fr. despicere. See Despite, n.] Contempt. [R.] Coleridge.

Despection

De*spec"tion (?), n. [L. despectio.] A looking down; a despising. [R.] W. Montagu.

Despeed

De*speed" (?), v. t. To send hastily. [Obs.]
Despeeded certain of their crew. Speed.

Despend

De*spend" (?), v. t. To spend; to squander. See Dispend. [Obs.]
Some noble men in Spain can despend Howell.

Desperado

Des`per*a"do (?), n.; pl. Desperadoes (#). [OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See Desperate.] A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

Desperate

Des"per*ate (?), a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]

1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]

I am desperate of obtaining her. Shak.

2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. "Desperate expedients." Macaulay.

4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

A desperate offendress against nature. Shak.
The most desperate of reprobates. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong; precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad; furious; frantic.

Desperate

Des"per*ate, n. One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]

Desperately

Des"per*ate*ly, adv. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
She fell desperately in love with him. Addison.

Desperateness

Des"per*ate*ness n. Desperation; virulence.

Desperation

Des`per*a"tion (?), n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.]

1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.

This desperation of success chills all our industry. Hammond.

2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. W. Irving.

Despicability

Des`pi*ca*bil"i*ty (?), n. Despicableness. [R.] Carlyle.

Despicable

Des"pi*ca*ble (?), a. [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari to despise; akin to despicere. See Despise.] Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift. Syn. -- Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See Contemptible.

Despicableness

Des"pi*ca*ble*ness, n. The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

Despicably

Des"pi*ca*bly (?), adv. In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy.

Despiciency

Des*pi"cien*cy (?), n. [L. despicientia. See Despise.] A looking down; despection. [Obs.]

Despisable

De*spis"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. despisable.] Despicable; contemptible. [R.]

Despisal

De*spis"al (?), n. A despising; contempt. [R.]
A despisal of religion. South.

Despise

De*spise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despising.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon, despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy, and cf. Despicable, Despite.] To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7.
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn. -- To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See Contemn.

Despisedness

De*spis"ed*ness, n. The state of being despised.

Despisement

De*spise"ment (?), n. A despising. [R.] Holland.

Despiser

De*spis"er (?), n. One who despises; a contemner; a scorner.

Despisingly

De*spis"ing*ly, adv. Contemptuously.

Despite

De*spite" (?), n. [OF. despit, F. d\'82pit, fr. L. despectus contempt, fr. despicere. See Despise, and cf. Spite, Despect.]

1. Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.

With all thy despite against the land of Israel. Ezek. xxv. 6.

2. An act of malice, hatred, or defiance; contemptuous defiance; a deed of contempt.

A despite done against the Most High. Milton.
In despite, in defiance of another's power or inclination. -- In despite of, in defiance of; in spite of. See under Spite. "Seized my hand in despite of my efforts to the contrary." W. Irving. -- In your despite, in defiance or contempt of you; in spite of you. [Obs.]

Despite

De*spite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despited; p. pr. & vb. n. Despiting.] [OF. despitier, fr. L. despectare, intens. of despicere. See Despite, n.] To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Despite

De*spite", prep. In spite of; against, or in defiance of; notwithstanding; as, despite his prejudices. Syn. -- See Notwithstanding.

Despiteful

De*spite"ful (?), a. [See Despite, and cf. Spiteful.] Full of despite; expressing malice or contemptuous hate; malicious. -- De*spite"ful*ly, adv. -- De*spite"ful*ness, n.
Haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters. Rom. i. 30.
Pray for them which despitefully use you. Matt. v. 44.
Let us examine him with despitefulness and fortune. Book of Wisdom ii. 19.

Despiteous

Des*pit"e*ous (?), a. [OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See Despite.] Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous. [Obs.] "Despiteous reproaches." Holland.

Despiteously

Des*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. Despitefully. [Obs.]

Despitous

De*spit"ous (?), a. Despiteous; very angry; cruel. [Obs.]
He was to sinful man not despitous. Chaucer.
- De*spit"ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Despoil

De*spoil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. d\'82pouiller, L. despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob, spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.]

1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.

The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the summer fair. Gower.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. Macaulay.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. Milton.
Syn. -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.

Despoil

De*spoil", n. Spoil. [Obs.] Wolsey.

Despoiler

De*spoil"er (?), n. One who despoils.

Despoilment

De*spoil"ment (?), n. Despoliation. [R.]

Despoliation

De*spo`li*a"tion (?), n. [L. despoliatio. See Despoil.] A stripping or plundering; spoliation. Bailey.

Despond

De*spond" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Desponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Desponding.] [L. despond, desponsum, to promise away, promise in marriage, give up, to lose (courage); de- + spond to promise solemnly. See Sponsor.] To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view.
I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters.
Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. Locke.
We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may turn its eyes hitherward, and be assured that foundations of our national power still stand strong. D. Webster.
Syn. -- Despond, Dispair. Despair implies a total loss of hope, which despond does not, at least in every case; yet despondency is often more lasting than despair, or than desperation, which impels to violent action.

Despond

De*spond" n. Despondency. [Obs.]
The slough of despond. Bunyan.

Despondence

De*spond"ence (?), n. Despondency.
The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. Goldsmith.

Despondency

De*spond"en*cy (?), n. The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay.

Despondent

De*spond"ent (?), a. [L. despondens, -entis, p. pr. of despond.] Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv.

Desponder

De*spond"er (?), n. One who desponds.

Despondingly

De*spond"ing*ly, adv. In a desponding manner.

Desponsage

De*spon"sage (?), n. [From L. desponsus, p. p. See Despond.] Betrothal. [Obs.]
Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe.

Desponsate

De*spon"sate (?), v. t. [L. desponsatus, p. p. of desponsare, intens. of despondere to betroth. See Despond.] To betroth. [Obs.] Johnson.

Desponsation

Des`pon*sa"tion (?), n. [L. desponsatio: cf. OF. desponsation.] A betrothing; betrothal. [Obs.]
For all this desponsation of her . . . she had not set one step toward the consummation of her marriage. Jer. Taylor.

Desponsory

De*spon"so*ry (?), n.; pl. Desponsories (. A written pledge of marriage. Clarendon.

Desport

De*sport" (?), v. t. & i. See Disport.

Despot

Des"pot (?), n. [F. despote, LL. despotus, fr. Gr. potens. See Potent.]

1. A master; a lord; especially, an absolute or irresponsible ruler or sovereign.

Irresponsible power in human hands so naturally leads to it, that cruelty has become associated with despot and tyrant. C. J. Smith.

2. One who rules regardless of a constitution or laws; a tyrant.

Despotat

Des"po*tat (?), n. [Cf. F. despotat.] The station or government of a despot; also, the domain of a despot. Freeman.

Despotic, Despotical

Des*pot"ic (?), Des*pot"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. despotique.] Having the character of, or pertaining to, a despot; absolute in power; possessing and abusing unlimited power; evincing despotism; tyrannical; arbitrary. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Des*pot"ic*al*ness, n.

Despotism

Des"po*tism (?), n. [Cf. F. despotisme.]

1. The power, spirit, or principles of a despot; absolute control over others; tyrannical sway; tyranny. "The despotism of vice." Byron.

2. A government which is directed by a despot; a despotic monarchy; absolutism; autocracy.

Despotism . . . is the only form of government which may with safety to itself neglect the education of its infant poor. Bp. Horsley.

Despotist

Des"po*tist, n. A supporter of despotism. [R.]

Despotize

Des"po*tize (?), v. t. To act the despot.

Despread

De*spread" (?), v. t. & i. See Dispread.

Despumate

Des"pu*mate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Despumated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Despumating (?).] [L. despumatus, p. p. of despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma froth, scum.] To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.

Despumation

Des`pu*ma"tion (?), n. [L. despumatio: cf. F. despumation.] The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification.

Despume

De*spume" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. despumer. See Despumate.] To free from spume or scum. [Obs.]
If honey be despumed. Holland.

Desquamate

Des"qua*mate (?), v. i. [L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.

Desquamation

Des`qua*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. desquamation.] (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

Desquamative, Desquamatory

De*squam"a*tive (?), De*squam"a*to*ry (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation.

Desquamatory

De*squam"a*to*ry, n. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in removing the lamin\'91 of exfoliated bones.

Dess

Dess (?), n. Dais. [Obs.]

Dessert

Des*sert" (?), n. [F., fr. desservir to remove from table, to clear the table; pref. des- (L. dis-) + servir to serve, to serve at table. See Serve.] A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.
"An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope.
Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. -- Dessert-spoonful, n., pl. Dessert-spoonfuls, as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluid drams.

Destemper

Des*tem"per (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82trempe, fr. d\'82tremper.] A kind of painting. See Distemper.

Destin

Des"tin (?), n. [Cf. F. destin.] Destiny. [Obs.] Marston.

Destinable

Des"ti*na*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. destinable.] Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer.

Destinably

Des"ti*na*bly, adv. In a destinable manner.

Destinal

Des"ti*nal (?), a. Determined by destiny; fated. [Obs.] "The order destinal." Chaucer.

Destinate

Des"ti*nate (?), a. [L. destinatus, p. p. of destinare. See Destine.] Destined. [Obs.] "Destinate to hell." Foxe.

Destinate

Des"ti*nate (?), v. t. To destine, design, or choose. [Obs.] "That name that God . . . did destinate." Udall.

Destination

Des`ti*na"tion (?), n. [L. destinatio determination: cf. F. destination destination.]

1. The act of destining or appointing.

2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.

3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. Syn. -- Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot; fate; end.

Destine

Des"tine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.] To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for.
We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. Milton.
Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. Tennyson.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. Longfellow.
Syn. -- To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.

Destinist

Des"ti*nist (?), n. A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [R.]

Destiny

Des"ti*ny (?), n.; pl. Destinies (#). [OE. destinee, destene, F. destin\'82e, from destiner. See Destine.]

1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

Thither he Will come to know his destiny. Shak.
No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Bryant.

2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

But who can turn the stream of destiny? Spenser.
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow.
The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), the three Parc\'91, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration.
Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. Shak.

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Destituent

De*stit"u*ent (?; 135), a. [L. destituens, p. pr. of destituere.] Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Destitute

Des"ti*tute (?), a. [L. destitutus, p. p. of destituere to set away, leave alone, forsake; de + statuere to set. See Statute.]

1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of.

In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8.
Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.

2. Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.

They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented. Heb. xi. 37.

Destitute

Des"ti*tute, v. t.

1. To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon. [Obs.]

To forsake or destitute a plantation. Bacon.

2. To make destitute; to cause to be in want; to deprive; -- followed by of. [Obs.]

Destituted of all honor and livings. Holinshed.

3. To disappoint. [Obs.]

When his expectation is destituted. Fotherby.

Destitutely

Des"ti*tute*ly, adv. In destitution.

Destituteness

Des"ti*tute*ness, n. Destitution. [R.] Ash.

Destitution

Des`ti*tu"tion (?), n. [L. destitutio a forsaking.] The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.

Destrer, Dextrer

Des*trer" (?), Dex"trer (?), n. [OF. destrier, fr. L. dextra on the right side. The squire led his master's horse beside him, on his right hand. Skeat.] A war horse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Destrie

De*strie" (?), v. t. To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Destroy

De*stroy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destroyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Destroying.] [OE. destroien, destruien, destrien, OF. destruire, F. d\'82truire, fr. L. destruere, destructum; de + struere to pile up, build. See Structure.]

1. To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Ex. xxxiv. 13.

2. To ruin; to bring to naught; to put an end to; to annihilate; to consume.

I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation. Jer. xii. 17.

3. To put an end to the existence, prosperity, or beauty of; to kill.

If him by force he can destroy, or, worse, By some false guile pervert. Milton.
Syn. -- To demolish; lay waste; consume; raze; dismantle; ruin; throw down; overthrow; subvert; desolate; devastate; deface; extirpate; extinguish; kill; slay. See Demolish.

Destroyable

De*stroy"a*ble (?), a. Destructible. [R.]
Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.

Destroyer

De*stroy"er (?), n. [Cf. OF. destruior.] One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

Destruct

De*struct" (?), v. t. [L. destructus, p. p. of destruere. See Destroy.] To destroy. [Obs.] Mede.

Destructibility

De*struc`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. destructibilit\'82.] The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.

Destructible

De*struc"ti*ble (?), a. [L. destructibilis.] Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

Destructibleness

De*struc"ti*ble*ness, n. The quality of being destructible.

Destruction

De*struc"tion (?), n. [L. destructio: cf. F. destruction. See Destroy.]

1. The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. Esth. ix. 5.
'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. Shak.
Destruction of venerable establishment. Hallam.

2. The state of being destroyed, demolished, ruined, slain, or devastated.

This town came to destruction. Chaucer.
Thou castedst them down into destruction. Ps. lxxiii. 18.

2. A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.

The destruction that wasteth at noonday. Ps. xci. 6.
Syn. -- Demolition; subversion; overthrow; desolation; extirpation; extinction; devastation; downfall; extermination; havoc; ruin.

Destructionist

De*struc"tion*ist, n.

1. One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.

2. (Theol.) One who believes in the final destruction or complete annihilation of the wicked; -- called also annihilationist. Shipley.

Destructive

De*struc"tive (?), a. [L. destructivus: cf. F. destructif.] Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth.
Time's destructive power. Wordsworth.
Destructive distillation. See Distillation. -- Destructive sorties ( (Logic), a process of reasoning which involves the denial of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a species of reductio ad absurdum. Whately.
Syn. -- Mortal; deadly; poisonous; fatal; ruinous; malignant; baleful; pernicious; mischievous.

Destructive

De*struc"tive, n. One who destroys; a radical reformer; a destructionist.

Destructively

De*struc"tive*ly, adv. In a destructive manner.

Destructiveness

De*struc"tive*ness (?), n.

1. The quality of destroying or ruining. Prynne.

2. (Phren.) The faculty supposed to impel to the commission of acts of destruction; propensity to destroy.

Destructor

De*struc"tor (?), n. [L., from destruere. See Destroy, and cf. Destroyer.] A destroyer. [R.]
Fire, the destructive and the artificial death of things. Boyle.

Destruie

De*struie" (?), v. t. To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Desudation

Des`u*da"tion (?), n. [L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat.] (Med.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples.

Desuete

De*suete" (?), a. [L. desuetus, p. p. of desuescere to disuse.] Disused; out of use. [R.]

Desuetude

Des"ue*tude (?), n. [L. desuetudo, from desuescere, to grow out of use, disuse; de + suescere to become used or accustomed: cf. F. d\'82su\'82tude. See Custom.] The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion.
The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.

Desulphurate

De*sul"phu*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desulphurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desulphurating.] To deprive of sulphur.

Desulphuration

De*sul`phu*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sulfuration.] The act or process of depriving of sulphur.

Desulphurize

De*sul"phur*ize (?), v. t. To desulphurate; to deprive of sulphur. -- De*sul`phur*i*za"tion (#), n.

Desultorily

Des"ul*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In a desultory manner; without method; loosely; immethodically.

Desultoriness

Des"ul*to*ri*ness, n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness.
The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle.

Desultorious

Des`ul*to"ri*ous (?), a. Desultory. [R.]

Desultory

Des"ul*to*ry (?), a. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation.]

1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.]

I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White.

2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. Atterbury.

He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay.

3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark. Syn. -- Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.

Desume

De*sume" (?), v. t. [L. desumere; de + sumere to take.] To select; to borrow. [Obs.] Sir. M. Hale.

Desynonymization

De`syn*on`y*mi*za"tion (?), n. The act of desynonymizing.

Desynonymize

De`syn*on"y*mize (?), v. t. To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; -- applied to words which have been employed as synonyms. Coleridge. Trench.

Detach

De*tach" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Detaching.] [F. d\'82tacher (cf. It. distaccare, staccare); pref. d\'82 (L. dis) + the root found also in E. attach. See Attach, and cf. Staccato.]

1. To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party.

2. To separate for a special object or use; -- used especially in military language; as, to detach a ship from a fleet, or a company from a regiment. Syn. -- To separate; disunite; disengage; sever; disjoin; withdraw;; draw off. See Detail.

Detach

De*tach", v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage.
[A vapor] detaching, fold by fold, From those still heights. Tennyson.

Detachable

De*tach"a*ble (?), a. That can be detached.

Detached

De*tached" (?), a. Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected; as, detached parcels. "Extensive and detached empire." Burke. Detached escapement. See Escapement.

Detachment

De*tach"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82tachement.]

1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.

Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft.

3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.

A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. J. H. Newman.

Detail

De"tail (?; 277), n. [F. d\'82tail, fr. d\'82tailler to cut in pieces, tell in detail; pref. d\'82- (L. de or dis-) + tailler to cut. See Tailor.]

1. A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

The details of the campaign in Italy. Motley.

2. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.

3. (Mil.) The selection for a particular service of a person or a body of men; hence, the person or the body of men so selected. Detail drawing, a drawing of the full size, or on a large scale, of some part of a building, machine, etc. -- In detail, in subdivisions; part by part; item; circumstantially; with particularity. Syn. -- Account; relation; narrative; recital; explanation; narration.

Detail

De"tail (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Detailing.] [Cf. F. d\'82tailler to cut up in pieces, tell in detail. See Detail, n.]

1. To relate in particulars; to particularize; to report minutely and distinctly; to enumerate; to specify; as, he detailed all the facts in due order.

2. (Mil.) To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron. Syn. -- Detail, Detach. Detail respect the act of individualizing the person or body that is separated; detach, the removing for the given end or object.

Detailer

De*tail"er (?), n. One who details.

Detain

De*tain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Detaining.] [F. d\'82tenir, L. detinere, detentum; de + tenere to hold. See Tenable.]

1. To keep back or from; to withhold.

Detain not the wages of the hireling. Jer. Taylor.

2. To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident.

Let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. Judges xiii. 15.

3. To hold or keep in custody. Syn. -- To withhold; retain; stop; stay; arrest; check; retard; delay; hinder.

Detain

De*tain", n. Detention. [Obs.] Spenser.

Detainder

De*tain"der (?), n. (Law) A writ. See Detinue.

Detainer

De*tain"er (?), n.

1. One who detains.

2. (Law) (a) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. (b) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody.

Detainment

De*tain"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. detenement.] Detention. [R.] Blackstone.

Detect

De*tect" (?), a. [L. detectus, p. p. of detegere to uncover, detect; de + tegere to cover. See Tegument.] Detected. [Obs.] Fabyan.

Detect

De*tect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detected; p. pr. & vb. n. Detecting.]

1. To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account.

Plain good intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke.
Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

2. To inform against; to accuse. [Obs.]

He was untruly judged to have preached such articles as he was detected of. Sir T. More.
Syn. -- To discover; find out; lay bare; expose.

Detectable, Detectible

De*tect"a*ble (?), De*tect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being detected or found out; as, parties not detectable. "Errors detectible at a glance." Latham.

Detecter

De*tect"er (?), n. One who, or that which, detects or brings to light; one who finds out what another attempts to conceal; a detector.

Detection

De*tec"tion (?), n. [L. detectio an uncovering, revealing.] The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a plot.
Such secrets of guilt are never from detection. D. Webster.

Detective

De*tect"ive (?), a. Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.

Detective

De*tect"ive, n. One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy.

Detector

De*tect"or (?), n. [L., a revealer.] One who, or that which, detects; a detecter. Shak.
A deathbed's detector of the heart. Young.
Bank-note detector, a publication containing a description of genuine and counterfeit bank notes, designed to enable persons to discriminate between them. -- Detector l. See under Lock.

Detenebrate

De*ten"e*brate (?), v. t. [L. de + tenebrare to make dark, fr. tenebrae darkness.] To remove darkness from. [Obs.] Ash.

Detent

De*tent" (?), n. [F. d\'82tente, fr. d\'82tendre to unbend, relax; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + tendre to stretch. See Distend.] (Mech.) That which locks or unlocks a movement; a catch, pawl, or dog; especially, in clockwork, the catch which locks and unlocks the wheelwork in striking.

Detention

De*ten"tion (?), n. [L. detentio: cf. F. d\'82tention. See Detain.]

1. The act of detaining or keeping back; a withholding.

2. The state of being detained (stopped or hindered); delay from necessity.

3. Confinement; restraint; custody.

The archduke Philip . . . found himself in a sort of honorable detention at Henry's court. Hallam.

Deter

De*ter" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deterred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deterring.] [L. deterrere; de + terrere to frighten, terrify. See Terror.] To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc. Addison.
Potent enemies tempt and deter us from our duty. Tillotson.
My own face deters me from my glass. Prior.

Deterge

De*terge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deterged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deterging.] [L. detergere, detersum; de + tergere to rub or wipe off: cf. F. d\'82terger.] To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.

Detergency

De*ter"gen*cy (?), n. A cleansing quality or power. De Foe.

Detergent

De*ter"gent (?), a. [L. detergens, -entis, p. pr. of detergere: cf. F. d\'82tergent.] Cleansing; purging. -- n. A substance which cleanses the skin, as water or soap; a medicine to cleanse wounds, ulcers, etc.

Deteriorate

De*te"ri*o*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deteriorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deteriorating (?).] [L. deterioratus, p. p. of deteriorate to deteriorate, fr. deterior worse, prob. a comparative fr. de down, away.] To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind. Whately.
The art of war . . . was greatly deteriorated. Southey.
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Deteriorate

De*te"ri*o*rate (?), v. i. To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
Under such conditions, the mind rapidly deteriorates. Goldsmith.

Deterioration

De*te`ri*o*ra"tion (?), n. [LL. deterioratio: cf. F. d\'82t\'82rioration.] The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

Deteriority

De*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. [L. deterior worse. See Deteriorate.] Worse state or quality; inferiority. "The deteriority of the diet." [R.] Ray.

Determent

De*ter"ment (?), n. [From Deter.] The act of deterring; also, that which deters. Boyle.

Determinability

De*ter`mi*na*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being determinable; determinableness. Coleridge.

Determinable

De*ter"mi*na*ble (?), a. [L. determinabilis finite. See Determine, v. t.] Capable of being determined, definitely ascertained, decided upon, or brought to a conclusion.
Not wholly determinable from the grammatical use of the words. South.

Determinableness

De*ter"mi*na*ble*ness, n. Capability of being determined; determinability.

Determinacy

De*ter"mi*na*cy (?), n. Determinateness. [R.]

Determinant

De*ter"mi*nant (?), a. [L. determinans, p. pr. of determinare: cf. F. d\'82terminant.] Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

Determinant

De*ter"mi*nant, n.

1. That which serves to determine; that which causes determination.

2. (Math.) The sum of a series of products of several numbers, these products being formed according to certain specified laws; thus, the determinant of the nine numbers. a, b, c,a\'b7, b\'b7, c\'b7,a\'b7\'b7, b\'b7\'b7, c\'b7\'b7, is a b\'b7 c\'b7\'b7 -- a b\'b7\'b7 c\'b7 + a\'b7 b\'b7\'b7 c] -- a\'b7 b c\'b7\'b7 + a\'b7\'b7 b\'b7 c. The determinant is written by placing the numbers from which it is formed in a square between two vertical lines. The theory of determinants forms a very important branch of modern mathematics.

3. (Logic) A mark or attribute, attached to the subject or predicate, narrowing the extent of both, but rendering them more definite and precise. Abp. Thomson.

Determinate

De*ter"mi*nate (?), a. [L. determinatus, p. p. of determinare. See Determine.]

1. Having defined limits; not uncertain or arbitrary; fixed; established; definite.

Quantity of words and a determinate number of feet. Dryden.

2. Conclusive; decisive; positive.

The determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God. Acts ii. 23.

3. Determined or resolved upon. [Obs.]

My determinate voyage. Shak.

4. Of determined purpose; resolute. [Obs.]

More determinate to do than skillful how to do. Sir P. Sidney.
Determinate inflorescence (Bot.), that in which the flowering commences with the terminal bud of a stem, which puts a limit to its growth; -- also called centrifugal inflorescence. -- Determinate problem (Math.), a problem which admits of a limited number of solutions. -- Determinate quantities, Determinate equations (Math.), those that are finite in the number of values or solutions, that is, in which the conditions of the problem or equation determine the number.

Determinate

De*ter"mi*nate (?), v. t. To bring to an end; to determine. See Determine. [Obs.]
The sly, slow hours shall not determinate The dateless limit of thy dear exile. Shak.

Determinately

De*ter"mi*nate*ly (?), adv.

1. In a determinate manner; definitely; ascertainably.

The principles of religion are already either determinately true or false, before you think of them. Tillotson.

2. Resolutely; unchangeably.

Being determinately . . . bent to marry. Sir P. Sidney.

Determinateness

De*ter"mi*nate*ness, n. State of being determinate.

Determination

De*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. determinatio boundary, end: cf. F. d\'82termination.]

1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.

A speedy determination of that war. Ludlow.

3. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.

Remissness can by no means consist with a constant determination of the will . . . to the greatest apparent good. Locke.

4. The quality of mind reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. Emerson.

5. The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.

6. That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.

So bloodthirsty a determination to obtain convictions. Hallam.

7. (Med.) A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part; as, a determination of blood to the head.

8. (Physical Sciences) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensify, etc.; as, the determination of the ohm or of the wave length of light; the determination of the salt in sea water, or the oxygen in the air.

9. (Logic) (a) The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents. (b) The addition of a differentia to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.

10. (Nat. Hist.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells. Syn. -- Decision; conclusion; judgment; purpose; resolution; resolve; firmness. See Decision.

Determinative

De*ter"mi*na*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82terminatif.] Having power to determine; limiting; shaping; directing; conclusive.
Incidents . . . determinative of their course. I. Taylor.
Determinative tables (Nat. Hist.), tables presenting the specific character of minerals, plants, etc., to assist in determining the species to which a specimen belongs.

Determinative

De*ter"mi*na*tive (?), n. That which serves to determine.
Explanatory determinatives . . . were placed after words phonetically expressed, in order to serve as an aid to the reader in determining the meaning. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Determinator

De*ter"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who determines. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Determine

De*ter"mine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Determined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Determining.] [F. d\'82terminer, L. determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus limit. See Term.]

1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

[God] hath determined the times before appointed. Acts xvii. 26.

2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.

The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. Bacon.
Now, where is he that will not stay so long Till his friend sickness hath determined me? Shak.

3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. J. Edwards.
Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. W. Black.

4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course.

5. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name.

6. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause.

7. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately.

8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.

9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water.

Determine

De*ter"mine, v. i.

1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]

He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South.
Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone.

2. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on. "Determine on some course." Shak.

He shall pay as the judges determine. Ex. xxi. 22.

Determined

De*ter"mined (?), a. Decided; resolute. "Adetermined foe."" Sparks.

Determinedly

De*ter"min*ed*ly (?), adv. In a determined manner; with determination.

Determiner

De*ter"min*er (?), n. One who, or that which, determines or decides.

Determinism

De*ter"min*ism (?), n. (Metaph.) The doctrine that the will is not free, but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives.
Its superior suitability to produce courage, as contrasted with scientific physical determinism, is obvious. F. P. Cobbe.

Determinist

De*ter"min*ist, n. (Metaph.) One who believes in determinism. Also adj.; as, determinist theories.

Deterration

De`ter*ra"tion (?), n. [L. de + terra earth: cf. F. d\'82terrer to unearth.] The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward.

Deterrence

De*ter"rence (?), n. That which deters; a deterrent; a hindrance. [R.]

Deterrent

De*ter"rent (?), a. [L. deterrens, p. pr. of deterrere. See Deter.] Serving to deter. "The deterrent principle." E. Davis.

Deterrent

De*ter"rent, n. That which deters or prevents.

Detersion

De*ter"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82tersion. See Deterge.] The act of deterging or cleansing, as a sore.

Detersive

De*ter"sive (?), a. [Cf. d\'82tersif.] Cleansing; detergent. -- n. A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Detersively

De*ter"sive*ly, adv. In a way to cleanse.

Detersiveness

De*ter"sive*ness, n. The quality of cleansing.

Detest

De*test" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detested; p. pr. & vb. n. Detesting.] [L. detestare, detestatum, and detestari, to curse while calling a deity to witness, to execrate, detest; de + testari to be a witness, testify, testis a witness: cf. F. d\'82tester. See Testify.]

1. To witness against; to denounce; to condemn. [Obs.]

The heresy of Nestorius . . . was detested in the Eastern churches. Fuller.
God hath detested them with his own mouth. Bale.

2. To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. Pope.
Syn. -- To abhor; abominate; execrate. See Hate.

Detestability

De*test`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capacity of being odious. [R.] Carlyle.

Detestable

De*test"a*ble (?), a. [L. detestabilis: cf. F. d\'82testable.] Worthy of being detested; abominable; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices.
Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11.
Syn. -- Abominable; odious; execrable; abhorred.

Detestableness

De*test"a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being detestable.

Detestably

De*test"a*bly, adv. In a detestable manner.

Detesttate

De*test"tate (?), v. t. To detest. [Obs.] Udall.

Detestation

Det`es*ta"tion (?; 277), n. [L. detestatio: cf. F. d\'82testation.] The act of detesting; extreme hatred or dislike; abhorrence; loathing.
We are heartily agreed in our detestation of civil war. Burke.

Detester

De*test"er (?), n. One who detes

Dethrone

De*throne" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dethroned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dethroning.] [Pref. de- + throne: cf. F. d\'82tr\'93ner; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + tr\'93ne throne. See Throne.] To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. "The Protector was dethroned." Hume.

Dethronement

De*throne"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82tr\'93nement.] Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.

Dethroner

De*thron"er (?), n. One who dethrones.

Dethronization

De*thron`i*za"tion (?), n. Dethronement. [Obs.] Speed.

Dethronize

De*thron"ize (?), v. t. [Cf. LL. dethronizare.] To dethrone or unthrone. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Detinue

Det"i*nue (?; 277), n. [OF. detinu, detenu, p. p. of detenir to detain. See Detain.] A person or thing detained; (Law) a form of action for the recovery of a personal chattel wrongfully detained. Writ of detinue (Law), one that lies against him who wrongfully detains goods or chattels delivered to him, or in possession, to recover the thing itself, or its value and damages, from the detainer. It is now in a great measure superseded by other remedies.

Detonate

Det"o*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Detonated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Detonating (?).] [L. detonare, v. i., to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to E. thunder. See Thunder, and cf. Detonize.] To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

Detonate

Det"o*nate, v. t. To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report.

Detonating

Det"o*na`ting, a. & n. from Detonate. Detonating gas, a mixture of two volumes of hydrogen with one volume of oxygen, which explodes with a loud report upon ignition. -- Detonating powder, any powder or solid substance, as fulminate of mercury, which when struck, explodes with violence and a loud report. -- Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. -- Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gaseous mixtures by an electric spark, as in gas analysis, etc.

Detonation

Det`o*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82tonation.] An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.

Detonator

Det`o*na`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, detonates.

Detonization

Det`o*ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of detonizing; detonation.

Detonize

Det"o*nize (?), v. t. & i. [See Detonate.] [imp. & p. p.Detonized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Detonizing.] To explode, or cause to explode; to burn with an explosion; to detonate.

Detorsion

De*tor"sion (?), n. Same as Detortion.

Detort

De*tort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Detorting.] [L. detortus, p. p. of detorquere to turn away; de + torquere to turn about, twist: cf. F. d\'82torquer, d\'82tordre.] To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to wrest. Hammond.

Detortion

De*tor"tion (?), n. The act of detorting, or the state of being detorted; a twisting or warping.

Detour

De`tour" (?), n. [F. d\'82tour, fr. d\'82tourner to turn aside; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + tourner to turn. See Turn.] A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

Detract

De*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Detracting.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d\'82tracter. See Trace.]

1. To take away; to withdraw.

Detract much from the view of the without. Sir H. Wotton.

2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.

That calumnious critic . . . Detracting what laboriously we do. Drayton.
Syn. -- To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse; vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.

Detract

De*tract", v. i. To take away a part or something, especially from one's credit; to lessen reputation; to derogate; to defame; -- often with from.
It has been the fashion to detract both from the moral and literary character of Cicero. V. Knox.

Detracter

De*tract"er (?), n. One who detracts; a detractor.
Other detracters and malicious writers. Sir T. North.

Detractingly

De*tract"ing*ly, adv. In a detracting manner.

Detraction

De*trac"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82traction, L. detractio.]

1. A taking away or withdrawing. [Obs.]

The detraction of the eggs of the said wild fowl. Bacon.

2. The act of taking away from the reputation or good name of another; a lessening or cheapening in the estimation of others; the act of depreciating another, from envy or malice; calumny. Syn. -- Depreciation; disparagement; derogation; slander; calumny; aspersion; censure.

Detractious

De*trac"tious (?), a. Containing detraction; detractory. [R.] Johnson.

Detractive

De*tract"ive (?), a.

1. Tending to detractor draw. [R.]

2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.

Detractiveness

De*tract"ive*ness, n. The quality of being detractive.

Detracor

De*trac"or (?), n. [L.: cf. F. d\'82tracteur.] One who detracts; a derogator; a defamer.
His detractors were noisy and scurrilous. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Slanderer; calumniator; defamer; vilifier.

Detractory

De*tract"o*ry (?), a. Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious. Sir T. Browne.

Detractress

De*tract"ress, n. A female detractor. Addison.

Detrain

De*train" (?), v. i. & t. To alight, or to cause to alight, from a railway train. [Eng.] London Graphic.

Detrect

De*trect" (?), v. t. [L. detrectare; de + tractare, intens. of trahere to draw.] To refuse; to decline. [Obs.] "To detrect the battle." Holinshed.
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Detriment

Det"ri*ment (?), n. [L. detrimentum, fr. deterere, detritum, to rub or wear away; de + terere to rub: cf. F. d\'82triment. See Trite.]

1. That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc.

I can repair That detriment, if such it be. Milton.

2. A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. [Eng.] Syn. -- Injury; loss; damage; disadvantage; prejudice; hurt; mischief; harm.

Detriment

Det"ri*ment (?), v. t. To do injury to; to hurt. [Archaic]
Other might be determined thereby. Fuller.

Detrimental

Det`ri*men"tal (?), a. Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.
Neither dangerous nor detrimental to the donor. Addison.
Syn. -- Injurious; hurtful; prejudicial; disadvantageous; mischievous; pernicious.

Detrimentalness

Det`ri*men"tal*ness, n. The quality of being detrimental; injuriousness.

Detrital

De*tri"tal (?), a. (Geol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, detritus.

Detrite

De*trite" (?), a. [L. detritus, p. p.] Worn out.

Detrition

De*tri"tion (?), n. [LL. detritio. See Detriment.] A wearing off or away.
Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Detritus

De*tri"tus (?), n. [F. d\'82tritus, fr. L. detritus, p. p. of deterere. See Detriment.]

1. (Geol.) A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus. &hand; For large portions, the word d\'82bris is used.

2. Hence: Any fragments separated from the body to which they belonged; any product of disintegration.

The mass of detritus of which modern languages are composed. Farrar.

Detrude

De*trude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruding.] [L. detrudere, detrusum; de + trudere to thrust, push.] To thrust down or out; to push down with force. Locke.

Detuncate

De*tun"cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detruncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruncating.] [L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See Truncate.] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off.

Detruncation

De`trun*ca"tion (?), n. [L. detruncatio: cf. F. d\'82troncation.] The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body.

Detrusion

De*tru"sion (?), n. [L. detrusio. See Detrude.] The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. -- De*tru"sive, a.

Dette

Dette (?), n. Debt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Detteles

Dette"les (?), a. Free from debt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Detumescence

De`tu*mes"cence (?), n. [L. detumescere to cease swelling; de + tumescere, tumere, to swell.] Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen. [R.] Cudworth.

Detur

De"tur (?), n. [L. detur let it be given.] A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize. [Harvard Univ., U. S.]

Deturb

De*turb" (?), v. t. [L. deturbare.] To throw down. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Deturbate

De*tur"bate (?), v. t. [LL. deturbatus, p. p. of deturbare, fr. L. deturbare to thrust down.] To evict; to remove. [Obs.] Foxe.

Deturbation

Det`ur*ba"tion (?), n. The act of deturbating. [Obs.]

Deturn

De*turn" (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + turn. Cf. Detour.] To turn away. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

Deturpate

De*tur"pate (?), v. t. [L. deturpare; de + turpare to make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul.] To defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Deturpation

Det`ur*pa"tion (?), n. A making foul. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Deuce

Deuce (?), n. [F. deux two, OF. deus, fr. L. duo. See Two.]

1. (Gaming) Two; a card or a die with two spots; as, the deuce of hearts.

2. (Tennis) A condition of the score beginning whendeuce, which decides the game.

Deuce

Deuce, n. [Cf. LL. dusius, Armor, dus, te\'96z, phantom, specter; Gael. taibhs, taibhse, apparition, ghost; or fr. OF. deus God, fr. L. deus (cf. Deity.)] The devil; a demon. [A euphemism, written also deuse.] [Low]

Deuced

Deu"ced (?), a. Devilish; excessive; extreme. [Low] -- Deu"ced*ly, adv.

Deuse, n.; Deused

Deuse (?), n.; Deu"sed (, a.
See Deuce, Deuced.

Deuterocanonical

Deu`ter*o*ca*non"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. canonical.] Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc.

Deuterogamist

Deu`ter*og"a*mist (?), n. [See Deuterogamy.] One who marries the second time.

Deuterogamy

Deu`ter*og"a*my (?), n. [Gr. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. Goldsmith.

Deuterogenic

Deu`ter*o*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Geol.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.

Deuteronomist

Deu`ter*on"o*mist (?), n. The writer of Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy

Deu`ter*on"o*my (?), n. [Gr. Deuteronomium.] (Bibl.) The fifth book of the Pentateuch, containing the second giving of the law by Moses.

Deuteropathia, Deuteropathy

Deu`ter*o*pa*thi"a (?), Deu`ter*op"a*thy (?), n. [NL. deuteropathia, fr. Gr. deut\'82ropathie.] (Med.) A sympathetic affection of any part of the body, as headache from an overloaded stomach.

Deuteropathic

Deu`ter*o*path"ic (?), a. Pertaining to deuteropathy; of the nature of deuteropathy.

Deuteroscopy

Deu`ter*os"co*py (?), n. [Gr. -scopy.]

1. Second sight.

I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.

2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. Sir T. Browne.

Deuterozooid

Deu`ter*o*zo"oid (?), n. [Gr. zooid.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate generations. In the tapeworms, the joints are deuterozooids.

Deuthydroguret

Deut`hy*drog"u*ret (?), n. (Chem.) Same as Deutohydroguret.

Deuto- ∨ Deut-

Deu"to- (?)Deut- (d\'d4t-)
[Contr. from Gr. (Chem.) A prefix which formerly properly indicated the second in a regular series of compound in the series, and not to its composition, but which is now generally employed in the same sense as bi- or di-, although little used.

Deutohydroguret

Deu`to*hy*drog"u*ret (?), n. [Pref. deut-, deuto- + hydroguret.] (Chem.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of hydrogen united with some other element or radical. [Obs.]

Deutoplasm

Deu"to*plasm (?), n. [Pref. deuto- + Gr. (Biol.) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; yolk.

Deutoplastic

Deu`to*plas"tic (?), a. [Pref. deuto- + Gr. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.

Deutosulphuret

Deu`to*sul"phu*ret (?), n. [Pref. deuto- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) A disulphide. [Obs.]

Deutoxide

Deu*tox"ide (?; 104), n. [Pref. deut- + oxide.] (Chem.) A compound containing in the molecule two atoms of oxygen united with some other element or radical; -- usually called dioxide, or less frequently, binoxide.

Deutzia

Deut"zi*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Jan Deutz of Holland.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated.

Dev, ∨ Deva

Dev (?), ∨ De"va (, n. [Skr. d. Cf. Deity.] (Hind. Myth.) A god; a deity; a divine being; an idol; a king.

Devanagari

De`va*na"ga*ri (?), n. [Skr. d; d god + nagara city, i. e., divine city.] The character in which Sanskrit is written.

Devaporation

De*vap`o*ra"tion (?), n. The change of vapor into water, as in the formation of rain.

Devast

De*vast" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82vaster. See Devastate.] To devastate. [Obs.] Bolingbroke.

Devastate

Dev"as*tate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus, p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste, vastus waste. See Vast.] To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Whole countries . . . were devastated. Macaulay.
Syn. -- To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder; pillage.

Devastation

Dev`as*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82vastation.]

1. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

Even now the devastation is begun, And half the business of destruction done. Goldsmith.

2. (Law) Waste of the goods of the deceased by an executor or administrator. Blackstone. Syn. -- Desolation; ravage; waste; havoc; destruction; ruin; overthrow.

Devastator

Dev"as*ta`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, devastates. Emerson.

Devastavit

Dev`as*ta"vit (?), n. [L., he has wasted.] (Law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator. Bouvier.

Devata

De"va*ta (?), n. [Hind., fr. Skr. d god.] (Hind. Myth.) A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol. [Written also dewata.]

Deve

Deve (?), a. [See Deaf.] Deaf. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Develin

Dev"el*in (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European swift. [Prov. Eng.]

Develop

De*vel"op (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Developed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Developing.] [F. d\'82veloper; d\'82- (L. dis-) + OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. Voluptuous); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere, volutum, to roll (cf. Devolve). Cf. Envelop.] [Written also develope.]

1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; as, to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.

These serve to develop its tenets. Milner.
The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. The Century.

2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; as, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind.

The sound developed itself into a real compound. J. Peile.
All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. Owen.

3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.

We must develop our own resources to the utmost. Jowett (Thucyd).

4. (Math.) To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. To develop a curved surface on a place (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane. Syn. -- To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.

Develop

De*vel"op (?), v. i.

1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as, a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year.

Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within. Mrs. Browning.

2. To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

Developable

De*vel"op*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being developed. J. Peile. Developable surface (Math.), a surface described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other. Hence, the surface can be developed into a plane.

Developer

De*vel"op*er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, develops.

2. (Photog.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

Development

De*vel"op*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82veloppement.] [Written also developement.]

1. The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.

A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing.

2. (Biol.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.

3. (Math.) (a) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning. (b) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.

4. (mus.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive. Development theory (Biol.), the doctrine that animals and plants possess the power of passing by slow and successive stages from a lower to a higher state of organization, and that all the higher forms of life now in existence were thus developed by uniform laws from lower forms, and are not the result of special creative acts. See the Note under Darwinian. Syn. -- Unfolding; disclosure; unraveling; evolution; elaboration; growth.

Developmental

De*vel`op*men"tal (?), a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the process of development; as, the developmental power of a germ. Carpenter.

Devenustate

Dev`e*nus"tate (?), v. t. [L. devenustatus, p. p. of devenustare to disfigure; de + venustus lovely, graceful.] To deprive of beauty or grace. [Obs.]

Devergence, Devergency

De*ver"gence (?), De*ver"gen*cy (?), n. See Divergence. [Obs.]

Devest

De*vest" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting.] [L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. d\'82v\'88tir. Cf. Divest.]

1. To divest; to undress. Shak.

2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate. &hand; This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense.

Devest

De*vest", v. i. (Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

Devex

De*vex" (?), a. [L. devexus, from devehere to carry down.] Bending down; sloping. [Obs.]

Devex

De*vex", n. Devexity. [Obs.] May (Lucan).

Devexity

De*vex"i*ty (?), n. [L. devexitas, fr. devexus. See Devex, a.] A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

Devi

De"vi (?), n.; fem. of Deva. A goddess.

Deviant

De"vi*ant (?), a. Deviating. [Obs.]

Deviate

De"vi*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deviated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deviating (?).] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to go, travel, via way. See Viaduct.] To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate from the common track. Pope.
Syn. -- To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.

Deviate

De"vi*ate, v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.]
To deviate a needle. J. D. Forbes.

Deviation

De`vi*a"tion (?), n. [LL. deviatio: cf. F. d\'82viation.]

1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.


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2. (Com.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. Deviation of a falling body (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. -- Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. -- Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density.

Deviator

De"vi*a`tor (?), n. [L., a forsaker.] One who, or that which, deviates.

Deviatory

De"vi*a*to*ry (?), a. Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] Tully.

Device

De*vice" (?), n. [OE. devis, devise, will, intention, opinion, invention, fr. F. devis architect's plan and estimates (in OF., division, plan, wish), devise device (in sense 3), in OF. also, division, wish, last will, fr. deviser. See Devise, v. t., and cf. Devise, n.]

1. That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.

His device in against Babylon, to destroy it. Jer. li. 11.
Their recent device of demanding benevolences. Hallam.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty. Job v. 12.

2. Power of devising; invention; contrivance.

I must have instruments of my own device. Landor.

3. (a) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance. (b) Improperly, an heraldic bearing.

Knights-errant used to distinguish themselves by devices on their shields. Addison.
A banner with this strange device - Excelsior. Longfellow.

4. Anything fancifully conceived. Shak.

5. A spectacle or show. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

6. Opinion; decision. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Syn. -- Contrivance; invention; design; scheme; project; stratagem; shift. -- Device, Contrivance. Device implies more of inventive power, and contrivance more of skill and dexterity in execution. A device usually has reference to something worked out for exhibition or show; a contrivance usually respects the arrangement or disposition of things with reference to securing some end. Devices were worn by knights-errant on their shields; contrivances are generally used to promote the practical convenience of life. The word device is often used in a bad sense; as, a crafty device; contrivance is almost always used in a good sense; as, a useful contrivance.

Deviceful

De*vice"ful (?), a. Full of devices; inventive. [R.]
A carpet, rich, and of deviceful thread. Chapman.

Devicefully

De*vice"ful*ly, adv. In a deviceful manner. [R.]

Devil

Dev"il (?), n. [AS. de\'a2fol, de\'a2ful; akin to G. , Goth. diaba\'a3lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]

1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke iv. 2.
That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. Rev. xii. 9.

2. An evil spirit; a demon.

A dumb man possessed with a devil. Matt. ix. 32.

3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." Shak.

Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? John vi. 70.

4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. [Low]

The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. Shak.
The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Pope.

5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.

Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott.

6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc. Blue devils. See under Blue. -- Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian. -- Devil bird (Zo\'94l.), one of two or more South African drongo shrikes (Edolius retifer, and E. remifer), believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery. -- Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used adjectively. Longfellow. -- Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp (Laminaria saccharina, and L. longicruris) of the Atlantic ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped somewhat like an apron. -- Devil's coachhorse. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.] (b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect (Prionotus cristatus); the wheel bug. [U.S.] -- Devil's darning-needle. (Zo\'94l.) See under Darn, v. t. -- Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zo\'94l.), the common British starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.] -- Devil's riding-horse (Zo\'94l.), the American mantis (Mantis Carolina). -- The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet. "Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot heels." F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.). -- Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil forces of nature are of equal power. -- Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay. -- Tasmanian devil (Zo\'94l.), a very savage carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus, ∨ Diabolus, ursinus). -- To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]

Devil

Dev"il (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deviled (?) or Devilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Deviling (?) or Devilling.]

1. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.

2. To grill with Cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.

A deviled leg of turkey. W. Irving.
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Devil-diver, Devil bird

Dev"il-div`er (?), Dev"il bird` (
, n.. (Zo\'94l.) A small water bird. See Dabchick.

Deviless

Dev"il*ess (?), n. A she-devil. [R.] Sterne.

Devilet

Dev"il*et (?), n. A little devil. [R.] Barham.

Devilfish

Dev"il*fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A huge ray (Manta birostrisCephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera. (b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus. (c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale. (d) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler.

Deviling

Dev"il*ing, n. A young devil. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Devilish

Dev"il*ish, a.

1. Resembling, characteristic of, or pertaining to, the devil; diabolical; wicked in the extreme. "Devilish wickedness." Sir P. Sidney.

This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. James iii. 15.

2. Extreme; excessive. [Colloq.] Dryden. Syn. -- Diabolical; infernal; hellish; satanic; wicked; malicious; detestable; destructive. -- Dev"il*ish*ly, adv. -- Dev"il*ish*ness, n.

Devilism

Dev"il*ism (?), n. The state of the devil or of devils; doctrine of the devil or of devils. Bp. Hall.

Devilize

Dev"il*ize (?), v. t. To make a devil of. [R.]
He that should deify a saint, should wrong him as much as he that should devilize him. Bp. Hall.

Devilkin

Dev"il*kin (?), n. A little devil; a devilet.

Devilment

Dev"il*ment (?), n. Deviltry. Bp. Warburton.

Devilry

Dev"il*ry (?), n.; pl. Devilries (.

1. Conduct suitable to the devil; extreme wickedness; deviltry.

Stark lies and devilry. Sir T. More.

2. The whole body of evil spirits. Tylor.

Devil's darning-needle

Dev"il's darn"ing-nee`dle. (Zo\'94l.) A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.

Devilship

Dev"il*ship, n. The character or person of a devil or the devil. Cowley.

Deviltry

Dev"il*try (?), n.; pl. Deviltries (. Diabolical conduct; malignant mischief; devilry. C. Reade.

Devilwood

Dev"il*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) A kind of tree (Osmanthus Americanus), allied to the European olive.

Devious

De"vi*ous (?), a. [L. devius; de + via way. See Viaduct.]

1. Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

2. Going out of the right or common course; going astray; erring; wandering; as, a devious step. Syn. -- Wandering; roving; rambling; vagrant. -- De"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- De"vi*ous*ness, n.

Devirginate

De*vir"gin*ate (?), a. [L. devirginatus, p. p. of devirginare.] Deprived of virginity. [R.]

Devirginate

De*vir"gin*ate (?), v. t. To deprive of virginity; to deflour. [R.] Sandys.

Devirgination

De*vir`gi*na"tion (?), n. [L. devirginatio.] A deflouring. [R.] Feltham.

Devisable

De*vis"a*ble (?), a. [From Devise.]

1. Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.

2. Capable of being bequeathed, or given by will.

Devisal

De*vis"al (?), n. A devising. Whitney.

Devise

De*vise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Devising.] [OF. deviser to distribute, regulate, direct, relate, F., to chat, fr. L. divisus divided, distributed, p. p. of dividere. See Divide, and cf. Device.]

1. To form in the mind by new combinations of ideas, new applications of principles, or new arrangement of parts; to formulate by thought; to contrive; to excogitate; to invent; to plan; to scheme; as, to devise an engine, a new mode of writing, a plan of defense, or an argument.

To devise curious works. Ex. CCTV. 32.
Devising schemes to realize his ambitious views. Bancroft.

2. To plan or scheme for; to purpose to obtain.

For wisdom is most riches; fools therefore They are which fortunes do by vows devise. Spenser.

3. To say; to relate; to describe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. To imagine; to guess. [Obs.] Spenser.

5. (Law) To give by will; -- used of real estate; formerly, also, of chattels. Syn. -- To bequeath; invent; discover; contrive; excogitate; imagine; plan; scheme. See Bequeath.

Devise

De*vise", v. i. To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
I thought, devised, and Pallas heard my prayer. Pope.
&hand; Devise was formerly followed by of; as, let us devise of ease. Spenser.

Devise

De*vise" (?), n. [OF. devise division, deliberation, wish, will, testament. See Device.]

1. The act of giving or disposing of real estate by will; -- sometimes improperly applied to a bequest of personal estate.

2. A will or testament, conveying real estate; the clause of a will making a gift of real property.

Fines upon devises were still exacted. Bancroft.

3. Property devised, or given by will.

Devise

De*vise" (?), n. Device. See Device. [Obs.]

Devisee

Dev`i*see" (?), n. (Law) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will.

Deviser

De*vis"er (?), n. One who devises.

Devisor

De*vis"or (?), n. (Law) One who devises, or gives real estate by will; a testator; -- correlative to devisee.

Devitable

Dev"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. devitare to avoid; de + vitare to shun, avoid.] Avoidable. [Obs.]

Devitalize

De*vi"tal*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of life or vitality. -- De*vi`tal*i*za"tion (#), n.

Devitation

Dev`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. devitatio.] An avoiding or escaping; also, a warning. [Obs.] Bailey.

Devitrification

De*vit`ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products.

Devitrify

De*vit"ri*fy (?), v. t. To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.

Devocalize

De*vo"cal*ize (?), v. t. To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality. -- De*vo`cal*i*za"tion, n.
If we take a high vowel, such as (i) [= nearly i of bit], and devocalize it, we obtain a hiss which is quite distinct enough to stand for a weak (jh). H. Sweet.

Devocation

Dev`o*ca"tion (?), n. [L. devocare to call off or away; de + vocare to call.] A calling off or away. [R.] Hallywell.

Devoid

De*void" (?), v. t. [OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier, desvoidier, to empty out. See Void.] To empty out; to remove.

Devoid

De*void", a. [See Devoid, v. t.]

1. Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.

Devoir

De*voir" (?), n. [F., fr. L. debere to owe. See Due.] Duty; service owed; hence, due act of civility or respect; -- now usually in the plural; as, they paid their devoirs to the ladies. "Do now your devoid, young knights!" Chaucer.

Devolute

Dev"o*lute (?), v. t. [L. devolutus, p. p. of devolvere. See Devolve.] To devolve. [Obs.] Foxe.

Devolution

Dev`o*lu"tion (?), n. [LL. devolutio: cf. F. d\'82volution.]

1. The act of rolling down. [R.]

The devolution of earth down upon the valleys. Woodward.

2. Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor.

The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. De Quincey.

Devolve

De*volve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Devolving.] [L. devolvere, devolutum, to roll down; de + volvere to roll down; de + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]

1. To roll onward or downward; to pass on.

Every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to the main. Akenside.
Devolved his rounded periods. Tennyson.

2. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.

They devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite. Burke.
They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty. Addison.

Devolve

De*volve", v. i. To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.
His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson.

Devolvement

De*volve"ment (?), n. The act or process of devolving;; devolution.

Devon

De"von (?), n. One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called North Devons, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.

Devonian

De*vo"ni*an (?), a. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system. Devonian age (Geol.), the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the Age of fishes. The various strata of this age compose the Devonian formation or system, and include the old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under Geology.

Devonian

De*vo"ni*an, n. The Devonian age or formation.

Devoration

Dev`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. devoratio. See Devour.] The act of devouring. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Devotary

De*vo"ta*ry (?), n. [See Devote, Votary.] A votary. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

Devote

De*vote" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Devoting.] [L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and cf. Devout, Devow.]

1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames.

No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. Lev. xxvii. 28.

2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]

3. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.


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Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear. Ps. cxix. 38.
They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. Grew.
A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. Gray.
Syn. -- To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See Addict.

Devote

De*vote" (?), a. [L. devotus, p. p.] Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton.

Devote

De*vote", n. A devotee. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Devoted

De*vot"ed, a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- De*vot"ed*ly, adv. -- De*vot"ed*ness, n.

Devotee

Dev`o*tee" (?), n. One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.
While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S. Hardy.

Devotement

De*vote"ment (?), n. The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. [R.] Bp. Hurd.

Devoter

De*vot"er (?), n. One who devotes; a worshiper.

Devotion

De*vo"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82votion, L. devotio.]

1. The act of devoting; consecration.

2. The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness.

Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. Macaulay.

3. Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer. "The love of public devotion." Hooker.

4. Disposal; power of disposal. [Obs.]

They are entirely at our devotion, and may be turned backward and forward, as we please. Godwin.

5. A thing consecrated; an object of devotion. [R.]

Churches and altars, priests and all devotions, Tumbled together into rude chaos. Beau. & Fl.
Days of devotion. See under Day. Syn. -- Consecration; devoutness; religiousness; piety; attachment; devotedness; ardor; earnestness.

Devotional

De*vo"tion*al (?), a. [L. devotionalis.] Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

Devotionalist, Devotionist

De*vo"tion*al*ist, De*vo"tion*ist, n. One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.

Devotionality

De*vo`tion*al"i*ty (?), n. The practice of a devotionalist. A. H. Clough.

Devotionally

De*vo"tion*al*ly (?), adv. In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

Devoto

De*vo"to (?), n. [It.] A devotee. Dr. J. Scott.

Devotor

De*vo"tor (?), n. [L.] A worshiper; one given to devotion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Devour

De*vour" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Devouring.] [F. d\'82vorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See Voracious.]

1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20.

2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.

Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek. vii. 15.
I waste my life and do my days devour. Spenser.

3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. Dryden.
Syn. -- To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.

Devourable

De*vour"a*ble (?), a. That may be devoured.

Devourer

De*vour"er (?), n. One who, or that which, devours.

Devouringly

De*vour"ing*ly, adv. In a devouring manner.

Devout

De*vout" (?), a. [OE. devot, devout, F. d\'82vot, from L. devotus devoted, p. p. of devovere. See Devote, v. t.]

1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.

A devout man, and one that feared God. Acts x. 2.
We must be constant and devout in the worship of God. Rogers.

2. Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture. Milton.

3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare. The devout, devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious. Syn. -- Holy; pure; religious; prayerful; pious; earnest; reverent; solemn; sincere.

Devout

De*vout", n.

1. A devotee. [Obs.] Sheldon.

2. A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion. [Obs.] Milton.

Devoutful

De*vout"ful (?), a.

1. Full of devotion. [R.]

2. Sacred. [R.]

To take her from austerer check of parents, To make her his by most devoutful rights. Marston.

Devoutless

De*vout"less, a. Destitute of devotion. -- De*vout"less*ly, adv. -- De*vout"less*ness, n.

Devoutly

De*vout"ly, adv.

1. In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.

Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly. Shak.

2. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.

'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.

Devoutness

De*vout"ness, n. Quality or state of being devout.

Devove

De*vove" (?), v. t. [See Devote, v. t.] To devote. [Obs.] Cowley.

Devow

De*vow" (?), v. t. [F. d\'82vouer, L. devovere. See Devote, v. t.]

1. To give up; to devote. [Obs.]

2. [Cf. OF. desvoer. Cf. Disavow.] To disavow; to disclaim. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

Devulgarize

De*vul"gar*ize (?), v. t. To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
Shakespeare and Plutarch's "Lives" are very devulgarizing books. E. A. Abbott.

Dew

Dew (?), n. [AS. de\'a0w; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. d\'94gg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dh\'bev, to flow. Dag dew.]

1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.

Her tears fell with the dews at even. Tennyson.

2. Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. "The golden dew of sleep." Shak.

3. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. "The dew of his youth." Longfellow. &hand; Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.

Dew

Dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dewing.] To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton.

Dew

Dew, a. & n. Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dewberry

Dew"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. c\'91sius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries. (b) The plant which bears the fruit.
Feed him with apricots and dewberries. Shak.

Dewclaw

Dew"claw` (?), n. In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground.
Some cut off the dewclaws [of greyhounds]. J. H. Walsh.

Dewdrop

Dew"drop` (?), n. A drop of dew. Shak.

Dewfall

Dew"fall` (?), n. The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.

Dewiness

Dew"i*ness (?), n. State of being dewy.

Dewlap

Dew"lap` (?), n. [Dew + lap to lick.]

1. The pendulous skin under the neck of an ox, which laps or licks the dew in grazing.

2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age. [Burlesque]

On her withered dewlap pour the ale. Shak.

Dewlapped

Dew"lapped` (?), a. Furnished with a dewlap.

Dewless

Dew"less, a. Having no dew. Tennyson.

Dew-point

Dew"-point` (?), n. (Meteor.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

Dewret

Dew"ret` (?), v. t. [Dew + ret, v. t.] To ret or rot by the process called dewretting.

Dewretting

Dew"ret`ting, n. Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.

Dewrot

Dew"rot` (?), v. t. To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.

Dewworm

Dew"worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Earthworm.

Dewy

Dew"y (?), a.

1. Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.

A dewy mist Went and watered all the ground. Milton.
When dewy eve her curtain draws. Keble.

2. Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.

Dewy sleep ambrosial. Cowper.

3. (Bot.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.

Dexter

Dex"ter (?), a. [L.,; akin to Gr. dakshi (cf. daksh to be strong, suit); Goth. taihswa, OHG. zeso. Cf. Dexterous.]

1. Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.

On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.

2. (Her.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, ∨ Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut. -- Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut.

Dexterical

Dex*ter"i*cal (?), a. Dexterous. [Obs.]

Dexterity

Dex*ter"i*ty (?), n. [L. dexteritas, fr. dexter: cf. F. dext\'82rit\'82. See Dexter.]

1. Right-handedness.

2. Readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts; as, dexterity with the chisel.

In youth quick bearing and dexterity. Shak.

3. Readiness in the use or control of the mental powers; quickness and skill in managing any complicated or difficult affair; adroitness.

His wisdom . . . was turned . . . into a dexterity to deliver himself. Bacon.
He had conducted his own defense with singular boldness and dexterity. Hallam.
Syn. -- Adroitness; activity; nimbleness; expertness; skill; cleverness; art; ability; address; tact; facility; aptness; aptitude; faculty. See Skill.

Dexterous

Dex"ter*ous (?), a. [L. dexter. See Dexter.] [Written also dextrous.]

1. Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous workman.

2. Skillful in contrivance; quick at inventing expedients; expert; as, a dexterous manager.

Dexterous the craving, fawning crowd to quit. Pope.

3. Done with dexterity; skillful; artful; as, dexterous management. "Dexterous sleights of hand." Trench. Syn. -- Adroit; active; expert; skillful; clever; able; ready; apt; handy; versed.

Dexterously

Dex"ter*ous*ly (?), adv. In a dexterous manner; skillfully.

Dexterousness

Dex"ter*ous*ness, n. The quality of being dexterous; dexterity.

Dextrad

Dex"trad (?), adv. [L. dextra the right hand + ad to.] (Anat.) Toward the right side; dextrally.

Dextral

Dex"tral (?), a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zo\'94l.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.

Dextrality

Dex*tral"i*ty (?), n. The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne.

Dextrally

Dex"tral*ly (?)(adv
. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.

Dextrer

Dex*trer" (?), n. A war horse; a destrer. [Obs.] "By him baiteth his dextrer." Chaucer.

Dextrin

Dex"trin (?), n. [Cf. F. dextrine, G. dextrin. See Dexter.] (Chem.) A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achro\'94dextrin, and Erythrodextrin.

Dextro-

Dex"tro- (?). A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right; (Chem. & Opt.) having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.

Dextrogerous

Dex*trog"er*ous (?), a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrogyrate.

Dextroglucose

Dex`tro*glu"cose` (?), n. [Dextro- + glucose.] (Chem.) Same as Dextrose.

Dextrogyrate

Dex`tro*gy"rate (?), a. [Dextro- + gyrate.] (Chem. & Opt.) Same as Dextrorotatory.

Dextronic

Dex*tron"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid. Dextronic acid, a sirupy substance obtained by the partial oxidation of various carbohydrates, as dextrose, etc.

Dextrorotary

Dex`tro*ro"ta*ry (?), a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrotatory.

Dextrorotatory

Dex`tro*ro"ta*to*ry (?), a. [Dextro- + rotatory.] (Chem. & Opt.) Turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc. Cf. Levorotatory.

Dextrorsal, Dextrorse

Dex*tror"sal (?), Dex"trorse` (?), a. [L. dextrorsum, contr. fr. dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, p. p. of vertere, vortere, to turn.] Turning from the left to the right, in the ascending line, as in the spiral inclination of the stem of the common morning-gl\'a2ry. &hand; At present scientists predicate dextrorse or sinistrorse quality of the plant regarded objectively; formerly the plant was regarded subjectively, and what is now called dextrorse was then considered sinistrorse.

Dextrose

Dex"trose` (?), n. [See Dexter.] (Chem.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.<-- called also glucose. --> &hand; The solid products are known to the trade as grape sugar; the sirupy products as glucose, or mixing sirup. These are harmless, but are only about half as sweet as cane or sucrose.

Dextrous, a., Dextrously, adv., Dextrousness

Dex"trous (?), a., Dex"trous*ly, adv., Dex"trous*ness, n.
Same as Dexterous, Dexterously, etc.

Dey

Dey (?), n. [See Dairy.] A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dey

Dey (?), n.; pl. Deys (#). [Turk. d\'bei, orig., a maternal uncle, then a friendly title formerly given to middle-aged or old people, especially among the Janizaries; and hence, in Algiers, consecrated at length to the commanding officer of that corps, who frequently became afterward pasha or regent of that province; hence the European misnomer of dey, as applied to the latter: cf. F. dey.] The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

Deye

Deye (?), v. i. To die. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deynte, Deyntee

Deyn"te, Deyn"tee (?), n. & a. See Dainty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dezincification

De*zinc`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

Dezincify

De*zinc"i*fy (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + zinc + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, zinc.

Dhole

Dhole (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A fierce, wild dog (Canis Dukhunensis), found in the mountains of India. It is remarkable for its propensity to hunt the tiger and other wild animals in packs.

Dhony

Dho"ny (?), n. A Ceylonese boat. See Doni.
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Dhoorra, Dhourra, ∨ Dhurra

Dhoor"ra, Dhour"ra, ∨ Dhur"ra (, n. Indian millet. See Durra.

Dhow

Dhow (?), n. [Ar. d\'beo?] A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail. [Also written dow.]

Di-

Di- (?). [Gr. bis twice. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Dia-. The L. pref. dis- sometimes assumes the form di-. See Dis-.] A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice; (Chem.) denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-,

2.

Dia-, Di-

Di"a- (?), Di-. [Gr. Two, and cf. 1st Di-.] A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia- becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc.

Diabase

Di"a*base (?), n. [F. diabase, fr. Gr. (Min.) A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.

Diabaterial

Di*ab`a*te"ri*al (?), a. [Gr. Diabase.] Passing over the borders. [R.] Mitford.

Diabetes

Di`a*be"tes (?), n. [NL., from Gr. Diabase.] (Med.) A disease which is attended with a persistent, excessive discharge of urine. Most frequently the urine is not only increased in quantity, but contains saccharine matter, in which case the disease is generally fatal. Diabetes mellitus [NL., sweet diabetes], that form of diabetes in which the urine contains saccharine matter. -- \'dhDiabetes insipidus [NL., lit., diabetes], the form of diabetes in which the urine contains no abnormal constituent.

Diabetic, Diabetical

Di`a*bet"ic (?), Di`a*bet"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to diabetes; as, diabetic or diabetical treatment. Quian. Diabetic sugar. (Chem.) Same as Dextrose.

Diablerie, Diabley

Dia`ble*rie" (?), Di*ab"le*y (?), n. [F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus. See Devil.] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

Diabolic, Diabolical

Di`a*bol"ic (?), Di`a*bol"ic*al (?), a. [L. diabolicus, Gr. diabolique. See Devil.] Pertaining to the devil; resembling, or appropriate, or appropriate to, the devil; devilish; infernal; impious; atrocious; nefarious; outrageously wicked; as, a diabolic or diabolical temper or act. "Diabolic power." Milton. "The diabolical institution." Motley. -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Di`a*bol"ic*al*ness, n.

Diabolify

Di`a*bol"i*fy (?), v. t. [L. diabolus devil + -fy.] To ascribed diabolical qualities to; to change into, or to represent as, a devil. [R.] Farindon.

Diabolism

Di*ab"o*lism (?), n.

1. Character, action, or principles appropriate to the devil.

2. Possession by the devil. Bp. Warburton.

Diabolize

Di*ab"o*lize (?), v. t. To render diabolical. [R.]

Diacatholicon

Di`a*ca*thol"i*con (?), n. [Pref. dia- + catholicon.] (Med.) A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.

Diacaustic

Di`a*caus"tic (?), a. [Pref. dia- + caustic.] (Opt.) Pertaining to, or possessing the properties of, a species of caustic curves formed by refraction. See Caustic surface, under Caustic.

Diacaustic

Di`a*caus"tic, n.

1. (Med.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery.

2. (Math.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

Diachylon, Diachylum

Di*ach"y*lon (?), Di*ach"y*lum (?), n. [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. (Med. & Chem.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

Diacid

Di*ac"id (?), a. [Pref. di- + acid.] (Chem.) Divalent; -- said of a base or radical as capable of saturating two acid monad radicals or a dibasic acid. Cf. Dibasic, a., and Biacid.

Diacodium

Di`a*co"di*um (?), n. [L., from Gr. A sirup made of poppies.

Diaconal

Di*ac"o*nal (?), a. [LL. diaconalis: cf. F. diaconal. Cf. Deacon.] Of or pertaining to a deacon.

Diaconate

Di*ac"o*nate (?), n. [L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat.] The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.

Diaconate

Di*ac"o*nate, a. Governed by deacons. "Diaconate church." T. Goodwin.

Diacope

Di*ac"o*pe (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.) Tmesis.

Diacoustic

Di`a*cous"tic (?), a. [Pref. di- + acoustic.] Pertaining to the science or doctrine of refracted sounds.

Diacoustics

Di`a*cous"tics (?), n. [Cf. F. diacoustique.] That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.

Diacritic, Diacritical

Di`a*crit"ic (?), Di`a*crit"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Critic.] That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, \'be, &acr;, \'84, &omac;, &ocr;, etc. "Diacritical points." Sir W. Jones.
A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer. A. J. Ellis.

Diactinic

Di`ac*tin"ic (?), a. [Pref. di- + actinic.] (Physics) Capable of transmitting the chemical or actinic rays of light; as, diactinic media.

Diadelphia

Di`a*del"phi*a (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

Diadelphian, Diadelphous

Di`a*del"phi*an (?), Di`a*del"phous (?), a. [Cf. F. diadelphe.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

Diadem

Di"a*dem (?), n. [F. diad\'8ame, L. diadema, fr. Gr. d\'be to bind.]

1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.

2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.

3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur. (Zo\'94l.) See Indri. -- Diadem spider (Zo\'94l.), the garden spider.

Diadem

Di"a*dem, v. t. To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. Pope.
To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. R. H. Neale.

Diadrom

Di"a*drom (?), n. [Gr. A complete course or vibration; time of vibration, as of a pendulum. [Obs.] Locke.

Di\'91resis, Dieresis

Di*\'91r"e*sis, Di*er"e*sis (?; 277), n.; pl. Di\'91resesDiereses (#). [L. diaeresis, Gr. Heresy.]

1. (Gram.) The separation or resolution of one syllable into two; -- the opposite of syn\'91resis.

2. A mark consisting of two dots [¨aut;], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, co\'94perate, a\'89rial.

Di\'91retic

Di`\'91*ret"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Caustic. [Obs.]

Diageotropic

Di`a*ge`o*trop"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism.

Diageotropism

Di`a*ge*ot"ro*pism (?), n. (Bot.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth.

Diaglyph

Di"a*glyph (?), n. [Gr. An intaglio. Mollett.

Diaglyphic, Diaglyphtic

Di`a*glyph"ic (?), Di`a*glyph"tic (?), a. Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic.

Diagnose

Di`ag*nose" (?), v. t. & i. To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.

Diagnosis

Di`ag*no"sis (?), n.; pl. Diagnoses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. Know.]

1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at.

2. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species.

3. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception pf, or judgment concerning, motives and character.

The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram. Compton Reade.
My diagnosis of his character proved correct. J. Payn.
Differential diagnosis (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions.

Diagnostic

Di`ag*nos"tic (?), a. [Gr. diagnostique.] Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease.

Diagnostic

Di`ag*nos"tic, n. The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others.

Diagnosticate

Di`ag*nos"ti*cate (?), v. t. & i. [From Diagnostic.] To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease.

Diagnostics

Di`ag*nos"tics (?), n. That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.
His rare skill in diagnostics. Macaulay.

Diagometer

Di`a*gom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power. Nichol.

Diagonal

Di*ag"o*nal (?), a. [L. diagonalis, fr. Gr. knee: cf. F. diagonal.] (Geom.) Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides. Diagonal bond (Masonry), herringbone work. See Herringbone, a. -- Diagonal built (Shipbuilding), built by forming the outer skin of two layers of planking, making angles of about 45° with the keel, in opposite directions. -- Diagonal cleavage. See under Cleavage. -- Diagonal molding (Arch.), a chevron or zigzag molding. -- Diagonal rib. (Arch.) See Cross-springer. -- Diagonal scale, a scale which consists of a set of parallel lines, with other lines crossing them obliquely, so that their intersections furnish smaller subdivisions of the unit of measure than could be conveniently marked on a plain scale. -- Diagonal stratification. (Geol.) Same as Cross bedding, under Cross, a.

Diagonal

Di*ag"o*nal (?), n.

1. A right line drawn from one angle to another not adjacent, of a figure of four or more sides, and dividing it into two parts.

2. (Engin.) A member, in a framed structure, running obliquely across a panel.

3. A diagonal cloth; a kind of cloth having diagonal stripes, ridges, or welts made in the weaving.

Diagonally

Di*ag"o*nal*ly, adv. In a diagonal direction.

Diagonial

Di`a*go"ni*al (?), a. Diagonal; diametrical; hence; diametrically opposed. [Obs.]
Sin can have no tenure by law at all, but is rather an eternal outlaw, and in hostility with law past all atonement; both diagonal contraries, as much allowing one another as day and night together in one hemisphere. Milton.

Diagram

Di"a*gram (?), n. [Gr. diagramme. See Graphic.]

1. (Geom.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

2. Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one. Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card, under indicator

Diagram

Di"a*gram, v. t. To put into the form of a diagram.

Diagrammatic

Di`a*gram*mat"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly (#), adv.

Diagraph

Di"a*graph (?), n. [Gr. diagraphe. See Diagram.] A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale.

Diagraphic, Diagraphical

Di`a*graph"ic (?), Di`a*graph"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. diagraphique.] Descriptive.

Diagraphics

Di`a*graph"ics (?), n. The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule.

Diaheliotropic

Di`a*he`li*o*trop"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Relating or, or manifesting, diaheliotropism.

Diaheliotropism

Di`a*he`li*ot"ro*pism (?), n. (Bot.) A tendency of leaves or other organs of plants to have their dorsal surface faced towards the rays of light.

Dial

Di"al (?), n. [LL. dialis daily, fr. L. dies day. See Deity.]

1. An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.

2. The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands.

3. A miner's compass. Dial bird (Zo\'94l.), an Indian bird (Copsychus saularius), allied to the European robin. The name is also given to other related species. -- Dial lock, a lock provided with one or more plates having numbers or letters upon them. These plates must be adjusted in a certain determined way before the lock can be operated. -- Dial plate, the plane or disk of a dial or timepiece on which lines and figures for indicating the time are placed.

Dial

Di"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialed (?) or Dialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dialing or Dialling.]

1. To measure with a dial.

Hours of that true time which is dialed in heaven. Talfourd.

2. (Mining) To survey with a dial. Raymond.

Dialect

Di"a*lect (?), n. [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. Dialogue.]

1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South.

2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.

In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. Earle.
[Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott.
Syn. -- Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom.

Dialectal

Di`a*lec"tal (?), a. Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant.

Dialectic

Di`a*lec"tic (?), n. Same as Dialectics.
Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.

Dialectic, Dialectical

Di`a*lec"tic (?), Di`a*lec"tic*al (?), a. [L. dialecticus, Gr. dialectique. See Dialect.]

1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. Earle.


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Dialectically

Di`a*lec"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In a dialectical manner.

Dialectician

Di`a*lec*ti"cian (?), n. [Cf. F. dialecticien.] One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.

Dialectics

Di`a*lec"tics (?), n. [L. dialectica (sc. ars), Gr. dialectique.] That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion. &hand; Dialectics was defined by Aristotle to be the method of arguing with probability on any given problem, and of defending a tenet without inconsistency. By Plato, it was used in the following senses:

1. Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation.

2. The method of investigating the truth by analysis.

3. The science of ideas or of the nature and laws of being -- higher metaphysics. By Kant, it was employed to signify the logic of appearances or illusions, whether these arise from accident or error, or from those necessary limitations which, according to this philosopher, originate in the constitution of the human intellect.

Dialectology

Di`a*lec*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Dialect + -logy.] That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.

Dialector

Di`a*lec"tor (?), n. One skilled in dialectics.

Dialing

Di"al*ing (?), n.

1. The art of constructing dials; the science which treats of measuring time by dials. [Written also dialling.]

2. A method of surveying, especially in mines, in which the bearings of the courses, or the angles which they make with each other, are determined by means of the circumferentor.

Dialist

Di"al*ist, n. A maker of dials; one skilled in dialing.

Diallage

Di*al"la*ge (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.

Diallage

Di"al*lage (?; 277), n. [Gr. (Min.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks.

Diallel

Di"al*lel (?), a. [Gr. Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel. [Obs.] Ash.

Diallyl

Di*al"lyl (?), n. (Chem.) A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.

Dialogical

Di`a*log"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Relating to a dialogue; dialogistical. Burton.

Dialogically

Di`a*log"ic*al*ly, adv. In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.

Dialogism

Di*al"o*gism (?), n. [Gr. dialogisme. See Dialogue.] An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. Fulke.

Dialogist

Di*al"o*gist (?), n. [L. dialogista: cf. F. dialogiste.]

1. A speaker in a dialogue.

2. A writer of dialogues. P. Skelton.

Dialogistic, Dialogistical

Di*al`o*gis"tic (?), Di*al`o*gis"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to a dialogue; having the form or nature of a dialogue. -- Di*al`o*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Dialogite

Di*al"o*gite (?), n. [From Gr. (Min.) Native carbonate of manganese; rhodochrosite.

Dialogize

Di*al"o*gize (?), v. t. [Gr. dialogiser.] To discourse in dialogue. Fotherby.

Dialogue

Di"a*logue (?; 115), n. [OE. dialogue, L. dialogus, fr. Gr. dialogue. See Legend.]

1. A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

2. A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.

Dialogue

Di"a*logue, v. i. [Cf. F. dialoguer.] To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize. [R.] Shak.

Dialogue

Di"a*logue, v. t. To express as in dialogue. [R.]
And dialogued for him what he would say. Shak.

Dialypetalous

Di`al*y*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having separate petals; polypetalous.

Dialysis

Di*al"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Dialyses (#). [L., separation, fr. Gr.

1. (Gram.) Di\'91resis. See Di\'91resis,

1.

2. (Rhet.) Same as Asyndeton.

3. (Med.) (a) Debility. (b) A solution of continuity; division; separation of parts.

4. (Chem.) The separation of different substances in solution, as crystalloids and colloids, by means of their unequal diffusion, especially through natural or artificial membranes.

Dialytic

Di`a*lyt"ic (?), a. [Gr. Dialysis.] Having the quality of unloosing or separating. Clarke. Dialytic telescope, an achromatic telescope in which the colored dispersion produced by a single object lens of crown glass is corrected by a smaller concave lens, or combination of lenses, of high dispersive power, placed at a distance in the narrower part of the converging cone of rays, usually near the middle of the tube.

Dialyzate

Di*al"y*zate (?), n. (Chem.) The material subjected to dialysis.

Dialyzation

Di`a*ly*za"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process of dialysis.

Dialyze

Di"a*lyze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dialyzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dialyzing.] (Chem.) To separate, prepare, or obtain, by dialysis or osmose; to pass through an animal membrane; to subject to dialysis. [Written also dialyse.]

Dialyzed

Di"a*lyzed (?), a. Prepared by diffusion through an animal membrane; as, dialyzed iron.

Dialyzer

Di"a*ly`zer (?), n. The instrument or medium used to effect chemical dialysis.

Diamagnet

Di`a*mag"net (?), n. [Pref. dia- + magnet.] A body having diamagnetic polarity.

Diamagnetic

Di`a*mag*net"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic. Diamagnetic attraction. See under Attraction.

Diamagnetic

Di`a*mag*net"ic, n. Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet.

Diamagnetically

Di`a*mag*net"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.

Diamagnetism

Di`a*mag"net*ism (?), n.

1. The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.

2. That form or condition of magnetic action which characterizes diamagnetics.

Diamantiferous

Di`a*man*tif"er*ous (?), a. [F. diamant diamond + -ferous.] Yielding diamonds.

Diamantine

Di`a*man"tine (?), a. Adamantine. [Obs.]

Diameter

Di*am"e*ter (?), n. [F. diam\'8atre, L. diametros, fr. Gr. Meter.]

1. (Geom.) (a) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve. (b) A diametral plane.

2. The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock. &hand; In an elongated object the diameter is usually taken at right angles to the longer axis.

3. (Arch.) The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module. Conjugate diameters. See under Conjugate.

Diametral

Di*am"e*tral (?), a. [Gr. F. diam\'82tral.] Pertaining to a diameter; diametrical. Diametral curve, Diametral surface (Geom.), any line or surface which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve or surface. -- Diametral planes (Crystal.), planes in which two of the axes lie.

Diametral

Di*am"e*tral, n. A diameter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Diametrally

Di*am"e*tral*ly, adv. Diametrically.

Diametric, Diametrical

Di*am"e*tric (?), Di*am"e*tric*al (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a diameter.

2. As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.

Diametrically

Di*am"e*tric*al*ly, adv. In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite.
Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.

Diamide

Di*am"ide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + amide.] (Chem.) Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide.

Diamido-

Di*am"i*do- (, a. (Chem.) A prefix or combining form of Diamine. [Also used adjectively.]

Diamine

Di*am"ine (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + amine.] (Chem.) A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a diamide. &hand; In chemical nomenclature, if any amine or diamine is named by prefixing the nitrogen group, the name of the latter takes the form of amido, diamido, etc., thus ethylene diamine, C2H4.(NH2)2, is also called diamido-ethylene.

Diamond

Di"a*mond (?; 277), n. [OE. diamaund, diamaunt, F. diamant, corrupted, fr. L. adamas, the hardest iron, steel, diamond, Gr. Adamant, Tame.]

1. A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness. &hand; The diamond is native carbon in isometric crystals, often octahedrons with rounded edges. It is usually colorless, but some are yellow, green, blue, and even black. It is the hardest substance known. The diamond as found in nature (called a rough diamond) is cut, for use in jewelry, into various forms with many reflecting faces, or facets, by which its brilliancy is much increased. See Brilliant, Rose. Diamonds are said to be of the first water when very transparent, and of the second or third water as the transparency decreases.

2. A geometrical figure, consisting of four equal straight lines, and having two of the interior angles acute and two obtuse; a rhombus; a lozenge.

3. One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond.

4. (Arch.) A pointed projection, like a four-sided pyramid, used for ornament in lines or groups.

5. (Baseball) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles.

6. (Print.) The smallest kind of type in English printing, except that called brilliant, which is seldom seen. \'b5 This line is printed in the type called Diamond. Black diamond, coal; (Min.) See Carbonado. -- Bristol diamond. See Bristol stone, under Bristol. -- Diamond beetle (Zo\'94l.), a large South American weevil (Entimus imperialis), remarkable for its splendid luster and colors, due to minute brilliant scales. -- Diamond bird (Zo\'94l.), a small Australian bird (Pardalotus punctatus, family Ampelid\'91.). It is black, with white spots. -- Diamond drill (Engin.), a rod or tube the end of which is set with black diamonds; -- used for perforating hard substances, esp. for boring in rock. -- Diamond finch (Zo\'94l.), a small Australian sparrow, often kept in a cage. Its sides are black, with conspicuous white spots, and the rump is bright carmine. -- Diamond groove (Iron Working), a groove of V-section in a roll. -- Diamond mortar (Chem.), a small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances. -- Diamond-point tool, a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped. -- Diamond snake (Zo\'94l.), a harmless snake of Australia (Morelia spilotes); the carpet snake. -- Glazier's diamond, a small diamond set in a glazier's tool, for cutting glass.

Diamond

Di"a*mond (?; 277), a. Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field.

Diamond-back

Di"a*mond-back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The salt-marsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malacoclemmys palustris).

Diamonded

Di"a*mond*ed, a.

1. Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.

2. Adorned with diamonds; diamondized. Emerson.

Diamondize

Di"a*mond*ize (?), v. t. To set with diamonds; to adorn; to enrich. [R.]
Diamondizing of your subject. B. Jonson.

Diamond-shaped

Di"a*mond-shaped` (?), a. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.

Diamylene

Di*am"y*lene (?), n. [Pref. di- + amylene.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.

Dian

Di"an (?), a, Diana. [Poetic]

Diana

Di*a"na (?), n. [L. Diana.] (Myth.) The daughter of Jupiter and Latona; a virgin goddess who presided over hunting, chastity, and marriage; -- identified with the Greek goddess Artemis.
And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade. Pope.
Diana monkey (Zo\'94l.), a handsome, white-bearded monkey of West Africa (Cercopithecus Diana).

Diandria

Di*an"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants having two stamens.

Diandrian

Di*an"dri*an (?), a. Diandrous.

Diandrous

Di*an"drous (?), n. [Cf. F. diandre.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diandria; having two stamens.

Dianium

Di*a"ni*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. Diana; either as the name of the Roman goddess, or from its use in OE. as a name of silver.] (Chem.) Same as Columbium. [Obs.]

Dianoetic

Di`a*no*et"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Metaph.) Pertaining to the discursive faculty, its acts or products.
I would employ . . . dianoetic to denote the operation of the discursive, elaborative, or comparative faculty. Sir W. Hamilton.

Dianoialogy

Di`a*noi*al"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The science of the dianoetic faculties, and their operations. Sir W. Hamilton.

Dianthus

Di*an"thus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of plants containing some of the most popular of cultivated flowers, including the pink, carnation, and Sweet William.

Diapase

Di"a*pase (?), n. Same as Diapason. [Obs.]
A tuneful diapase of pleasures. Spenser.

Diapasm

Di"a*pasm (?), n. [L. diapasma, Gr. diapasme.] Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [Obs.]

Diapason

Di`a*pa"son (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. i. e., diapason. Cf. Panacea.]

1. (Gr. Mus.) The octave, or interval which includes all the tones of the diatonic scale.

2. Concord, as of notes an octave apart; harmony.

The fair music that all creatures made . . . In perfect diapason. Milton.

3. The entire compass of tones.

Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man. Dryden.

4. A standard of pitch; a tuning fork; as, the French normal diapason.

5. One of certain stops in the organ, so called because they extend through the scale of the instrument. They are of several kinds, as open diapason, stopped diapason, double diapason, and the like.

Diapedesis

Di`a*pe*de"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.

Diapente

Di`a*pen"te (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. diapente.]

1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of the fifth.

2. (Med.) A composition of five ingredients.

Diaper

Di"a*per (?), n. [OF. diaspre, diapre, diaspe, sort of figured cloth, It. diaspro jasper, diaspo figured cloth, from L.jaspis a green-colored precious stone. See Jasper.]

1. Any textile fabric (esp. linen or cotton toweling) woven in diaper pattern. See 2.

2. (Fine Arts) Surface decoration of any sort which consists of the constant repetition of one or more simple figures or units of design evenly spaced.


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3. A towel or napkin for wiping the hands, etc.

Let one attend him with a silver basin, . . . Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. Shak.

4. An infant's breechcloth.

Diaper

Di"a*per (?), v. t.

1. To ornament with figures, etc., arranged in the pattern called diaper, as cloth in weaving. "Diapered light." H. Van Laun.

Engarlanded and diapered With in wrought flowers. Tennyson.

2. To put a diaper on (a child).

Diaper

Di"a*per, v. i. To draw flowers or figures, as upon cloth. "If you diaper on folds." Peacham.

Diapering

Di"a*per*ing, n. Same as Diaper, n.,

2.

Diaphane

Di"a*phane (?), n. [Cf. F. diaphane diaphanous. See Diaphanous.] A woven silk stuff with transparent and colored figures; diaper work.

Diaphaned

Di"a*phaned (?), a. [Cf. OF. diaphaner to make transparent. See Diaphanous.] Transparent or translucent. [R.]

Diaphaneity

Di`a*pha*ne"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. diaphan\'82it\'82. See Diaphanous.] The quality of being diaphanous; transparency; pellucidness.

Diaphanic

Di`a*phan"ic (?), a. [See Diaphanous.] Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous.

Diaphanie

Di*aph"a*nie (?), n. The art of imitating

Diaphanometer

Di`a*pha*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] An instrument for measuring the transparency of the air.

Diaphanoscope

Di`a*phan"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] (Photog.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens.

Diaphanotype

Di`a*phan"o*type (?), n. [Gr. -type.] (Photog.) A colored photograph produced by superimposing a translucent colored positive over a strong uncolored one.

Diaphanous

Di*aph"a*nous (?), a. [Gr. diaphane. See Phantom, and cf. Diaphane, Diaphanic.] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear.
Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. Landor.

Diaphanously

Di*aph"a*nous*ly, adv. Translucently.

Diaphemetric

Di*aph`e*met"ric (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol.) Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses. Dunglison.

Diaphonic, Diaphonical

Di`a*phon"ic (?), Di`a*phon"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Diacoustic.

Diaphonics

Di`a*phon"ics (?), n. The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.

Diaphoresis

Di`a*pho*re"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) Perspiration, or an increase of perspiration.

Diaphoretic, Diaphoretical

Di`a*pho*ret"ic (?), Di`a*pho*ret"ic*al (?), a. [L. diaphoreticus, Gr. diaphor\'82tique. See Diaphoresis.] Having the power to increase perspiration.

Diaphoretic

Di`a*pho*ret"ic, n. (Med.) A medicine or agent which promotes perspiration. &hand; Diaphoretics differ from sudorifics; the former only increase the insensible perspiration, the latter excite the sensible discharge called sweat. Parr.

Diaphote

Di"a*phote (?), n. [Pref. dia- + Gr. (Elec.) An instrument designed for transmitting pictures by telegraph. Fallows.

Diaphragm

Di"a*phragm (?), n. [L. diaphragma, Gr. fareire to stuff: cf. F. diaphragme. See Farce.]

1. A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.

2. (Anat.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

4. (Opt.) A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope.

5. (Mach.) A partition in any compartment, for various purposes. Diaphragm pump, one in which a flexible diaphragm takes the place of a piston.

Diaphragmatic

Di`a*phrag*mat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. diaphragmatique.] Pertaining to a diaphragm; as, diaphragmatic respiration; the diaphragmatic arteries and nerves.

Diaphysis

Di*aph"y*sis (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Bot.) An abnormal prolongation of the axis of inflorescence.

2. (Anat.) The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.

Diapnoic

Di`ap*no"ic (?), a. [Gr. diapno\'8bque.] (Med.) Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic. -- n. A gentle diaphoretic.

Diapophysical

Di*ap`o*phys"ic*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diapophysis.

Diapophysis

Di`a*poph"y*sis (?), n. [NL. See Dia-, and Apophysis.] (Anat.) The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Diarchy

Di"arch*y (?), n. [Gr. A form of government in which the supreme power is vested in two persons.

Diarial, Diarian

Di*a"ri*al (?), Di*a"ri*an (?), a. [See Diary.] Pertaining to a diary; daily.

Diarist

Di"a*rist (?), n. One who keeps a diary.

Diarrhea, Diarrh\'91a

Di`ar*rhe"a, Di`ar*rh\'91"a, n. [L. diarrhoea, Gr. stream. See Stream.] (Med.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux.

Diarrheal, Diarrh Di`ar*rhe"al, Di`ar*rh a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to diarrhea; like diarrhea.

Diarrhetic, Diarrh\'91tic

Di`ar*rhet"ic, Di`ar*rh\'91t"ic (?), a. (Med.) Producing diarrhea, or a purging.

Diarthrodial

Di`ar*thro"di*al (?), a. (Anat.) Relating to diarthrosis, or movable articulations.

Diarthrosis

Di`ar*thro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) A form of articulation which admits of considerable motion; a complete joint; abarticulation. See Articulation.

Diary

Di"a*ry (?), n.; pl. Diaries (#). [L. diarium, fr. dies day. See Deity.] A register of daily events or transactions; a daily record; a journal; a blank book dated for the record of daily memoranda; as, a diary of the weather; a physician's diary.

Diary

Di"a*ry, a. lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] "Diary ague." Bacon.

Diaspore

Di"a*spore (?), n. [From Gr. diaspore.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

Diastase

Di"a*stase (?), n. [Gr. diastase. Cf. Diastasis.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. &hand; The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva.

Diastasic

Di`a*sta"sic (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment.

Diastasis

Di*as"ta*sis (?), n. [NL. See Diastase.] (Surg.) A forcible of bones without fracture.

Diastatic

Di`a*stat"ic (?), a. [Gr. Diastase.] (Physiol. Chem.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.
The influence of acids and alkalies on the diastatic action of saliva. Lauder Brunton.

Diastem

Di"a*stem (?), n. [L. diastema, Gr. diast\'8ame.] (a) Intervening space; interval. (b) (Anc. Mus.) An interval.

Diastema

Di`a*ste"ma (?), n. [L. See Diastem.] (Anat.) A vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.

Diaster

Di*as"ter (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) A double star; -- applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei. See Karyokinesis.

Diastole

Di*as"to*le (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction.

2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

Diastolic

Di`as*tol"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to diastole.

Diastyle

Di"a*style (?), n. [L. diastylus, Gr. diastyle.] (Arch.) See under Intercolumniation.

Diatessaron

Di`a*tes"sa*ron (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Anc. Mus.) The interval of a fourth.

2. (Theol.) A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament.

3. An electuary compounded of four medicines.

Diathermal

Di`a*ther"mal (?), a. [Gr. Diathermous.] Freely permeable by radiant heat.

Diathermancy, Diathermaneity

Di`a*ther"man*cy (?), Di`a*ther`ma*ne"i*ty (?), n. [See Diathermanous.] The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous. Melloni.

Diathermanism

Di`a*ther"ma*nism (?), n. The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol.

Diathermanous

Di`a*ther"ma*nous (?), a. [Gr. Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous.

Diathermic

Di`a*ther"mic (?), a. Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances. Melloni.

Diathermometer

Di`a*ther*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter. See Diathermal.] (Physics) An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids.

Diathermous

Di`a*ther"mous (?), a. Same as Diathermal.

Diathesis

Di*ath"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Bodily condition or constitution, esp. a morbid habit which predisposes to a particular disease, or class of diseases.

Diathetic

Di`a*thet"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or dependent on, a diathesis or special constitution of the body; as, diathetic disease.

Diatom

Di"a*tom (?), n. [Gr. Diatomous.]

1. (Bot.) One of the Diatomace\'91, a family of minute unicellular Alg\'91 having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, each individual multiplying by spontaneous division. By some authors diatoms are called Bacillari\'91, but this word is not in general use.

2. A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.

The individual is nothing. He is no more than the diatom, the bit of protoplasm. Mrs. E. Lynn Linton.

Diatomic

Di`a*tom"ic (?), a. [Pref. di- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Containing two atoms. (b) Having two replaceable atoms or radicals.

Diatomous

Di*at"o*mous (?), a. [Gr. Diatom.] (Min.) Having a single, distinct, diagonal cleavage; -- said of crystals. Mohs.

Diatonic

Di`a*ton"ic (?), a. [L. diatonicus, diatonus, Gr. diatonique. See Tone.] (Mus.) Pertaining to the scale of eight tones, the eighth of which is the octave of the first. Diatonic scale (Mus.), a scale consisting of eight sounds with seven intervals, of which two are semitones and five are whole tones; a modern major or minor scale, as distinguished from the chromatic scale.

Diatonically

Di`a*ton"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a diatonic manner.

Diatribe

Di"a*tribe (?; 277), n. [L. diatriba a learned discussion, Gr. terere, F. trite: cf. F. diatribe.] A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
The ephemeral diatribe of a faction. John Morley.

Diatribist

Di*at"ri*bist (?), n. One who makes a diatribe or diatribes.

Diatryma

Di`a*try"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.

Diazeuctic, Diazeutic

Di`a*zeuc"tic (?), Di`a*zeu"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Anc. Mus.) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth. [Obs.]

Diazo-

Di*az"o- (. [Pref. di- + azo-] (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively), meaning pertaining to, or derived from, a series of compounds containing a radical of two nitrogen atoms, united usually to an aromatic radical; as, diazo-benzene, C6H5.N2.OH. &hand; Diazo compounds are in general unstable, but are of great importance in recent organic chemistry. They are obtained by a partial reduction of the salts of certain amido compounds. Diazo reactions (Chem.), a series of reactions whereby diazo compounds are employed in substitution. These reactions are of great importance in organic chemistry.

Diazotize

Di*az"o*tize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To subject to such reactions or processes that diazo compounds, or their derivatives, shall be produced by chemical exchange or substitution.

Dib

Dib (?), v. i. To dip. [Prov. Eng.] Walton.

Dib

Dib, n.

1. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.

2. pl. A child's game, played with dib bones.

Dibasic

Di*ba"sic (?), a. [Pref. di- + basic.] (Chem.) Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid, Bibasic. &hand; In the case of certain acids dibasic and divalent are not synonymous; as, tartaric acid is tetravalent and dibasic, lactic acid is divalent but monobasic.

Dibasicity

Di`ba*sic"i*ty (?), n. (Chem.) The property or condition of being dibasic.

Dibber

Dib"ber (?), n. A dibble. Halliwell.

Dibble

Dib"ble (?), n. [See Dibble, v. i.] A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.

Dibble

Dib"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dibbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dibbling (?).] [Freq. of Prov. E. dib, for dip to thrust in. See Dip.] To dib or dip frequently, as in angling. Walton.

Dibble

Dib"ble, v. t.

1. To plant with a dibble; to make holes in (soil) with a dibble, for planting.

2. To make holes or indentations in, as if with a dibble.

The clayey soil around it was dibbled thick at the time by the tiny hoofs of sheep. H. Miller.

Dibbler

Dib"bler (?), n. One who, or that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the ground for seed.

Dibranchiata

Di*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda.

Dibranchiate

Di*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having two gills. -- n. One of the Dibranchiata.
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Dibs

Dibs (?), n. A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East. Johnston.

Dibstone

Dib"stone` (?; 110), n. A pebble used in a child's game called dibstones. Locke.

Dibutyl

Di*bu"tyl (?), n. [Pref. di- + butyl.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C8H18, of the marsh-gas series, being one of several octanes, and consisting of two butyl radicals. Cf. Octane.

Dicacious

Di*ca"cious (?), a. [L. dicax, dicacis, fr. dicere to say.] Talkative; pert; saucy. [Obs.]

Dicacity

Di*cac"i*ty (?), n. [L. dicacitas: cf. F. dicacit\'82. See Dicacious.] Pertness; sauciness. [Obs.]

Dicalcic

Di*cal"cic (?), a. [Pref. di- + calcic.] (Chem.) Having two atoms or equivalents of calcium to the molecule.

Dicarbonic

Di`car*bon"ic (?), a. [Pref. di- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.

Dicast

Di"cast (?), n. [Gr. A functionary in ancient Athens answering nearly to the modern juryman.

Dicastery

Di*cas"ter*y (?), n. [Gr. Dicast.] A court of justice; judgment hall. [R.] J. S. Mill.

Dice

Dice (?), n.; pl. of Die. Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n. Dice coal, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. Brande & C. <-- Illustr. of Dice. -->

Dice

Dice, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dicing.]

1. To play games with dice.

I . . . diced not above seven times a week. Shak.

2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.

Dicebox

Dice"box` (?), n. A box from which dice are thrown in gaming. Thackeray.

Dicentra

Di*cen"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart (D. spectabilis). [Corruptly written dielytra.]

Dicephalous

Di*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Gr. Having two heads on one body; double-headed.

Dicer

Di"cer (?), n. A player at dice; a dice player; a gamester.
As false as dicers' oaths. Shak.

Dich

Dich (?), v. i. To ditch. [Obs.]

Dichastic

Di*chas"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Biol.) Capable of subdividing spontaneously.

Dichlamydeous

Di`chla*myd"e*ous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla.

Dichloride

Di*chlo"ride (?), n. [Pref. di- + chloride.] (Chem.) Same as Bichloride.

Dichogamous

Di*chog"a*mous (?), a. (Bot.) Manifesting dichogamy.

Dichogamy

Di*chog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.

Dichotomist

Di*chot"o*mist (?), n. One who dichotomizes. Bacon.

Dichotomize

Di*chot"o*mize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dichotomized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dichotomizing (?).] [See Dichotomous.]

1. To cut into two parts; to part into two divisions; to divide into pairs; to bisect. [R.]

The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. Bp. Hall.

2. (Astron.) To exhibit as a half disk. See Dichotomy,

3. "[The moon] was dichotomized." Whewell.

Dichotomize

Di*chot"o*mize, v. i. To separate into two parts; to branch dichotomously; to become dichotomous.

Dichotomous

Di*chot"o*mous (?), a. [L. dichotomos, Gr. Regularly dividing by pairs from bottom to top; as, a dichotomous stem. -- Di*chot"o*mous*ly, adv.

Dichotomy

Di*chot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. dichotomie. See Dichotomous.]

1. A cutting in two; a division.

A general breach or dichotomy with their church. Sir T. Browne.

2. Division or distribution of genera into two species; division into two subordinate parts.

3. (Astron.) That phase of the moon in which it appears bisected, or shows only half its disk, as at the quadratures.

4. (Biol.) Successive division and subdivision, as of a stem of a plant or a vein of the body, into two parts as it proceeds from its origin; successive bifurcation.

5. The place where a stem or vein is forked.

6. (Logic) Division into two; especially, the division of a class into two subclasses opposed to each other by contradiction, as the division of the term man into white and not white.

Dichroic

Di*chro"ic (?), a. [See Dichroism.] Having the property of dichroism; as, a dichroic crystal.

Dichroiscope

Di*chro"i*scope (?), n. Same as Dichroscope.

Dichroism

Di"chro*ism (?), n. [Gr. (Opt.) The property of presenting different colors by transmitted light, when viewed in two different directions, the colors being unlike in the direction of unlike or unequal axes.

Dichroite

Di"chro*ite (?), n. [See Dichroism.] (Min.) Iolite; -- so called from its presenting two different colors when viewed in two different directions. See Iolite.

Dichroitic

Di`chro*it"ic (?), a. Dichroic.

Dichromate

Di*chro"mate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.

Dichromatic

Di`chro*mat"ic (?), a. [Pref. di- + chromatic: cf. Gr.

1. Having or exhibiting two colors.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having two color varieties, or two phases differing in color, independently of age or sex, as in certain birds and insects.

Dichromatism

Di*chro"ma*tism (?), n. The state of being dichromatic.

Dichromic

Di*chro"mic (?), a. [Gr. Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three. Sir J. Herschel.

Dichroous

Di"chro*ous (?), a. Dichroic.

Dichroscope

Di"chro*scope (?), n. [Gr. An instrument for examining the dichroism of crystals.

Dichroscopic

Di`chro*scop"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the dichroscope, or to observations with it.

Dicing

Di"cing (?), n.

1. An ornamenting in squares or cubes.

2. Gambling with dice. J. R. Green.

Dickcissel

Dick*cis"sel (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The American black-throated bunting (Spiza Americana).

Dickens

Dick"ens (?), n. ∨ interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins.] The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.]
I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak.

Dicker

Dick"er (?), n. [Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten.]

1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [Obs.]

A dicker of cowhides. Heywood.

2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.]

For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.

Dicker

Dick"er, v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [U.S.] "Ready to dicker. and to swap." Cooper.

Dickey, Dicky

Dick"ey, Dick"y (?), n.

1. A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.

2. A false shirt front or bosom.

3. A gentleman's shirt collar. [Local, U. S.]

Diclinic

Di*clin"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Crystallog.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See Crystallization.

Diclinous

Dic"li*nous (?), a. [Gr. Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. Gray.

Dicoccous

Di*coc"cous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Composed pf two coherent, one-seeded carpels; as, a dicoccous capsule.

Dicotyledon

Di*cot`y*le"don (?), n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Dicotyledonous

Di*cot`y*le"don*ous (?), a. (Bot.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant.

Dicrotal, Dicrotous

Di"cro*tal (?), Di"cro*tous (?), a. [Gr. Dicrotic.

Dicrotic

Di*crot"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol.) (a) Of or pertaining to dicrotism; as, a dicrotic pulse. (b) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave.

Dicrotism

Di"cro*tism (?), n. (Physiol.) A condition in which there are two beats or waves of the arterial pulse to each beat of the heart.

Dicta

Dic"ta (?), n. pl. [L.] See Dictum.

Dictamen

Dic*ta"men (?), n. [LL., fr. dictare to dictate.] A dictation or dictate. [R.] Falkland.

Dictamnus

Dic*tam"nus (?), n. [L. See Dittany.] (Bot.) A suffrutescent, D. Fraxinella (the only species), with strong perfume and showy flowers. The volatile oil of the leaves is highly inflammable.

Dictate

Dic"tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dictated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dictating.] [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Dight.]

1. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.

The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland.
Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.

2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops.

Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.
Syn. -- To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.

Dictate

Dic"tate, v. i.

1. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).

Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. Macaulay.

2. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. Bacon.

Dictate

Dic"tate (?), n. [L. dictatum. See Dictate, v. t.] A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.
I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.
Syn. -- Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition.

Dictation

Dic*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dictatio.]

1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley.

2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictatio.

Dictator

Dic*ta"tor (?), n. [L.]

1. One who dictates; one who prescribes rules and maxims authoritatively for the direction of others. Locke.

2. One invested with absolute authority; especially, a magistrate created in times of exigence and distress, and invested with unlimited power.

Invested with the authority of a dictator, nay, of a pope, over our language. Macaulay.

Dictatorial

Dic`ta*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. dictatorial.]

1. Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute.

Military powers quite dictatorial. W. Irving.

2. Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n.

Dictatorian

Dic`ta*to"ri*an (?), a. Dictatorial. [Obs.]

Dictatorship

Dic*ta"tor*ship (?), n. The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.

Dictatory

Dic"ta*to*ry (?), a. [L. dictatorius.] Dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial. Milton.

Dictatress

Dic*ta"tress (?), n. A woman who dictates or commands.
Earth's chief dictatress, ocean's mighty queen. Byron.

Dictatrix

Dic*ta"trix (?), n. [L.] A dictatress.

Dictature

Dic*ta"ture (?; 135), n. [L. dictatura: cf. F. dictature.] Office of a dictator; dictatorship. [R.] Bacon.

Diction

Dic"tion (?), n. [L. dicto a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say; akin to dicare to proclaim, and to E. teach, token: cf. F. diction. See Teach, and cf. Benison, Dedicate, Index, Judge, Preach, Vengeance.] Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.
His diction blazes up into a sudden explosion of prophetic grandeur. De Quincey.
Syn. -- Diction, Style, Phraseology. Style relates both to language and thought; diction, to language only; phraseology, to the mechanical structure of sentences, or the mode in which they are phrased. The style of Burke was enriched with all the higher graces of composition; his diction was varied and copious; his phraseology, at times, was careless and cumbersome. "Diction is a general term applicable alike to a single sentence or a connected composition. Errors in grammar, false construction, a confused disposition of words, or an improper application of them, constitute bad diction; but the niceties, the elegancies, the peculiarities, and the beauties of composition, which mark the genius and talent of the writer, are what is comprehended under the name of style." Crabb.

Dictionalrian

Dic`tion*al"ri*an (?), n. A lexicographer. [R.]

Dictionary

Dic"tion*a*ry (?), n.; pl. Dictionaries (#). [Cf. F. dictionnaire. See Diction.]

1. A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with explanations of their meanings; a lexicon; a vocabulary; a wordbook.

I applied myself to the perusal of our writers; and noting whatever might be of use to ascertain or illustrate any word or phrase, accumulated in time the materials of a dictionary. Johnson.

2. Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary.

Dictum

Dic"tum (?), n.; pl. L. Dicta (#), E. Dictums (#). [L., neuter of dictus, p. p. of dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Ditto.]

1. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

A class of critical dicta everywhere current. M. Arnold.

2. (Law) (a) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. (b) (French Law) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. Bouvier. (c) An arbitrament or award.

Dictyogen

Dic*ty"o*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Bot.) A plant with netveined leaves, and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class Dictyogen\'91, proposed by Lindley for the orders Dioscoreace\'91, Smilace\'91, Trilliace\'91, etc.

Dicyanide

Di*cy"a*nide (?), n. [Pref. di- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide.

Dicyemata

Di`cy*e"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms.

Dicyemid

Di`cy*e"mid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or belonging to the Dicyemata. -- n. One of the Dicyemata.
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Dicynodont

Di*cyn"o*dont (?), n. [Gr. (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus Dicynodon, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India.

Did

Did (?), imp. of Do.

Didactic, Didactical

Di*dac"tic (?), Di*dac"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile.] Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays. "Didactical writings." Jer. Taylor.
The finest didactic poem in any language. Macaulay.

Didactic

Di*dac"tic, n. A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] Milton.

Didactically

Di*dac"tic*al*ly, adv. In a didactic manner.

Didacticism

Di*dac"ti*cism (?), n. The didactic method or system.

Didacticity

Di`dac*tic"i*ty (?), n. Aptitude for teaching. Hare.

Didactics

Di*dac"tics (?), n. The art or science of teaching.

Didactyl

Di*dac"tyl (?), n. [Gr. didactyle.] (Zo\'94l.) An animal having only two digits.

Didactylous

Di*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having only two digits; two-toed.

Didal

Di"dal (?), n. A kind of triangular spade. [Obs.]

Didapper

Di"dap`per (?), n. [For divedapper. See Dive, Dap, Dip, and cf. Dabchick.] (Zo\'94l.) See Dabchick.

Didascalar

Di*das"ca*lar (?), a. Didascalic. [R.]

Didascalic

Di`das*cal"ic (?), a. [L. didascalius, Gr. didascalique.] Didactic; preceptive. [R.] Prior.

Diddle

Did"dle (?), v. i. [Cf. Daddle.] To totter, as a child in walking. [Obs.] Quarles.

Diddle

Did"dle, v. t. [Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the letter r being changed to l.] To cheat or overreach. [Colloq.] Beaconsfield.

Diddler

Did"dler (?), n. A cheat. [Colloq.] Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled "Raising the wind." The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.

Didelphia

Di*del"phi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See Marsupialia.

Didelphian

Di*del"phi*an (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or relating to the Didelphia. -- n. One of the Didelphia.

Didelphic

Di*del"phic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia.

Didelphid

Di*del"phid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Didelphic.

Didelphid

Di*del"phid, n. (Zo\'94l.) A marsupial animal.

Didelphous

Di*del"phous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Didelphic.

Didelphyc

Di*del"phyc (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Didelphic.

Didelphous

Di*del"phous (?), n. [NL. See Didelphia.] (Zo\'94l.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix. Cuvier.

Didine

Di"dine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Didus, or the dodo.

Dido

Di"do (?), n.; pl. Didos (. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play a trick; to cut a caper; -- perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.

Didonia

Di*do"ni*a (?), n. [NL. So called in allusion to the classical story of Dido and the bull's hide.] (Geom.) The curve which on a given surface and with a given perimeter contains the greatest area. Tait.

Didrachm, Didrachma

Di"drachm (?), Di*drach"ma (?), n. [Gr. A two-drachma piece; an ancient Greek silver coin, worth nearly forty cents.

Didst

Didst (?), the 2d pers. sing. imp. of Do.

Diducement

Di*duce"ment (?), n. Diduction; separation into distinct parts. Bacon.

Diduction

Di*duc"tion (?), n. [L. diductio, fr. diducere, diductum, to draw apart; di- = dis- + ducere to lead, draw.] The act of drawing apart; separation.

Didym

Di"dym (?), n. (Chem.) See Didymium.

Didymium

Di*dym"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Chem.) A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, and Praseodymium.

Didymous

Did"y*mous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Growing in pairs or twins.

Didynamia

Did`y*na"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants having four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

Didynamian

Did`y*na"mi*an (?), a. Didynamous.

Didynamous

Di*dyn"a*mous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Didynamia; containing four stamens disposed in pairs of unequal length.

Die

Die (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Died (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dying.] [OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to Dan. d\'94e, Sw. d\'94, Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd to harass), OFries. d to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen, OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. Dead, Death.]

1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.

To die by the roadside of grief and hunger. Macaulay.
She will die from want of care. Tennyson.

2. To suffer death; to lose life.

In due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom. v. 6.

3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.

Letting the secret die within his own breast. Spectator.
Great deeds can not die. Tennyson.

4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

His heart died within, and he became as a stone. 1 Sam. xxv. 37.
The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca. Tatler.

5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.

6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.

Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness. Spectator.

7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. To die in the last ditch, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender.

"There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last ditch." Hume (Hist. of Eng. ).
-- To die out, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died out. Syn. -- To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.

Die

Die, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (d\'c6s); in 4 & 5, Dies (d\'c6z). [OE. dee, die, F. d\'82, fr. L. datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See Date a point of time.]

1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.

2. Any small cubical or square body.

Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies. Watts.

3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

Such is the die of war. Spenser.

4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

5. (Mach.) (a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc. (b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing. (c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool. Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc. -- The die is cast, the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.

Diecian

Di*e"cian (?), a., Di*e"cious,/hw> (, a. (Bot.) See Di\'d2cian, and Di\'d2cious.

Diedral

Di*e"dral (?), a. The same as Dihedral.

Diegesis

Di`e*ge"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. A narrative or history; a recital or relation.

Dielectric

Di`e*lec"tric (?), n. [Pref. dia- + electric.] (Elec.) Any substance or medium that transmits the electric force by a process different from conduction, as in the phenomena of induction; a nonconductor. separating a body electrified by induction, from the electrifying body.

Dielytra

Di*el"y*tra (?), n. (Bot.) See Dicentra.

Diencephalon

Di`en*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL. See Dia-, and Encephalon.] (Anat.) The interbrain or thalamencephalon; -- sometimes abbreviated to dien. See Thalamencephalon.

Dieresis

Di*er"e*sis (?), n. [NL.] Same as Di\'91resis.

Diesinker

Die"sink`er (?), n. An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.

Diesinking

Die"sink`ing, n. The process of engraving dies.

Diesis

Di"e*sis (?), n.; pl. Dieses (#). [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Mus.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals.

2. (Print.) The mark &ddagr;; -- called also double dagger.

Dies Ir\'91

Di"es I"r\'91 (?). Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous medi\'91val Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.

Dies juridicus

Di"es ju*rid"i*cus (?); pl. Dies juridici (#). [L.] (Law) A court day.

Dies non

Di"es non" (?). [L. dies non juridicus.] (Law) A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday.

Diestock

Die"stock` (?), n. A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.

Diet

Di"et (?), n. [F. di\'8ate, L. diaeta, fr. Gr.

1. Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. "No inconvenient diet." Milton.

2. A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed.

To fast like one that takes diet. Shak.
Diet kitchen, a kitchen in which diet is prepared for invalids; a charitable establishment that provides proper food for the sick poor.

Diet

Di"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dieting.]

1. To cause to take food; to feed. [R.] Shak.

2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of.

She diets him with fasting every day. Spenser.

Diet

Di"et, v. i.

1. To eat; to take one's meals. [Obs.]

Let him . . . diet in such places, where there is good company of the nation, where he traveleth. Bacon.

2. To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet.

Diet

Di"et, n. [F. di\'8ate, LL. dieta, diaeta, an assembly, a day's journey; the same word as diet course of living, but with the sense changed by L. dies day: cf. G. tag dayReichstag.] A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521.

Dietarian

Di`e*ta"ri*an (?), n. One who lives in accordance with prescribed rules for diet; a dieter.

Dietary

Di"et*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to diet, or to the rules of diet.

Dietary

Di"et*a*ry, n.; pl. Dietaries (. A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc.

Dieter

Di"et*er (?), n. One who diets; one who prescribes, or who partakes of, food, according to hygienic rules.

Dietetic, Dietetical

Di`e*tet"ic (?), Di`e*tet"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. di\'82t\'82tique. See Diet.] Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten.

Dietetically

Di`e*tet"ic*al*ly, adv. In a dietetical manner.

Dietetics

Di`e*tet"ics (?), n. That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet.
To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer.

Dietetist

Di`e*tet"ist, n. A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. Dunglison.

Diethylamine

Di*eth`yl*am"ine (?), n. [Pref. di- + ethylamine.] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.

Dietic

Di*et"ic (?), a. Dietetic.

Dietical

Di*et"ic*al (?), a. Dietetic. [R.] Ferrand.

Dietine

Di"et*ine (?), n. [Cf. F. di\'82tine.] A subordinate or local assembly; a diet of inferior rank.

Dietist, Dietitian

Di"et*ist (?), Di`e*ti"tian (?), n. One skilled in dietetics. [R.]

Diffame

Dif*fame` (?), n. [See Defame.] Evil name; bad reputation; defamation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Diffarreation

Dif*far`re*a"tion (?), n. [L. diffarreatio; dif- = farreum a spelt cake. See Confarreation.] A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See Confarreation.

Differ

Dif"fer (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Differed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Differing.] [L. differre; dif- = dis- + ferre to bear, carry: cf. F. diff\'82rer. See 1st Bear, and cf. Defer, Delay.]

1. To be or stand apart; to disagree; to be unlike; to be distinguished; -- with from.

One star differeth from another star in glory. 1 Cor. xv. 41.
Minds differ, as rivers differ. Macaulay.

2. To be of unlike or opposite opinion; to disagree in sentiment; -- often with from or with.

3. To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend.

We 'll never differ with a crowded pit. Rowe.
Syn. -- To vary; disagree; dissent; dispute; contend; oppose; wrangle. -- To Differ with, Differ from. Both differ from and aiffer with are used in reference to opinions; as, "I differ from you or with you in that opinion."" In all other cases, expressing simple unlikeness, differ from is used; as, these two persons or things differ entirely from each other.
Severely punished, not for differing from us in opinion, but for committing a nuisance. Macaulay.
Davidson, whom on a former occasion we quoted, to differ from him. M. Arnold.
Much as I differ from him concerning an essential part of the historic basis of religion. Gladstone.
I differ with the honorable gentleman on that point. Brougham.
If the honorable gentleman differs with me on that subject, I differ as heartily with him, and shall always rejoice to differ. Canning.

Differ

Dif"fer, v. t. To cause to be different or unlike; to set at variance. [R.]
But something 'ts that differs thee and me. Cowley.

Difference

Dif"fer*ence (?), n. [F. diff\'82rence, L. differentia.]

1. The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?

Differencies of administration, but the same Lord. 1 Cor. xii. 5.

2. Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel; hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy.

What was the difference? It was a contention in public. Shak.
Away therefore went I with the constable, leaving the old warden and the young constable to compose their difference as they could. T. Ellwood.

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3. That by which one thing differs from another; that which distinguishes or causes to differ;; mark of distinction; characteristic quality; specific attribute.

The marks and differences of sovereignty. Davies.

4. Choice; preference. [Obs.]

That now be chooseth with vile difference To be a beast, and lack intelligence. Spenser.

5. (Her.) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish the bearings of two persons, which would otherwise be the same. See Augmentation, and Marks of cadency, under Cadency.

6. (Logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.

7. (Math.) The quantity by which one quantity differs from another, or the remainder left after subtracting the one from the other. Ascensional difference. See under Ascensional. Syn. -- Distinction; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; variation; diversity; variety; contrariety; disagreement; variance; contest; contention; dispute; controversy; debate; quarrel; wrangle; strife.

Difference

Dif"fer*ence (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Differenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Differencing.] To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as different; to distinguish.
Thou mayest difference gods from men. Chapman.
Kings, in receiving justice and undergoing trial, are not differenced from the meanest subject. Milton.
So completely differenced by their separate and individual characters that we at once acknowledge them as distinct persons. Sir W. Scott.

Different

Dif"fer*ent (?), a. [L. differens, -entis, p. pr. of differre: cf. F. diff\'82rent.]

1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." Addison.

2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different shapes; different degrees of excellence.

Men are as different from each other, as the regions in which they are born are different. Dryden.
&hand; Different is properly followed by from. Different to, for different from, is a common English colloquialism. Different than is quite inadmissible.

Differentia

Dif`fer*en"ti*a (?), n.; pl. Differenti\'91 (#). [L. See Difference.] (Logic) The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.

Differential

Dif`fer*en"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. diff\'82rentiel.]

1. Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a difference; discriminating; special; as, differential characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.

For whom he produced differential favors. Motley.

2. (Math.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to differentials.

3. (Mech.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage; producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism. Differential calculus. (Math.) See under Calculus. -- Differential coefficient, the limit of the ratio of the increment of a function of a variable to the increment of the variable itself, when these increments are made indefinitely small. -- Differential coupling, a form of slip coupling used in light machinery to regulate at pleasure the velocity of the connected shaft. -- Differential duties (Polit. Econ.), duties which are not imposed equally upon the same products imported from different countries. -- Differential galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer having two coils or circuits, usually equal, through which currents passing in opposite directions are measured by the difference of their effect upon the needle. -- Differential gearing, a train of toothed wheels, usually an epicyclic train, so arranged as to constitute a differential motion. -- Differential motion, a mechanism in which a simple differential combination produces such a change of motion or force as would, with ordinary compound arrangements, require a considerable train of parts. It is used for overcoming great resistance or producing very slow or very rapid motion. -- Differential pulley. (Mach.) (a) A portable hoisting apparatus, the same in principle as the differential windlass. (b) A hoisting pulley to which power is applied through a differential gearing. -- Differential screw, a compound screw by which a motion is produced equal to the difference of the motions of the component screws. -- Differential thermometer, a thermometer usually with a U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid, in consequence of the different expansions of the air in the bulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the tube. -- Differential windlass, ∨ Chinese windlass, a windlass whose barrel has two parts of different diameters. The hoisting rope winds upon one part as it unwinds from the other, and a pulley sustaining the weight to be lifted hangs in the bight of the rope. It is an ancient example of a differential motion.

Differential

Dif`fer*en"tial, n.

1. (Math.) An increment, usually an indefinitely small one, which is given to a variable quantity. &hand; According to the more modern writers upon the differential and integral calculus, if two or more quantities are dependent on each other, and subject to increments of value, their differentials need not be small, but are any quantities whose ratios to each other are the limits to which the ratios of the increments approximate, as these increments are reduced nearer and nearer to zero.

2. A small difference in rates which competing railroad lines, in establishing a common tariff, allow one of their number to make, in order to get a fair share of the business. The lower rate is called a differential rate. Differentials are also sometimes granted to cities.

3. (Elec.) (a) One of two coils of conducting wire so related to one another or to a magnet or armature common to both, that one coil produces polar action contrary to that of the other. (b) A form of conductor used for dividing and distributing the current to a series of electric lamps so as to maintain equal action in all. Knight. Partial differential (Math.), the differential of a function of two or more variables, when only one of the variables receives an increment. -- Total differential (Math.), the differential of a function of two or more variables, when each of the variables receives an increment. The total differential of the function is the sum of all the partial differentials.

Differentially

Dif`fer*en"tial*ly (?), adv. In the way of differentiation.

Differentiate

Dif`fer*en"ti*ate (?), v. t.

1. To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize.

The word then was differentiated into the two forms then and than. Earle.
Two or more of the forms assumed by the same original word become differentiated in signification. Dr. Murray.

2. To express the specific difference of; to describe the properties of (a thing) whereby it is differenced from another of the same class; to discriminate. Earle.

3. (Math.) To obtain the differential, or differential coefficient, of; as, to differentiate an algebraic expression, or an equation.

Differentiate

Dif`fer*en"ti*ate, v. i. (Biol.) To acquire a distinct and separate character. Huxley.

Differentiation

Dif`fer*en`ti*a"tion (?), n.

1. The act of differentiating.

Further investigation of the Sanskrit may lead to differentiation of the meaning of such of these roots as are real roots. J. Peile.

2. (Logic) The act of distinguishing or describing a thing, by giving its different, or specific difference; exact definition or determination.

3. (Biol.) The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root and the stem, the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds; or in animal life, when the germ evolves the digestive and other organs and members, or when the animals as they advance in organization acquire special organs for specific purposes.

4. (Metaph.) The supposed act or tendency in being of every kind, whether organic or inorganic, to assume or produce a more complex structure or functions.

Differentiator

Dif`fer*en"ti*a`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, differentiates.

Differently

Dif"fer*ent*ly (?), adv. In a different manner; variously.

Differingly

Dif"fer*ing*ly, adv. In a differing or different manner. Boyle.

Difficile

Dif"fi*cile (?), a. [L. difficilis: cf. F. difficile. See Difficult.] Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn. [Obs.] -- Dif"fi*cile*ness, n. [Obs.] Bacon.

Difficilitate

Dif`fi*cil"i*tate (?), v. t. To make difficult. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Difficult

Dif"fi*cult (?), a. [From Difficulty.]

1. Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous. &hand; Difficult implies the notion that considerable mental effort or skill is required, or that obstacles are to be overcome which call for sagacity and skill in the agent; as, a difficult task; hard work is not always difficult work; a difficult operation in surgery; a difficult passage in an author.

There is not the strength or courage left me to venture into the wide, strange, and difficult world, alone. Hawthorne.

2. Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person. Syn. -- Arduous; painful; crabbed; perplexed; laborious; unaccommodating; troublesome. See Arduous.

Difficult

Dif"fi*cult, v. t. To render difficult; to impede; to perplex. [R.] Sir W. Temple.

Difficultate

Dif"fi*cult*ate (?), v. t. To render difficult; to difficilitate. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Difficultly

Dif"fi*cult*ly, adv. With difficulty. Cowper.

Difficultness

Dif"fi*cult*ness, n. Difficulty. [R.] Golding.

Difficulty

Dif"fi*cul*ty (?), n.; pl. Difficulties (#). [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult\'82. See Facile.]

1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.

Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region. James Byrne.

2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.

They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure. Addison.

3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

Measures for terminating all local difficulties. Bancroft.

4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.

In days of difficulty and pressure. Tennyson.
Syn. -- Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment; perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial; objection; cavil. See Impediment.

Diffide

Dif*fide" (?), v. i. [L. diffidere. See Diffident.] To be distrustful. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Diffidence

Dif"fi*dence (?), n. [L. diffidentia.]

1. The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others. [Archaic]

That affliction grew heavy upon me, and weighed me down even to a diffidence of God's mercy. Donne.

2. Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.

It is good to speak on such questions with diffidence. Macaulay.
An Englishman's habitual diffidence and awkwardness of adress. W. Irving.
Syn. -- Humility; bashfulness; distrust; suspicion; doubt; fear; timidity; apprehension; hesitation. See Humility, and Bashfulness.

Diffidency

Dif"fi*den*cy (?), n. See Diffidence. [Obs.]

Diffident

Dif"fi*dent (?), a. [L. diffidens, -entis, p. pr. of diffidere; dif- = dis + fidere to trust; akin to fides faith. See Faith, and cf. Defy.]

1. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic]

You were always extremely diffident of their success. Melmoth.

2. Wanting confidence in one's self; distrustful of one's own powers; not self-reliant; timid; modest; bashful; characterized by modest reserve.

The diffident maidens, Folding their hands in prayer. Longfellow.
Syn. -- Distrustful; suspicious; hesitating; doubtful; modest; bashful; lowly; reserved.

Diffidently

Dif"fi*dent*ly, adv. In a diffident manner.
To stand diffidently against each other with their thoughts in battle array. Hobbes.

Diffind

Dif*find (?), v. t. [L. diffindere, diffissum; dif- = findere to split.] To split. [Obs.] Bailey.

Diffine

Dif*fine" (?), v. t. To define. [Obs.] Chaucer.

iffinitive

if*fin"i*tive (?), a. [For definitive.] Definitive; determinate; final. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Diffission

Dif*fis"sion (?), n. [See Diffind.] Act of cleaving or splitting. [R.] Bailey.

Difflation

Dif*fla"tion (?), n. [LL. difflatio, fr. L. difflare, difflatum, to disperse by blowing.] A blowing apart or away. [Obs.] Bailey.

Diffluence, Diffluency

Dif"flu*ence (?), Dif"flu*en*cy (?), n. A flowing off on all sides; fluidity. [R.]

Diffluent

Dif"flu*ent (?), a. [L. diffluens, p. pr. of diffluere to flow off; dif- = dis- + fluere to flow.] Flowing apart or off; dissolving; not fixed. [R.] Bailey.

Difform

Dif"form` (?), a. [Cf. F. difforme, fr. L. dif- = dis- + forma form. Cf. Deform.] Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous; hence, unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion; difform leaves.
The unequal refractions of difform rays. Sir I. Newton.

Difformity

Dif*form"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. difformit\'82. See Difform, Deformity.] Irregularity of form; diversity of form; want of uniformity. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Diffract

Dif*fract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diffracting.] [L. diffractus, p. p. of diffringere to break in pieces; dif- = dis- + frangere to break. See Fracture.] To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a

Diffraction

Dif*frac"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. diffraction.] (Opt.) The deflection and decomposition of light in passing by the edges of opaque bodies or through narrow slits, causing the appearance of parallel bands or fringes of prismatic colors, as by the action of a grating of fine lines or bars.
Remarked by Grimaldi (1665), and referred by him to a property of light which he called diffraction. Whewell.
Diffraction grating. (Optics) See under Grating. -- Diffraction spectrum. (Optics) See under Spectrum.

Diffractive

Dif*frac"tive (?), a. That produces diffraction.

Diffranchise, Diffranchisement

Dif*fran"chise (?), Dif*fran"chise*ment (?). See Disfranchise, Disfranchisement.

Diffusate

Dif*fus"ate (?), n. (Chem.) Material which, in the process of catalysis, has diffused or passed through the separating membrane.

Diffuse

Dif*fuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diffusing.] [L. diffusus, p. p. of diffundere to pour out, to diffuse; dif- = dis- + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information.
Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton.
We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.
Syn. -- To expand; spread; circulate; extend; scatter; disperse; publish; proclaim.

Diffuse

Dif*fuse", v. i. To pass by spreading every way, to diffuse itself.

Diffuse

Dif*fuse" (?), a. [L. diffusus, p. p.] Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.
A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things. Milton.
Syn. -- Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix.

Diffused

Dif*fused" (?), a. Spread abroad; dispersed; loose; flowing; diffuse.
It grew to be a widely diffused opinion. Hawthorne.
-- Dif*fus"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dif*fus"ed*ness, n.

Diffusely

Dif*fuse"ly (?), adv. In a diffuse manner.

Diffuseness

Dif*fuse"ness, n. The quality of being diffuse; especially, in writing, the use of a great or excessive number of word to express the meaning; copiousness; verbosity; prolixity.
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Diffuser

Dif*fus"er (?), n. One who, or that which, diffuses.

Diffusibility

Dif*fu`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being diffusible; capability of being poured or spread out.

Diffusible

Dif*fu"si*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of flowing or spreading in all directions; that may be diffused.

2. (Physiol.) Capable of passing through animal membranes by osmosis.

Diffusibleness

Dif*fu"si*ble*ness, n. Diffusibility.

Diffusion

Dif*fu"sion (?), n. [L. diffusio: cf. F. diffusion.]

1. The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion.

A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition. Burke.

2. (Physiol.) The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate. Syn. -- Extension; spread; propagation; circulation; expansion; dispersion.

Diffusive

Dif*fu"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. diffusif.] Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse. "A plentiful and diffusive perfume." Hare.

Diffusively

Dif*fu"sive*ly, adv. In a diffusive manner.

Diffusiveness

Dif*fu"sive*ness, n. The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its diffusiveness. Addison.

Diffusivity

Dif`fu*siv"i*ty (?), n. Tendency to become diffused; tendency, as of heat, to become equalized by spreading through a conducting medium.

Dig

Dig (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dug (?) or Digged (; p. pr. & vb. n. Digging. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see Dike, Ditch); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag.

1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.

Be first to dig the ground. Dryden.

2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.

4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]

You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. Robynson (More's Utopia).
To dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. -- To dig from, out of, out, ∨ up, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. -- To dig in, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.<-- (b) To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare. Also figuratively, esp. in the phrase to dig in one's heels. -->

Dig

Dig, v. i.

1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.

Dig for it more than for hid treasures. Job iii. 21.
I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3.

2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.

3. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.]

Dig

Dig, n.

1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t.,

4. [Colloq.]

2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]

Digamist

Dig"a*mist (?), n. [Gr. Bigamist.] One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond.

Digamma

Di*gam"ma (?), n. [Gr. gammas placed one above the other.] (Gr. Gram.) A letter ( &hand; This form identifies it with the Latin F, though in sound it is said to have been nearer V. It was pronounced, probably, much like the English W.

Digammate, Digammated

Di*gam"mate (?), Di*gam"mated (?), a. Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek . Andrews.

Digamous

Dig"a*mous (?), a. Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.

Digamy

Dig"a*my (?), n. [Gr. Bigamy.] Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy. [R.]

Digastric

Di*gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. digastrique.] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves.

Digenea

Di*ge"ne*a (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of Trematoda in which alternate generations occur, the immediate young not resembling their parents.

Digenesis

Di*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See Parthenogenesis.

Digenous

Dig"e*nous (?), a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.) Sexually reproductive. Digenous reproduction. (Biol.) Same as Digenesis.

Digerent

Dig"er*ent (?), . [L. digerens, p. pr. of digerere. See Digest.] Digesting. [Obs.] Bailey.

Digest

Di*gest" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Digested; p. pr. & vb. n. Digesting.] [L. digestus, p. p. of digerere to separate, arrange, dissolve, digest; di- = dis- + gerere to bear, carry, wear. See Jest.]

1. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc.

Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair.
We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak.

2. (Physiol.) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.

3. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

Feelingly digest the words you speak in prayer. Sir H. Sidney.
How shall this bosom multiplied digest The senate's courtesy? Shak.

4. To appropriate for strengthening and comfort.

Grant that we may in such wise hear them [the Scriptures], read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them. Book of Common Prayer.

5. Hence: To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.

I never can digest the loss of most of Origin's works. Coleridge.

6. (Chem.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.

7. (Med.) To dispose to suppurate, or generate healthy pus, as an ulcer or wound.

8. To ripen; to mature. [Obs.]

Well-digested fruits. Jer. Taylor.

9. To quiet or abate, as anger or grief.

Digest

Di*gest" (?), v. i.

1. To undergo digestion; as, food digests well or ill.

2. (Med.) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.

Digest

Di"gest (?), n. [L. digestum, pl. digesta, neut., fr. digestus, p. p.: cf. F. digeste. See Digest, v. t.] That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles; esp. (Law), a compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged. The term is applied in a general sense to the Pandects of Justinian (see Pandect), but is also specially given by authors to compilations of laws on particular topics; a summary of laws; as, Comyn's Digest; the United States Digest.
A complete digest of Hindu and Mahommedan laws after the model of Justinian's celebrated Pandects. Sir W. Jones.
They made a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. Burke.

Digestedly

Di*gest"ed*ly (?), adv. In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.

Digester

Di*gest"er (?), n.

1. One who digests.

2. A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power.

Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great digester. Sir W. Temple.

3. A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them.

Digestibility

Di*gest`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being digestible.

Digestible

Di*gest"i*ble (?), a. [F. digestible, L. digestibilis.] Capable of being digested.

Digestibleness

Di*gest"i*ble*ness, n. The quality of being digestible; digestibility.

Digestion

Di*ges"tion (?; 106), n. [F. digestion, L. digestio.]

1. The act or process of digesting; reduction to order; classification; thoughtful consideration.

2. (Physiol.) The conversion of food, in the stomach and intestines, into soluble and diffusible products, capable of being absorbed by the blood.

3. (Med.) Generation of pus; suppuration.

Digestive

Di*gest"ive (?), a. [F. digestif, L. digestivus.] Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments.
Digestive cheese and fruit there sure will be. B. Jonson.
Digestive apparatus, the organs of food digestion, esp. the alimentary canal and glands connected with it. -- Digestive salt, the chloride of potassium.

Digestive

Di*gest"ive, n.

1. That which aids digestion, as a food or medicine. Chaucer.

That digestive [a cigar] had become to me as necessary as the meal itself. Blackw. Mag.

2. (Med.) (a) A substance which, when applied to a wound or ulcer, promotes suppuration. Dunglison. (b) A tonic. [R.]

Digestor

Di*gest"or (?), n. See Digester.

Digesture

Di*ges"ture (?; 135), n. Digestion. [Obs.] Harvey.

Diggable

Dig"ga*ble (?), a. Capable of being dug.

Digger

Dig"ger (?), n. One who, or that which, digs. Digger wasp (Zo\'94l.), any one of the fossorial Hymenoptera.

Diggers

Dig"gers (?), n. pl.; sing. Digger. (Ethnol.) A degraded tribe of California Indians; -- so called from their practice of digging roots for food.

Digging

Dig"ging (?), n.

1. The act or the place of excavating.

2. pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent]

3. pl. Region; locality. [Low]

Dight

Dight (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DightDighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dighting.] [OF. dihten, AS. dihtan to dictate, command, dispose, arrange, fr. L. dictare to say often, dictate, order; cf. G. dichten to write poetry, fr. L. dictare. See Dictate.]

1. To prepare; to put in order; hence, to dress, or put on; to array; to adorn. [Archaic] "She gan the house to dight." Chaucer.

Two harmless turtles, dight for sacrifice. Fairfax.
The clouds in thousand liveries dight. Milton.

2. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dighter

Dight"er (?), n. One who dights. [Obs.]

Digit

Dig"it (?), n. [L. digitus finger; prob. akin to Gr. toe. Cf. Dactyl.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) One of the terminal divisions of a limb appendage; a finger or toe.

The ruminants have the "cloven foot," i. e., two hoofed digits on each foot. Owen.

2. A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch.

3. (Math.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing. &hand; By some authorities the symbol 0 is not included with the digits.

4. (Anat.) One twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon; -- a term used to express the quantity of an eclipse; as, an eclipse of eight digits is one which hides two thirds of the diameter of the disk.

Digit

Dig"it, v. t. To point at or out with the finger. [R.]

Digital

Dig"i*tal (?), a. [L. digitals.] Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.

Digitain

Dig"i*ta`in (?), n. [Cf. F. digitaline.] (a) (Med.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the "French extract," the "German extract," etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties. (b) (Chem.) A supposedly distinct vegetable principle as the essential ingredient of the extracts. It is a white, crystalline substance, and is regarded as a glucoside.

Digitalis

Dig`i*ta"lis (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linn\'91us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.

2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.

Digitate

Dig"i*tate (?), v. t. [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See Digit.] To point out as with the finger. [R.] Robinson (Eudoxa).

Digitate, Digitated

Dig"i*tate (?), Dig"i*ta`ted (?), a. [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation. -- Dig"i*tate*ly (#), adv.

Digitation

Dig`i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. digitation.] A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.

Digitiform

Dig"i*ti*form (?), a. [L. digitus a finger + -form.] Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

Digitigrade

Dig"i*ti*grade (?), a. [L. digitus finger, toe + gradi to step, walk: cf. F. digitigrade.] (Zo\'94l.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.

Digitigrade

Dig"i*ti*grade, n. (Zo\'94l.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.

Digitipartite

Dig`i*ti*par"tite (?), a. [L. digitus finger + partite.] (Bot.) Parted like the fingers.

Digitize

Dig"i*tize (?), v. t. [Digit + -ize.] To finger; as, to digitize a pen. [R.] Sir T. Browne. <-- computers to convert (information, a signal, an image) into a form expressible in binary notation -->

Digitorium

Dig`i*to"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. digitus a finger.] A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.

Digitule

Dig"i*tule (?), n. [L. digitulus, dim. of digitus.] (Zo\'94l.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.

Digladiate

Di*gla"di*ate (?), v. i. [L. digladiari; di- = dis- + gladius a sword.] To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently. [Obs.]
Digladiating like \'92schines and Demosthenes. Hales.

Digladiation

Di*gla`di*a"tion (?), n. Act of digladiating. [Obs.] "Sore digladiations and contest." Evelyn.

Diglottism

Di*glot"tism (?), n. [Gr. Glottis.] Bilingualism. [R.] Earle.

Diglyph

Di"glyph (?), n. [Gr. (Arch.) A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it.

Dignation

Dig*na"tion (?), n. [L. dignatio.] The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Digne

Digne (?), a. [F., fr. L. dignus. See Design.]

1. Worthy; honorable; deserving. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Suitable; adequate; fit. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dignification

Dig`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Dignify.] The act of dignifying; exaltation.

Dignified

Dig"ni*fied (?), a. Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.

Dignify

Dig"ni*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dignified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dignifying.] [OF. dignifier, fr. LL. d; L. dignus worthy + ficare (in comp.), facere to make. See Deign, and Fact.] To invest with dignity or honor; to make illustrious; to give distinction to; to exalt in rank; to honor.
Your worth will dignity our feast. B. Jonson.
Syn. -- To exalt; elevate; prefer; advance; honor; illustrate; adorn; ennoble.

Dignitary

Dig"ni*ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Dignitaries (#). [Cf. F. dignitaire, fr. L. dignitas.] One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman.

Dignity

Dig"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Dignities (#). [OE. dignete, dignite, OF. dignet\'82, dignit\'82, F. dignit\'82, fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. See Dainty, Deign.]

1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.

2. Elevation; grandeur.

The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings. Shak.

3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. Macaulay.

And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Esth. vi. 3.
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. Gen. xlix. 3.

4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of

A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought Macaulay.

5. One holding high rank; a dignitary.

These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities. Jude. 8.

6. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs.]

Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves. Sir T. Browne.
Syn. -- See Decorum. To stand upon one's dignity, to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character.
They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else. R. G. White.

Dignotion

Dig*no"tion (?), n. [L. dignoscere to distinguish; di- = dis- + gnoscere, noscere, to learn to know.] Distinguishing mark; diagnostic. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Digonous

Dig"o*nous (?), a. [Gr. Having two angles. Smart.

Digram

Di"gram (?), n. [Gr. A digraph.

Digraph

Di"graph (?), n. [Gr. Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath.

Digraphic

Di*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a digraph. H. Sweet.

Digress

Di*gress" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Digressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Digressing.] [L. digressus, p. p. of digredi to go apart, to deviate; di- = dis- + gradi to step, walk. See Grade.]

1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude. Holland.
In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room to digress into a particular definition as often as a man varies the signification of any term. Locke.

2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. [R.]

Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot on thy digressing son. Shak.

Digress

Di*gress", n. Digression. [Obs.] Fuller.

Digression

Di*gres"sion (?), n. [L. digressio: cf. F. digression.]

1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.

The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them. Sir W. Temple.

2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. [R.]

Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. Shak.

3. (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]

Digressional

Di*gres"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject. T. Warton.

Digressive

Di*gress"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. digressif.] Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression. Johnson.

Digressively

Di*gress"ive*ly, adv. By way of digression.

Digue

Digue (?), n. [F. See Dike.] A bank; a dike. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Digynia

Di*gyn"i*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an order of plants having two styles.

Digynian, Digynous

Di*gyn"i*an (?), Dig"y*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. digyne.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles.

Dihedral

Di*he"dral (?), a. [Gr. Diedral.] Having two plane faces; as, the dihedral summit of a crystal. Dihedral angle, the angular space contained between planes which intersect. It is measured by the angle made by any two lines at right angles to the two planes.

Dihedron

Di*he"dron (?), n. [See Dihedral.] A figure with two sides or surfaces. Buchanan.

Dihexagonal

Di`hex*ag"o*nal (?), a. [Pref. di- + hexagonal.] (a) Consisting of two hexagonal parts united; thus, a dihexagonal pyramid is composed of two hexagonal pyramids placed base to base. (b) Having twelve similar faces; as, a dihexagonal prism.

Diiamb

Di`i*amb" (?), n. A diiambus.

Diiambus

Di`i*am"bus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Lambus.] (Pros.) A double iambus; a foot consisting of two iambuses (

Diiodide

Di*i"o*dide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + iodine.] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.

Diisatogen

Di`i*sat"o*gen (?), n. [Pref. di- + isatine + -gen.] (Chem.) A red crystalline nitrogenous substance or artificial production, which by reduction passes directly to indigo.

Dijudicant

Di*ju"di*cant (?), n. [L. dijudicans, p. pr.] One who dijudicates. [R.] Wood.

Dijudicate

Di*ju"di*cate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dijudicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dijucating (?).] [L. dijudicatus, p. p. of dijudicare to decide; di- = dis- + judicare to judge.] To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine. [R.] Hales.

Dijudication

Di*ju`di*ca"tion (?), n. [L. dijudicatio.] The act of dijudicating; judgment. [R.] Cockeram.

Dika

Di"ka (?), n. [Native West African name.] A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the Irvingia Barteri, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also dika bread.

Dike

Dike (?), n. [OE. dic, dike, diche, ditch, AS. d dike, ditch; akin to D. dijk dike, G. deich, and prob. teich pond, Icel. d dike, ditch, Dan. dige; perh. akin to Gr. dough; or perh. to Gr. Ditch.]

1. A ditch; a channel for water made by digging.

Little channels or dikes cut to every bed. Ray.

2. An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

Dikes that the hands of the farmers had raised . . . Shut out the turbulent tides. Longfellow.

3. A wall of turf or stone. [Scot.]

4. (Geol.) A wall-like mass of mineral matter, usually an intrusion of igneous rocks, filling up rents or fissures in the original strata.

Dike

Dike, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diking.] [OE. diken, dichen, AS. d\'c6cian to dike. See Dike.]

1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.

2. To drain by a dike or ditch.

Dike

Dike, v. i. To work as a ditcher; to dig. [Obs.]
He would thresh and thereto dike and delve. Chaucer.

Diker

Dik"er (?), n.

1. A ditcher. Piers Plowman.

2. One who builds stone walls; usually, one who builds them without lime. [Scot.]

Dilacerate

Di*lac"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilacerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating (?).] [L. dilaceratus, p. p. of dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear.] To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne.

Dilaceration

Di*lac`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. dilaceratio: cf. F. dilac\'82ration.] The act of rending asunder. Arbuthnot.

Dilaniate

Di*la"ni*ate (?), v. t. [L. dilaniatus, p. p. of dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to pieces.] To rend in pieces; to tear. [R.] Howell.

Dilaniation

Di*la`ni*a"tion (?), n. A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration. [R.]

Dilapidate

Di*lap"i*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilapidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dilapidating (?).] [L. dilapidare to scatter like stones; di- = dis- + lapidare to throw stones, fr. lapis a stone. See Lapidary.]

1. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building.

If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony. Blackstone.

2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.

The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. Wood.

Dilapidate

Di*lap"i*date, v. i. To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. Johnson.

Dilapidated

Di*lap"i*da`ted (?), a. Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect.
A deserted and dilapidated buildings. Cooper.

Dilapidation

Di*lap`i*da"tion (?), n. [L. dilapidatio: cf. F. dilapidation.]

1. The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

Tell the people that are relived by the dilapidation of their public estate. Burke.

2. Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

The business of dilapidations came on between our bishop and the Archibishop of York. Strype.

3. (Law) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay. Burrill.

Dilapidator

Di*lap"i*da`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. dilapidateur.] One who causes dilapidation. Strype.

Dilatability

Di*la`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. dilatabilit\'82.] The quality of being dilatable, or admitting expansion; -- opposed to contractibility. Ray.

Dilatable

Di*lat"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. dilatable.] Capable of expansion; that may be dilated; -- opposed to contractible; as, the lungs are dilatable by the force of air; air is dilatable by heat.

Dilatation

Dil`a*ta"tion (?), n. [OE. dilatacioun, F. dilatation, L. dilatatio, fr. dilatare. See Dilate, and cf. 2d Dilation.]

1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. [Obs.] "What needeth greater dilatation?" Chaucer.

2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al

3. (Anat.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ.

Dilatator

Dil`a*ta"tor (?), n. [NL. Cf. L. dilatator a propagator.] (Anat.) A muscle which dilates any part; a dilator.

Dilate

Di*late" (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dilating (?).] [L. dilatare; either fr. di- = dis- + latus wide, not the same word as latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear (see Latitude); or fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differre to separate (see Delay, Tolerate, Differ, and cf. Dilatory): cf. F. dilater.]

1. To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat.

2. To enlarge upon; to relate at large; to tell copiously or diffusely. [R.]

Do me the favor to dilate at full What hath befallen of them and thee till now. Shak.
Syn. -- To expand; swell; distend; enlarge; spread out; amplify; expatiate.

Dilate

Di*late", v. i.

1. To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.

His heart dilates and glories in his strength. Addison.

2. To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; -- with on or upon.

But still on their ancient joys dilate. Crabbe.

Dilate

Di*late", a. Extensive; expanded. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dilated

Di*lat"ed, a.

1. Expanded; enlarged. Shak.

2. (Bot.) Widening into a lamina or into lateral winglike appendages.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Having the margin wide and spreading.

Dilatedly

Di*lat"ed*ly, adv. In a dilated manner. Feltham.

Dilater

Di*lat"er (?), n. One who, or that which, dilates, expands, o r enlarges.

Dilation

Di*la"tion (?), n. [L. dilatio. See Dilatory.] Delay. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Dilation

Di*la"tion, n. [From dilate, v., cf. Dilatation, Dilator.] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. Mrs. Browning.
At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. Tennyson.
A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. Dickens.

Dilative

Di*lat"ive (?), a. Causing dilation; tending to dilate, on enlarge; expansive. Coleridge.

Dilatometer

Dil`a*tom"e*ter (?), n. [Dilate + -meter.] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.

Dilator

Di*lat"or (?), n. [See Dilate.]

1. One who, or that which, widens or expands.

2. (Anat.) A muscle that dilates any part.

3. (Med.) An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator.

Dilatorily

Dil"a*to*ri*ly (?), adv. With delay; tardily.

Dilatoriness

Dil"a*to*ri*ness, n. The quality of being dilatory; lateness; slowness; tardiness; sluggishness.

Dilatory

Dil"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer.]

1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.

Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon hiMotley.
Dilatory plea (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not connected with the merits of the case. Syn. -- Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering; behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See Slow.

Dildo

Dil"do (?), n. A burden in popular songs. [Obs.]
Delicate burthens of dildos and fadings. Shak.

Dildo

Dil"do, n. (Bot.) A columnar cactaceous plant of the West Indies (Cereus Swartzii).

Dilection

Di*lec"tion (?), n. [L. dilectio: dilection. See Diligent.] Love; choice. [Obs.] T. Martin.

Dilemma

Di*lem"ma (?), n. [L. dilemma, Gr. Lemma.]

1. (Logic) An argument which presents an antagonist with two or more alternatives, but is equally conclusive against him, whichever alternative he chooses. &hand; The following are instances of the dilemma. A young rhetorician applied to an old sophist to be taught the art of pleading, and bargained for a certain reward to be paid when he should gain a cause. The master sued for his reward, and the scholar endeavored to dilemma. "If I gain my cause, I shall withhold your pay, because the judge's award will be against you; if I lose it, I may withhold it, because I shall not yet have gained a cause." "On the contrary," says the master, "if you gain your cause, you must pay me, because you are to pay me when you gain a cause; if you lose it, you must pay me, because the judge will award it." Johnson.

2. A state of things in which evils or obstacles present themselves on every side, and it is difficult to determine what course to pursue; a vexatious alternative or predicament; a difficult choice or position.

A strong dilemma in a desperate case! To act with infamy, or quit the place. Swift.
Horns of a dilemma, alternatives, each of which is equally difficult of encountering.

Dilettant

Dil"et*tant` (?), a. Of or pertaining to dilettanteism; amateur; as, dilettant speculation. Carlyle.

Dilettant

Dil`et*tant" (?), n. A dilettante.
Though few art lovers can be connoisseurs, many are dilettants. Fairholt.

Dilettante

Dil`et*tan"te (?), n.; pl. Dilettanti (#). [It., prop. p. pr. of dillettare to take delight in, fr. L. delectare to delight. See Delight, v. t.] An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.
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The true poet is not an eccentric creature, not a mere artist living only for art, not a dreamer or a dilettante, sipping the nectar of existence, while he keeps aloof from its deeper interests. J. C. Shairp.

Dilettanteish

Dil`et*tan"te*ish (?), a. Somewhat like a dilettante.

Dilettanteism

Dil`et*tan"te*ism (?), n. The state or quality of being a dilettante; the desultory pursuit of art, science, or literature.

Dilettantish

Dil`et*tant"ish (?), a. Dilettanteish.

Dilettantism

Dil`et*tant"ism (?), n. Same as Dilettanteism. F. Harrison.

Diligence

Dil"i*gence (?), n. [F. diligence, L. diligentia.]

1. The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.

2. Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service.

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. Shak.

3. (Scots Law) Process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings. To do one's diligence, give diligence, use diligence, to exert one's self; to make interested and earnest endeavor.

And each of them doth all his diligence To do unto the fest\'82 reverence. Chaucer.
Syn. -- Attention; industry; assiduity; sedulousness; earnestness; constancy; heed; heedfulness; care; caution. -- Diligence, Industry. Industry has the wider sense of the two, implying an habitual devotion to labor for some valuable end, as knowledge, property, etc. Diligence denotes earnest application to some specific object or pursuit, which more or less directly has a strong hold on one's interests or feelings. A man may be diligent for a time, or in seeking some favorite end, without meriting the title of industrious. Such was the case with Fox, while Burke was eminent not only for diligence, but industry; he was always at work, and always looking out for some new field of mental effort.
The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. Shak.
Diligence and accuracy are the only merits which an historical writer ascribe to himself. Gibbon.

Diligence

Di`li*gence" (?), n. [F.] A four-wheeled public stagecoach, used in France.

Diligency

Dil"i*gen*cy (?), n. [L. diligentia.] Diligence; care; persevering endeavor. [Obs.] Milton.

Diligent

Dil"i*gent (?), a. [F. diligent, L. diligens, -entis, p. pr. of diligere, dilectum, to esteem highly, prefer; di- = dis- + legere to choose. See Legend.]

1. Prosecuted with careful attention and effort; careful; painstaking; not careless or negligent.

The judges shall make diligent inquisition. Deut. xix. 18.

2. Interestedly and perseveringly attentive; steady and earnest in application to a subject or pursuit; assiduous; industrious.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. Prov. xxii. 29.
Diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.
Syn. -- Active; assiduous; sedulous; laborious; persevering; attentive; industrious.

Diligently

Dil"i*gent*ly, adv. In a diligent manner; not carelessly; not negligently; with industry or assiduity.
Ye diligently keep commandments of the Lord your God. Deut. vi. 17.

Dill

Dill (?), n. [AS dile; akin to D. dille, OHG. tilli, G. dill, dille, Sw. dill, Dan. dild.] (Bot.) An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed.<-- now Anethum graveolens --> Dr. Prior.

Dill

Dill, v. t. [OE. dillen, fr. dul dull, a.] To still; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain. [Obs.]

Dilling

Dil"ling (?), n. A darling; a favorite. [Obs.]
Whilst the birds billing, Each one with his dilling. Drayton.

Dilluing

Dil*lu"ing (?), n. (Min.) A process of sorting ore by washing in a hand sieve. [Written also deluing.]

Dilly

Dil"ly (?), n. [Contr. fr. diligence.] A kind of stagecoach. "The Derby dilly." J. H. Frere.

Dilly-dally

Dil"ly-dal`ly (?), v. i. [See Dally.] To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

Dilogical

Di*log"ic*al (?), a. Ambiguous; of double meaning. [Obs.] T. Adams.

Dilogy

Dil"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Dilogies (#). [L. dilogia, Gr. (Rhet.) An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an equivocal sense. [R.]

Dilucid

Di*lu"cid (?), a. [L. dilucidus, fr. dilucere to be light enough to distinguish objects apart. See Lucid.] Clear; lucid. [Obs.] Bacon. -- Di*lu"cid*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Di`lu*cid"i*ty (#), n. [Obs.]

Dilucidate

Di*lu"ci*date (?), v. t. [L. dilucidatus, p. p. of dilucidare.] To elucidate. [Obs.] Boyle.

Dilucidation

Di*lu`ci*da"tion (?), n. [L. dilucidatio.] The act of making clear. [Obs.] Boyle.

Diluent

Dil"u*ent (?), a. [L. diluens, p. pr. diluere. See Dilute.] Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, esp. of water. Arbuthnot.

Diluent

Dil"u*ent, n.

1. That which dilutes.

2. (Med.) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.

There is no real diluent but water. Arbuthnot.

Dilute

Di*lute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diluting.] [L. dilutus, p. p. of diluere to wash away, dilute; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash, lave. See Lave, and cf. Deluge.]

1. To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

Mix their watery store. With the chyle's current, and dilute it more. Blackmore.

2. To diminish the strength, flavor, color, etc., of, by mixing; to reduce, especially by the addition of water; to temper; to attenuate; to weaken.

Lest these colors should be diluted and weakened by the mixture of any adventitious light. Sir I. Newton.

Dilute

Di*lute" (?), v. i. To become attenuated, thin, or weak; as, it dilutes easily.

Dilute

Di*lute" (?), a. [L. dilutus, p. p.] Diluted; thin; weak.
A dilute and waterish exposition. Hopkins.

Diluted

Di*lut"ed (?), a. Reduced in strength; thin; weak. -- Di*lut"ed*ly, adv.

Diluteness

Di*lute"ness (?), n. The quality or state of being dilute. Bp. Wilkins.

Diluter

Di*lut"er (?), n. One who, or that which, dilutes or makes thin, more liquid, or weaker.

Dilution

Di*lu"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dilution.] The act of diluting, or the state of being diluted. Arbuthnot.

Diluvial

Di*lu"vi*al (?), a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.]

1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.

Diluvialist

Di*lu"vi*al*ist, n. One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. Lyell.

Diluvian

Di*lu"vi*an (?), a. [Cf. F. diluvien.] Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. Buckland.

Diluviate

Di*lu"vi*ate (?), v. i. [L. diluviare.] To run as a flood. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Diluvium

Di*lu"vi*um (?), n.; pl. E. Diluviums (#), L. Diluvia (#). [L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge.] (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. &hand; The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium.

Dim

Dim (?), a. [Compar. Dimmer (?); superl. Dimmest (?).] [AS. dim; akin to OFries. dim, Icel. dimmr: cf. MHG. timmer, timber; of uncertain origin.]

1. Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

The dim magnificence of poetry. Whewell.
How is the gold become dim! Lam. iv. 1.
I never saw The heavens so dim by day. Shak.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on, Through words and things, a dim and perilous way. Wordsworth.

2. Of obscure vision; not seeing clearly; hence, dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. Job xvii. 7.
The understanding is dim. Rogers.
&hand; Obvious compounds: dim-eyed; dim-sighted, etc. Syn. -- Obscure; dusky; dark; mysterious; imperfect; dull; sullied; tarnished.

Dim

Dim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dimmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dimming.]

1. To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.

A king among his courtiers, who dims all his attendants. Dryden.
Now set the sun, and twilight dimmed the ways. Cowper.

2. To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

Her starry eyes were dimmed with streaming tears. C. Pitt.

Dim

Dim, v. i. To grow dim. J. C. Shairp.

Dimble

Dim"ble (?), n. [Prob. orig., a cavity, and the same word as dimple. See Dimple.] A bower; a dingle. [Obs.] Drayton.

Dime

Dime (?), n. [F. d\'8cme tithe, OF. disme, fr. L. decimus the tenth, fr. decem ten. See Decimal.] A silver coin of the United States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. Dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents.

Dimension

Di*men"sion (?), n. [L. dimensio, fr. dimensus, p. p. of dimetiri to measure out; di- = dis- + metiri to measure: cf. F. dimension. See Measure.]

1. Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom.

Gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions. W. Irving.
Space of dimension, extension that has length but no breadth or thickness; a straight or curved line. -- Space of two dimensions, extension which has length and breadth, but no thickness; a plane or curved surface. -- Space of three dimensions, extension which has length, breadth, and thickness; a solid. -- Space of four dimensions, as imaginary kind of extension, which is assumed to have length, breadth, thickness, and also a fourth imaginary dimension. Space of five or six, or more dimensions is also sometimes assumed in mathematics.

2. Extent; reach; scope; importance; as, a project of large dimensions.

3. (Math.) The degree of manifoldness of a quantity; as, time is quantity having one dimension; volume has three dimensions, relative to extension.

4. (Alg.) A literal factor, as numbered in characterizing a term. The term dimensions forms with the cardinal numbers a phrase equivalent to degree with the ordinal; thus, a2b2c is a term of five dimensions, or of the fifth degree.

5. pl. (Phys.) The manifoldness with which the fundamental units of time, length, and mass are involved in determining the units of other physical quantities. Thus, since the unit of velocity varies directly as the unit of length and inversely as the unit of time, the dimensions of velocity are said to be length &divby; time; the dimensions of work are mass × (length)2 &divby; (time)2; the dimensions of density are mass &divby; (length)3. <-- dimensional lumber --> Dimension lumber, Dimension scantling, ∨ Dimension stock (Carp.), lumber for building, etc., cut to the sizes usually in demand, or to special sizes as ordered. -- Dimension stone, stone delivered from the quarry rough, but brought to such sizes as are requisite for cutting to dimensions given.

Dimensional

Di*men"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to dimension.

Dimensioned

Di*men"sioned (?), a. Having dimensions. [R.]

Dimensionless

Di*men"sion*less (?), a. Without dimensions; having no appreciable or noteworthy extent. Milton.

Dimensity

Di*men"si*ty (?), n. Dimension. [R.] Howell.

Dimensive

Di*men"sive (?), a. Without dimensions; marking dimensions or the limits.
Who can draw the soul's dimensive lines? Sir J. Davies.

Dimera

Dim"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A division of Coleoptera, having two joints to the tarsi. (b) A division of the Hemiptera, including the aphids.

Dimeran

Dim"er*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Dimera.

Dimerous

Dim"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. Composed of, or having, two parts of each kind. &hand; A dimerous flower has two sepals, two petals, two stamens, and two pistils.

Dimeter

Dim"e*ter (?), a. [L. dimeter, Gr. Having two poetical measures or meters. -- n. A verse of two meters.

Dimethyl

Di*meth"yl (?), n. [Pref. di- + methyl.] (Chem.) Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See Ethane.

Dimetric

Di*met"ric (?), a. [See Dimeter, a.] (Crystallog.) Same as Tetragonal. Dana.

Dimication

Dim`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. dimicatio, fr. dimicare to fight.] A fight; contest. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Dimidiate

Di*mid"i*ate (?), a. [L. dimidiatus, p. p. of dimidiare to halve, fr. dimidius half. See Demi-.]

1. Divided into two equal parts; reduced to half in shape or form.

2. (Biol.) (a) Consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed. (b) Having the organs of one side, or half, different in function from the corresponding organs on the other side; as, dimidiate hermaphroditism.

Dimidiate

Di*mid"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dimidiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dimidiating.]

1. To divide into two equal parts. [Obs.] Cockeram.

2. (Her.) To represent the half of; to halve.

Dimidiation

Di*mid`i*a"tion (?), n. [L. dimidiatio.] The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being dimidiate.

Diminish

Di*min"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diminished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diminishing.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) + minish: cf. L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See Dis-, and Minish.]

1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt. Barrow.

2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.

This doth nothing diminish their opinion. Robynson (More's Utopia).
I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. Ezek. xxix. 15.
O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads. Milton.

3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.

4. To take away; to subtract.

Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. Deut. iv. 2.
Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. -- Diminished, ∨ Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Gwilt. -- Diminishing rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. -- Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors. Syn. -- To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail; impair; degrade. See Decrease.

Diminish

Di*min"ish, v. i. To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.

Diminishable

Di*min"ish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being diminished or lessened.

Diminisher

Di*min"ish*er (?), n. One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke (1637).

Diminishingly

Di*min"ish*ing*ly, adv. In a manner to diminish.

Diminishment

Di*min"ish*ment (?), n. Diminution. [R.] Cheke.

Diminuendo

Di*min`u*en"do (?), adv. [It., p. pr. of diminuere to diminish.] (Mus.) In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.

Diminuent

Di*min"u*ent (?), a. [L. diminuens, p. pr. of diminuere. See Diminish.] Lessening. Bp. Sanderson.

Diminutal

Dim`i*nu"tal (?), a. Indicating or causing diminution. Earle.

Diminute

Dim"i*nute (?), a. Small; diminished; diminutive. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Diminutely

Dim"i*nute*ly, adv. Diminutively. [Obs.]

Diminution

Dim`i*nu"tion (?), n. [L. diminutio, or perh. rather deminutio: cf. F. diminution. See Diminish.]

1. The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.

2. The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.

The world's opinion or diminution of me. Eikon Basilike.
Nor thinks it diminution to be ranked In military honor next. Philips.

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3. (Law) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.

4. (Mus.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself. Syn. -- Decrease; decay; abatement; reduction; deduction; decrement.

Diminutival

Di*min`u*ti"val (?), a. Indicating diminution; diminutive. "Diminutival forms" [of words]. Earle. -- n. A diminutive. Earle.

Diminutive

Di*min"u*tive (?), a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.]

1. Below the average size; very small; little.

2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

3. Tending to diminish. [R.]

Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.

Diminutive

Di*min"u*tive, n.

1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak.

2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.

Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson.
&hand; The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble.

Diminutively

Di*min"u*tive*ly, adv. In a diminutive manner.

Diminutiveness

Di*min"u*tive*ness, n. The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.

Dimish

Dim"ish (?), a. See Dimmish.

Dimission

Di*mis"sion (?), n. [L. dimissio. See Dimit, and cf. Dismission.] Leave to depart; a dismissing. [Obs.] Barrow.

Dimissory

Dim"is*so*ry (?; 277), a. [L. dimissorius: cf. F. dimissoire. See Dimit.] Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart. Letters dimissory (Eccl.), letters given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, and recommending him for reception there. Hook.

Dimit

Di*mit" (?), v. t. [L. dimittere to send away, ledi- = dis- + mittere to send. See Dismiss.] To dismiss, let go, or release. [Obs.]

Dimity

Dim"i*ty (?), n. [Prob. fr. Gr. diemet, of F. dimite, d\'82mitte. Cf. Samite.] A cotton fabric employed for hangings and furniture coverings, and formerly used for women's under-garments. It is of many patterns, both plain and twilled, and occasionally is printed in colors.

Dimly

Dim"ly, adv. In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.

Dimmish, Dimmy

Dim"mish (?), Dim"my (?), a. Somewhat dim; as, dimmish eyes. "Dimmy clouds." Sir P. Sidney.

Dimness

Dim"ness, n. [AS. dimness.]

1. The state or quality

2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of intellectual perception. Dr. H. More. Syn. -- Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See Darkness.

Dimorph

Di"morph` (?), n. [Gr. Di-) + (Crystallog.) Either one of the two forms of a dimorphous substance; as, calcite and aragonite are dimorphs.

Dimorphic

Di*mor"phic (?), a. Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.

Dimorphism

Di*mor"phism (?), n. [Cf. F. dimorphisme.]

1. (Biol.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly.

Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. Darwin.

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

Dimorphous

Di*mor"phous (?), a. [Cf. F. dimorphe.]

1. (Biol.) Characterized by dimorphism; occurring under two distinct forms, not dependent on sex; dimorphic.

2. (Crystallog.) Crystallizing under two forms fundamentally different, while having the same chemical composition.

Dimple

Dim"ple (?), n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See Dip, and cf. Dimble.]

1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. Milton.

The dimple of her chin. Prior.

2. A slight indentation on any surface.

The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. Wordsworth.

Dimple

Dim"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dimpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dimpling (?).] To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.

Dimple

Dim"ple, v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. Shak.

Dimplement

Dim"ple*ment (?), n. The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions. [R.]
The ground's most gentle dimplement. Mrs. Browning.

Dimply

Dim"ply (?), a. Full of dimples, or small depressions; dimpled; as, the dimply pool. Thomson.

Dim-sighted

Dim"-sight`ed (?), a. Having dim sight; lacking perception. -- Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n.

Dimya, Dimyaria

Dim"y*a (?), Dim`y*a"ri*a (
, n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of lamellibranchiate mollusks having an anterior and posterior adductor muscle, as the common clam. See Bivalve.

Dimyarian

Dim`y*a"ri*an (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the Dimya. -- n. One of the Dimya.

Dimyary

Dim"y*a*ry (?), a. & n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Dimyarian.

Din

Din (?), n. [AS. dyne, dyn; akin to Icel. dynr, and to AS. dynian to resound, Icel. dynja to pour down like hail or rain; cf. Skr. dhuni roaring, a torrent, dhvan to sound. Cf. Dun to ask payment.] Loud, confused, harsh noise; a loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound; clamor; roar.
Think you a little din can daunt mine ears? Shak.
He knew the battle's din afar. Sir W. Scott.
The dust and din and steam of town. Tennyson.

Din

Din, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinning.] [AS. dynian. See Din, n.]

1. To strike with confused or clanging sound; to stun with loud and continued noise; to harass with clamor; as, to din the ears with cries.

2. To utter with a din; to repeat noisily; to ding.

This hath been often dinned in my ears. Swift.
To din into, to fix in the mind of another by frequent and noisy repetitions. Sir W. Scott.

Din

Din, v. i. To sound with a din; a ding.
The gay viol dinning in the dale. A. Seward.

Dinaphthyl

Di*naph"thyl (?), n. [Pref. di- + naphthylene.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C20H14, obtained from naphthylene, and consisting of a doubled naphthylene radical.

Dinar

Di"nar (?), n. [Ar. d, from Gr. denarius. See Denier.]

1. A petty money of accounts of Persia.

2. An ancient gold coin of the East.

Dinarchy

Di"nar*chy (?), n. See Diarchy.

Dine

Dine (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dining.] [F. d\'8cner, OF. disner, LL. disnare, contr. fr. an assumed disjunare; dis- + an assumed junare (OF. juner) to fast, for L. jejunare, fr. jejunus fasting. See Jejune, and cf. Dinner, D.] To eat the principal regular meal of the day; to take dinner.
Now can I break my fast, dine, sup, and sleep. Shak.
To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner; -- a phrase common in Elizabethan literature, said to be from the practice of the poor gentry, who beguiled the dinner hour by a promenade near the tomb of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in Old Saint Paul's.

Dine

Dine, v. t.

1. To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed; as, to dine a hundred men.

A table massive enough to have dined Johnnie Armstrong and his merry men. Sir W. Scott.

2. To dine upon; to have to eat. [Obs.] "What will ye dine." Chaucer.

Diner

Din"er (?), n. One who dines.

Diner-out

Din"er-out` (?), n. One who often takes his dinner away from home, or in company.
A brilliant diner-out, though but a curate. Byron.

Dinetical

Di*net"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Revolving on an axis. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ding

Ding (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinged (?), Dang (Obs.), or Dung (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Dinging.] [OE. dingen, dengen; akin to AS. dencgan to knock, Icel. dengja to beat, hammer, Sw. d\'84nga, G. dengeln.]

1. To dash; to throw violently. [Obs.]

To ding the book a coit's distance from him. Milton.

2. To cause to sound or ring. To ding (anything) in one's ears, to impress one by noisy repetition, as if by hammering.

Ding

Ding, v. i.

1. To strike; to thump; to pound. [Obs.]

Diken, or delven, or dingen upon sheaves. Piers Plowman.

2. To sound, as a bell; to ring; to clang.

The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes. W. Irving.

3. To talk with vehemence, importunity, or reiteration; to bluster. [Low]

Ding

Ding, n. A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

Dingdong

Ding"dong` (?), n. [See Ding.]

1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

2. (Horol.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

Dingey, Dingy, Dinghy

Din"gey (?), Din"gy, Din"ghy, n. [Bengalee dingi.]

1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also dinghey.] Malcom.

2. A ship's smallest boat.

Dingily

Din"gi*ly (?), adv. In a dingy manner.

Dinginess

Din"gi*ness, n. Quality of being dingy; a dusky hue.

Dingle

Din"gle (?), n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. AS. ding prison; or perh. akin to dimble.] A narrow dale; a small dell; a small, secluded, and embowered valley.

Dingle-dangle

Din"gle-dan`gle (?), adv. In a dangling manner.

Dingo

Din"go (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

Dingthrift

Ding"thrift` (?), n. A spendthrift. [Obs.]
Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave? Drant.

Dingy

Din"gy (?), a. [Compar. Dingier (?); superl. Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. "Scraps of dingy paper." Macaulay.

Dinichthys

Di*nich"thys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Devonian ganoid fishes. In some parts of Ohio remains of the Dinichthys are abundant, indicating animals twenty feet in length.

Dining

Din"ing (?), n. & a. from Dine, a. &hand; Used either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dining hall or dining-hall, dining room, dining table, etc.

Dink

Dink (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Trim; neat. [Scot.] Burns. -- Dink"ly, adv.

Dink

Dink, v. t. To deck; -- often with out or up. [Scot.]

Dinmont

Din"mont (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A wether sheep between one and two years old. [Scot.]

Dinner

Din"ner (?), n. [F. d\'8cner, fr. d\'8cner to dine. See Dine.]

1. The principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour.

2. An entertainment; a feast.

A grand political dinner. Tennyson.
&hand; Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour, etc.

Dinnerless

Din"ner*less, a. Having no dinner. Fuller.

Dinnerly

Din"ner*ly, a. Of or pertaining to dinner. [R.]
The dinnerly officer. Copley.

Dinoceras

Di*noc"e*ras (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix. &hand; They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.

Dinornis

Di*nor"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of extinct, ostrichlike birds of gigantic size, which formerly inhabited New Zealand. See Moa. [Written also Deinornis.]

Dinosaur, Dinosaurian

Di"no*saur (?), Di`no*sau"ri*an (?), n. [Gr. (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian.]

Dinosauria

Di`no*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix.

Dinothere, Dinotherium

Di"no*there (?), Di`no*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable fora pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw.

Dinoxide

Din*ox"ide (?), n. (Chem.) Same as Dioxide.

Dinsome

Din"some (?), a. Full of din. [Scot.] Burns.

Dint

Dint (?), n. [OE. dint, dent, dunt, a blow, AS. dynt; akin to Icel. dyntr a dint, dynta to dint, and perh. to L. fendere (in composition). Cf. 1st Dent, Defend.]

1. A blow; a stroke. [Obs.] "Mortal dint." Milton. "Like thunder's dint." Fairfax.

2. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent. Dryden.

Every dint a sword had beaten in it [the shield]. Tennyson.

3. Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.

Now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity. Shak.
It was by dint of passing strength That he moved the massy stone at length. Sir W. Scott.

Dint

Dint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dinting.] To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent. Donne. Tennyson.

Dinumeration

Di*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [L. dinumeratio; di- = dis- + numerare to count, fr. numerus number.] Enumeration. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Diocesan

Di*oc"e*san (?; 277), a. [LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. dioc\'82sain.] Of or pertaining to a diocese; as, diocesan missions.

Diocesan

Di*oc"e*san, n.

1. A bishop, viewed in relation to his diocese; as, the diocesan of New York.

2. pl. The clergy or the people of a diocese. Strype.

Diocese

Di"o*cese (?), n.; pl. Dioceses (#). [OE. diocise, OF. diocise, F. dioc\'82se, L. dioecesis, fr. Gr. Economy.] (Eccl.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority. [Frequently, but improperly, spelt diocess.]

Diocesener

Di`o*ce"se*ner (?), n. One who belongs to a diocese. [Obs.] Bacon.

Diodon

Di"o*don (?), n. [Gr. diodon.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of whales.

Diodont

Di"o*dont (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Diodon. -- n. A fish of the genus Diodon, or an allied genus.
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Di\'d2cia

Di*\'d2"ci*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants having the stamens and pistils on different plants.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A subclass of gastropod mollusks in which the sexes are separate. It includes most of the large marine species, like the conchs, cones, and cowries.

Di\'d2cian, Di\'d2cious

Di*\'d2"cian (?), Di*\'d2"cious (?), a. (Biol.) Having the sexes in applied to plants in which the female flowers occur on one individual and the male flowers on another of the same species, and to animals in which the ovum is produced by one individual and the sperm cell by another; -- opposed to mon\'d2cious.

Di\'d2ciously

Di*\'d2"cious*ly, adv. (Biol.) In a di\'d2cious manner. Di\'d2ciously hermaphrodite (Bot.), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically di\'d2cious, -- those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules.

Di\'d2ciousness

Di*\'d2"cious*ness, n. (Biol.) The state or quality of being di\'d2cious.

Di\'d2cism

Di*\'d2"cism (?), n. (Biol.) The condition of being di\'d2cious.

Diogenes

Di*og"e*nes (?), n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. Diogenes' crab (Zo\'94l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs (Cenobita Diogenes), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. -- Diogenes' tub, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived.

Dioicous

Di*oi"cous (?), a. See Di\'d2cious.

Diomedea

Di*om`e*de"a (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of large sea birds, including the albatross. See Albatross.

Dion\'91a

Di`o*n\'91"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.

Dionysian

Di`o*ny"sian (?), a. Relating to Dionysius, a monk of the 6th century; as, the Dionysian, or Christian, era. Dionysian period, a period of 532 years, depending on the cycle of the sun, or 28 years, and the cycle of the moon, or 19 years; -- sometimes called the Greek paschal cycle, or Victorian period.

Diophantine

Di`o*phan"tine (?), a. Originated or taught by Diophantus, the Greek writer on algebra. Diophantine analysis (Alg.), that branch of indeterminate analysis which has for its object the discovery of rational values that satisfy given equations containing squares or cubes; as, for example, to find values of x and y which make x2 + y2 an exact square.

Diopside

Di*op"side (?), n. [Gr. diopside.] (Min.) A crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color; mussite.

Dioptase

Di*op"tase (?), n. [Gr. dioptase.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Diopter, Dioptra

Di*op"ter (?), Di*op"tra (?), n. [L. dioptra, fr. Gr. Dioptric.] An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.

Dioptre

Di*op"tre (?), n. [F. See 2d Dioptric.] (Optics) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter.

Dioptric

Di*op"tric (?), a. (Optics) Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses. -- n. A dioptre. See Dioptre.

Dioptric, Dioptrical

Di*op"tric (?), Di*op"tric*al (?), a. [Gr. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. "Dioptrical principles." Nichol. Dioptric curve (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under Cartesian.

Dioptrics

Di*op"trics (?), n. [Gr. dioptrique.] (Optics) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light.

Dioptry

Di*op"try (?), n. (Optics) A dioptre.

Diorama

Di`o*ra"ma (?), n. [Gr. diorama. Cf. Panorama.]

1. A mode of scenic representation, invented by Daguerre and Bouton, in which a painting is seen from a distance through a large opening. By a combination of transparent and opaque painting, and of transmitted and reflected light, and by contrivances such as screens and shutters, much diversity of scenic effect is produced.

2. A building used for such an exhibition.

Dioramic

Di`o*ram"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a diorama.

Diorism

Di"o*rism (?), n. [Gr. Definition; logical direction. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Dioristic

Di`o*ris"tic (?), a. [Gr. Distinguishing; distinctive; defining. [R.] -- Di`o*ris"tic*al*ly (#), adv. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Diorite

Di"o*rite (?), n. [Cf. F. diorite. See Diorism.] (Min.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.

Dioritic

Di`o*rit"ic (?), a. Containing diorite.

Diorthotic

Di`or*thot"ic (?), a. [Gr. Relating to the correcting or straightening out of something; corrective.

Dioscorea

Di`os*co"re*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Dioscorides the Greek physician.] (Bot.) A genus of plants. See Yam.

Diota

Di*o"ta (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rom. Antiq.) A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.

Dioxide

Di*ox"ide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + oxide.] (Chem.) (a) An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide. (b) An oxide containing but one atom or equivalent of oxygen to two of a metal; a suboxide. [Obs.] Carbon dioxide. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.

Dioxindol

Di`ox*in"dol (?), n. [Pref. di- + oxygen + indol.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name.

Dip

Dip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dipped (?) or Dipt (p. pr. & vb. n.
Dipping.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d to baptize, OS. d, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d\'94pa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. Deep, Dive.]

1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. Lev. iv. 6.
[Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. Pope.
While the prime swallow dips his wing. Tennyson.

2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. Book of Common Prayer. Fuller.

3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic]

A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. Milton.

4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.

He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons. Dryden.

5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water.

6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.]

Live on the use and never dip thy lands. Dryden.
Dipped candle, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. -- To dip snuff, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] -- To dip the colors (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute.

Dip

Dip, v. i.

1. To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.

The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out. Coleridge.

2. To perform the action of plunging some receptacle, as a dipper, ladle. etc.; into a liquid or a soft substance and removing a part.

Whoever dips too deep will find death in the pot. L'Estrange.

3. To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.

When I dipt into the future. Tennyson.

4. To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into. "Dipped into a multitude of books." Macaulay.

5. To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip.

6. To dip snuff. [Southern U.S.]

Dip

Dip, n.

1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. "The dip of oars in unison." Glover.

2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] Marryat. Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. -- Dip of the needle, ∨ Magnetic dip, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also inclination. -- Dip of a stratum (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the pitch.

Dipaschal

Di*pas"chal (?), a. [Pref. di- + paschal.] Including two passovers. Carpenter.

Dipchick

Dip"chick` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Dabchick.

Dipetalous

Di*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. di- + petalous.] (Bot.) Having two petals; two-petaled.

Diphenyl

Di*phe"nyl (?), n. [Pref. di- + phenyl.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H5.C6H5, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united.

Diphtheria

Diph*the"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. membrane): cf. depsere to knead.] (Med.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group.

Diphtherial, Diphtheric

Diph*the"ri*al (?), Diph*ther"ic (?), a. Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic.

Diphtheritic

Diph`the*rit"ic (?), a. (Med.)

1. Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria.

2. Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder.

Diphthong

Diph"thong (?; 115, 277), n. [L. diphthongus, Gr. diphthongue.] (Ortho\'89py) (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong. (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong.

Diphthong

Diph"thong, v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [R.]

Diphthongal

Diph*thon"gal (?; 115), a. Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. -- Diph*thon"gal*ly, adv.

Diphthongalize

Diph*thon"gal*ize (?; 115), v. t. To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong.

Diphthongation

Diph`thon*ga"tion (?), n. See Diphthongization.

Diphthongic

Diph*thong"ic (?; 115), a. Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. H. Sweet.

Diphthongization

Diph`thong*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of changing into a diphthong. H. Sweet.

Diphthongize

Diph"thong*ize (?), v. t. & i. To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. "The diphthongized long vowels." H. Sweet.

Diphycercal

Diph`y*cer"cal (?), a. [Gr. (Anat.) Having the tail fin divided into two equal parts by the notochord, or end of the vertebral column; protocercal. See Protocercal.

Diphygenic

Diph`y*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. -genic.] (Zo\'94l.) Having two modes of embryonic development.

Diphyllous

Diph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. diphylle.] (Bot.) Having two leaves, as a calyx, etc.

Diphyodont

Diph"y*o*dont (?), a. [Gr. (Anat.) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont. -- n. An animal having two successive sets of teeth.

Diphyozooid

Diph`y*o*zo"oid (?), n. [Gr. zooid.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the free-swimming sexual zooids of Siphonophora.

Diplanar

Di*pla"nar (?), a. [Pref. di- + plane.] (Math.) Of or pertaining to two planes.

Dipleidoscope

Di*plei"do*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] (Astron.) An instrument for determining the time of apparent noon. It consists of two mirrors and a plane glass disposed in the form of a prism, so that, by the reflections of the sun's rays from their surfaces, two images are presented to the eye, moving in opposite directions, and coinciding at the instant the sun's center is on the meridian.

Diploblastic

Dip`lo*blas"tic (?), a. [Gr. -blast + -ic.] (Biol.) Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.

Diplocardiac

Dip`lo*car"di*ac (?), a. [Gr. cardiac.] (Anat.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary.

Diplococcus

Dip`lo*coc"cus (?), n.; pl. Diplococci (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

Diplo\'89

Dip"lo*\'89 (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.

Diploetic

Dip`lo*et"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Diploic.

Diplogenic

Dip`lo*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. Partaking of the nature of two bodies; producing two substances. Wright.

Diploic

Di*plo"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diplo\'89.

Diploid

Dip"loid (?), n. [Gr. -oid.] (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.

Diploma

Di*plo"ma (?), n.; pl. Diplomas (#). [L., fr. Gr. Double.] A letter or writing, usually under seal, conferring some privilege, honor, or power; a document bearing record of a degree conferred by a literary society or educational institution.

Diplomacy

Di*plo"ma*cy (?), n. [F. diplomatie. This word, like supremacy, retains the accent of its original. See Diploma.]

1. The art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations (particularly in securing treaties), including the methods and forms usually employed.

2. Dexterity or skill in securing advantages; tact.

3. The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body. [R.] Burke.

Diplomat, Diplomate

Dip"lo*mat (?), Dip"lo*mate (?), n. [F. diplomate.] A diplomatist.

Diplomate

Dip"lo*mate (?), v. t. To invest with a title o [R.] Wood.

Diplomatial

Dip`lo*ma"tial (?), a. Diplomatic. [R.]

Diplomatic, Diplomatical

Dip`lo*mat"ic (?), Dip`lo*mat"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. diplomatique.]

1. Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body.

2. Characterized by tact and shrewdness; dexterous; artful; as, diplomatic management.

3. Pertaining to diplomatics; paleographic. Astle.

Diplomatic

Dip`lo*mat"ic, n. A minister, official agent, or envoy to a foreign court; a diplomatist.

Diplomatically

Dip`lo*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.

Diplomatic

Dip`lo*mat"ic (?), n. The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography.

Diplomatism

Di*plo"ma*tism (?), n. Diplomacy. [R.]

Diplomatist

Di*plo"ma*tist (?), n. [Cf. F. diplomatiste a student of diplomatics.] A person employed in, or skilled in, diplomacy; a diplomat.
In ability, Avaux had no superior among the numerous able diplomatics whom his country then possessed. Macaulay.

Diplopia, Diplopy

Di*plo"pi*a (?), Dip"lo*py (?), n. [NL. diplopia, from Gr. diplopie.] (Med.) The act or state of seeing double. &hand; In crossed or heteronymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is upon the left hand, and that seen by the left eye is upon the right hand. In homonymous diplopia the image seen by the right eye is on the right side, that by the left eye on the left side. In vertical diplopia one image stands above the other.
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Diplopod

Dip"lo*pod (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Diplopoda.

Diplopoda

Di*plop"o*da (?), n. pl. [Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha.

Diplostemonous

Dip`lo*stem"o*nous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having twice as many stamens as petals, as the geranium. R. Brown.

Diplostemony

Dip`lo*stem"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being diplostemonous.

Dipneumona

Dip*neu"mo*na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of spiders having only two lunglike organs. [Written also Dipneumones.]

Dipnoi

Dip"no*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.

Dipody

Dip"o*dy (?), n.; pl. Dipodies (#). [Gr. (Pros.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. Hadley.
Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are measured by dipodies. W. W. Goodwin.

Dipolar

Di*po"lar (?), a. [Pre. di- + polar. Cf. Bipolar.] Having two poles, as a magnetic bar.

Dippel's oil

Dip"pel's oil` (?). (Chem.) [From the name of the inventor.] See Bone oil, under Bone.

Dipper

Dip"per (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus). The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.

Dipping

Dip"ping, n.

1. The act or process of immersing.

2. The act of inclining downward.

3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like.

4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.

5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [U.S.] Dipping needle, a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination.

Diprismatic

Di`pris*mat"ic (?), a. [Prefix di- + prismatic.] Doubly prismatic.

Dipropargyl

Di`pro*par"gyl (?), n. [Prefix di- + propargyl.] (Chem.) A pungent, mobile, volatile liquid, C6H6, produced artificially from certain allyl derivatives. Though isomeric with benzine, it is very different in its chemical relations. Called also dipropinyl.

Dipropyl

Di*pro"pyl (?), n. [Pref. di- + propyl.] (Chem.) One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See Hexane.

Diprotodon

Di*pro"to*don (?), n. [Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.

Dipsas

Dip"sas (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. A serpent whose bite was fabled to produce intense thirst. Milton.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of harmless colubrine snakes.

Dipsetic

Dip*set"ic (?), a. [Gr. Tending to produce thirst. Wright.

Dipsomania

Dip`so*ma"ni*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.

Dipsomaniac

Dip`so*ma"ni*ac (?), n. One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

Dipsomaniacal

Dip`so*ma*ni"a*cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to dipsomania.

Dipsosis

Dip*so"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Excessive thirst produced by disease.

Diptera

Dip"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. dipt\'8are.] (Zo\'94l.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxill\'91) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larv\'91 (called maggots) being usually without feet.

Dipteral

Dip"ter*al (?), a.

1. (Zo\'94l.) Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera.

2. (Anc. Arch.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple.

Dipteran

Dip"ter*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An insect of the order Diptera.

Dipterocarpus

Dip`te*ro*car"pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.

Dipterous

Dip"ter*ous (?), a.

1. (Zo\'94l.) Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera.

2. (Bot.) Having two wings; two-winged.

Dipterygian

Dip`ter*yg"i*an (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes.

Diptote

Dip"tote (?), n. [Gr. diptote.] (Gram.) A noun which has only two cases. Andrews.

Diptych

Dip"tych (?), n. [L. diptycha, pl., fr. Gr.

1. Anything consisting of two leaves. Especially: (a) (Roman Antiq.) A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within. (b) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets connected by hinges. See Triptych.

2. A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the church; a catalogue of saints.

Dipyre

Di*pyre" (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A mineral of the scapolite group; -- so called from the double effect of fire upon it, in fusing it, and rendering it phosphorescent.

Dipyrenous

Di`py*re"nous (?), a. [Pref. di- + pyrene.] (Bot.) Containing two stones or nutlets.

Dipyridine

Di*pyr"i*dine (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + pyridine.] (Geom.) A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine.

Dipyridil

Di*pyr"i*dil (?), n. [Pref. di- + pyridine + -yl.] (Chem.) A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine.

Diradiation

Di*ra`di*a"tion (?), n. [Pref. di- + radiation.] The emission and diffusion of rays of light.

Dire

Dire (?), a. [Compar. Direr (?); superl. Direst.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.]

1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.

2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. Milton.
Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. Milton.

Direct

Di*rect" (?), a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct: cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]

1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

What is direct to, what slides by, the question. Locke.

2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Be even and direct with me. Shak.

3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

He howhere, that I know, says it in direct words. Locke.
A direct and avowed interference with elections. Hallam.

4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body. Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting. -- Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted without change in its form; as, he said "I can not come;" -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which there is change of form; as, he said that he could not come. They are often called respectively by their Latin names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua. -- Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect, evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its credibility. Wharton. -- Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. Abbott. -- Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at. -- Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. Knight. -- Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise.

Direct

Di*rect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb. n. Directing.]

1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.

The Lord direct your into the love of God. 2 Thess. iii. 5.
The next points to which I will direct your attention. Lubbock.

3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.

I will direct their work in truth. Is. lxi. 8.

4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

I 'll first direct my men what they shall do. Shak.

5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter. Syn. -- To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate; order; instruct; command.

Direct

Di*rect" (?), v. i. To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
Wisdom is profitable to direct. Eccl. x. 10.

Direct

Di*rect", n. (Mus.) A character, thus [ Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Direct-acting

Di*rect"-act`ing (?), a. (Mach.) Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a beam or lever; -- also called direct-action steam engine. -- Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod is directly connected with the pump rod; -- also called direct-action steam pump.

Directer

Di*rect"er (?), n. One who directs; a director. Directer plane (Geom.), the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.

Direction

Di*rec"tion (?), n. [L. directio: cf. F. direction.]

1. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o.

I do commit his youth To your direction. Shak.
All nature is but art, unknown to thee;< ll chance, direction, which thou canst not see. Pope.

2. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.

The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. Numb. xxi. 18.

3. The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.

4. The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.

5. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

6. (Gun.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm. Syn. -- Administration; guidance; management; superintendence; oversight; government; order; command; guide; clew. Direction, Control, Command, Order. These words, as here compared, have reference to the exercise of power over the actions of others. Control is negative, denoting power to restrain; command is positive, implying a right to enforce obedience; directions are commands containing instructions how to act. Order conveys more prominently the idea of authority than the word direction. A shipmaster has the command of his vessel; he gives orders or directions to the seamen as to the mode of sailing it; and exercises a due control over the passengers.

Directive

Di*rect"ive (?), a. [LL. directivus: cf. F. directif.]

1. Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way. Hooker.

The precepts directive of our practice in relation to God. Barrow.

2. Able to be directed; manageable. [Obs.]

Swords and bows Directive by the limbs. Shak.

Directly

Di*rect"ly, adv.

1. In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. "To run directly on." Shak.

Indirectly and directly too Thou hast contrived against the very life Of the defendant. Shak.

2. In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.

3. Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.

No man hath hitherto been so impious as plainly and directly to condemn prayer. Hooker.

4. Exactly; just.

Stand you directly in Antonius' way. Shak.

5. Straightforwardly; honestly.

I have dealt most directly in thy affair. Shak.

6. Manifestly; openly. [Obs.]

Desdemona is directly in love with him. Shak.

7. Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately. "Will she go now to bed?' Directly.'" Shak.

8. Immediately after; as soon as.

Directly he stopped, the coffin was removed. Dickens.
&hand; This use of the word is common in England, especially in colloquial speech, but it can hardly be regarded as a well-sanctioned or desirable use. Directly proportional (Math.), proportional in the order of the terms; increasing or decreasing together, and with a constant ratio; -- opposed to inversely proportional. Syn. -- Immediately; forthwith; straightway; instantly; instantaneously; soon; promptly; openly; expressly. -- Directly, Immediately, Instantly, Instantaneously. Directly denotes, without any delay or diversion of attention; immediately implies, without any interposition of other occupation; instantly implies, without any intervention of time. Hence, "I will do it directly," means, "I will go straightway about it." "I will do it immediately," means, "I will do it as the very next thing." "I will do it instantly," allows not a particle of delay. Instantaneously, like instantly, marks an interval too small to be appreciable, but commonly relates to physical causes; as, the powder touched by fire instantaneously exploded.
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Directness

Di*rect"ness (?), n. The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

Director

Di*rect"or (?), n. [Cf. F. directeur.]

1. One who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent.

In all affairs thou sole director. Swift.

2. One of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company.

What made directors cheat in South-Sea year? Pope.

3. (Mech.) A part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action.

4. (Surg.) A slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath.

Directorate

Di*rect"o*rate (?), n. [Cf. F. directorat.] The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.

Directorial

Di*rec*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. directorial.]

1. Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive.

2. Pertaining to: director or directory; specifically, relating to the Directory of France under the first republic. See Directory, 3.

Whoever goes to the directorial presence under this passport. Burke.

Directorship

Di*rect"or*ship (?), n. The condition or office of a director; directorate.

Directory

Di*rect"o*ry (?), a. [L. directorius.] Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.

Directory

Di*rect"o*ry, n.; pl. Directories (.

1. A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp., a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.

2. A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory. <-- as, a telephone directory. -->

3. [Cf. F. directoire.] A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.

4. Direction; guide. [R.] Whitlock.

Directress

Di*rect"ress, n. A woman who directs. Bp. Hurd.

Directrix

Di*rect"rix (?), n.; pl. E. Directrixes (, L. Directrices (.

1. A directress. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

2. (Geom.) (a) A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of the curve generated by it; the line along which the generatrix moves in generating a surface. (b) A straight line so situated with respect to a conic section that the distance of any point of the curve from it has a constant ratio to the distance of the same point from the focus.

Direful

Dire"ful (?), a. [Dire + -ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n.

Direly

Dire"ly, adv. In a dire manner. Drayton.

Dirempt

Di*rempt" (?; 215), a. [L. diremptus, p. p. of dirimere to take apart, separate; di- = dis- + emere to buy, orig., to take.] Divided; separated. [Obs.] Stow.

Dirempt

Di*rempt", v. t. To separate by force; to tear apart. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Diremption

Di*remp"tion (?), n. [L. diremptio.] A tearing apart; violent separation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Direness

Dire"ness (?), n. [Dire- + -ness.] Terribleness; horror; woefulness. Shak.

Direption

Di*rep"tion (?), n. [L. direptio, fr. diripere to tear asunder, plunder; di- = dis- + rapere to seize and carry off.] The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away. [R.] Speed.

Direptitious

Di*rep*ti"tious (?), a. Characterized by direption. [R.] Encyc. Dict.

Direptitiously

Di*rep*ti"tious*ly, adv. With plundering violence; by violent injustice. [R.] Strype.

Dirge

Dirge (?), n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, "Dirige, Domine, in conspectu tuo vitam meam." See Direct, a., and cf. Dirige.] A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn.
The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung dirges at her funeral. Ford.

Dirgeful

Dirge"ful (?), a. Funereal; moaning.
Soothed sadly by the dirgeful wind. Coleridge.

Dirige

Dir"i*ge (?), n. [L. See Dirge.] A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge.
Evensongs and placebo and dirige. Wyclif.
Resort, I pray you, unto my sepulture To sing my dirige with great devotion. Lamentation of Mary Magdalene.

Dirigent

Dir"i*gent (?), a. [L. dirigens, p. pr. of dirigere. See Direct, a.] Directing. Baxter.

Dirigent

Dir"i*gent, n. (Geom.) The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix. Hutton.

Dirigible

Dir"i*gi*ble (?), a. Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon.

Diriment

Dir"i*ment (?), a. [L. dirimens, p. pr. of dirimere. See Dirempt.] (Law) Absolute. Diriment impediment (R. C. Ch.), an impediment that nullifies marriage.

Dirk

Dirk (?), n. [Ir. duirc.] A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. Dirk knife, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade.

Dirk

Dirk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dirking.] To stab with a dirk. Sir W. Scott.

Dirk

Dirk, a. [See Dark, a.] Dark. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dirk

Dirk, v. t. To darken. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dirkness

Dirk"ness, n. Darkness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dirl

Dirl (?), v. i. & t. [Cf. Drill, Thrill.] To thrill; to vibrate; to penetrate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dirt

Dirt (?), n. [OE. drit; kin to Icel. drit excrement, dr\'c6ta to dung, OD. drijten to dung, AS. gedr\'c6tan.]

1. Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt.

Whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Is. lvii. 20.

2. Meanness; sordidness.

Honors . . . thrown away upon dirt and infamy. Melmoth.

3. In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. Dirt bed (Geom.), a layer of clayey earth forming a stratum in a geological formation. Dirt beds are common among the coal measures. -- Dirt eating. (a) The use of certain kinds of clay for food, existing among some tribes of Indians; geophagism. Humboldt. (b) (Med.) Same as Chthonophagia. -- Dirt pie, clay or mud molded by children in imitation of pastry. Otway (1684). -- To eat dirt, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.

Dirt

Dirt, v. t. To make foul of filthy; to dirty. Swift.

Dirtily

Dirt"i*ly (?), adv. In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.

Dirtiness

Dirt"i*ness, n. The state of being dirty; filthiness; foulness; nastiness; baseness; sordidness.

Dirty

Dirt"y (?), a. [Compar. Dirtier (?); superl. Dirtiest.]

1. Defiled with dirt; foul; nasty; filthy; not clean or pure; serving to defile; as, dirty hands; dirty water; a dirty white. Spenser.

2. Sullied; clouded; -- applied to color. Locke.

3. Sordid; base; groveling; as, a dirty fellow.

The creature's at his dirty work again. Pope.

4. Sleety; gusty; stormy; as, dirty weather.

Storms of wind, clouds of dust, an angry, dirty sea. M. Arnold.
Syn. -- Nasty; filthy; foul. See Nasty.

Dirty

Dirt"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dirtied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dirtying.]

1. To foul; to make filthy; to soil; as, to dirty the clothes or hands.

2. To tarnish; to sully; to scandalize; -- said of reputation, character, etc.

Diruption

Di*rup"tion (?), n. [L. diruptio, fr. dirumpere. See Disrupt, a.] Disruption.

Dis-

Dis- (?; 258).

1. A prefix from the Latin, whence F. d\'82s, or sometimes d\'82-, dis-. The Latin dis- appears as di- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v, becomes dif- before f, and either dis- or di- before j. It is from the same root as bis twice, and duo, E. two. See Two, and cf. Bi-, Di-, Dia-. Dis- denotes separation, a parting from, as in distribute, disconnect; hence it often has the force of a privative and negative, as in disarm, disoblige, disagree. Also intensive, as in dissever. &hand; Walker's rule of pronouncing this prefix is, that the s ought always to be pronounced like z, when the next syllable is accented and begins with "a flat mute [b, d, v, g, z], a liquid [l, m, n, r], or a vowel; as, disable, disease, disorder, disuse, disband, disdain, disgrace, disvalue, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismay, dismember, dismiss, dismount, disnatured, disrank, disrelish, disrobe." Dr. Webster's example in disapproving of Walker's rule and pronouncing dis- as diz in only one (disease) of the above words, is followed by recent ortho\'89pists. See Disable, Disgrace, and the other words, beginning with dis-, in this Dictionary.

2. A prefix from Gr. Di-.

Dis

Dis (?), n. [L.] The god Pluto. Shak.

Disability

Dis`a*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Disabilities (.

1. State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

Grossest faults, or disabilities to perform what was covenanted. Milton.
Chatham refused to see him, pleading his disability. Bancroft.

2. Want of legal qualification to do a thing; legal incapacity or incompetency.

The disabilities of idiocy, infancy, and coverture. Abbott.
Syn. -- Weakness; inability; incompetence; impotence; incapacity; incompetency; disqualification. -- Disability, Inability. Inability is an inherent want of power to perform the thing in question; disability arises from some deprivation or loss of the needed competency. One who becomes deranged is under a disability of holding his estate; and one who is made a judge, of deciding in his own case. A man may decline an office on account of his inability to discharge its duties; he may refuse to accept a trust or employment on account of some disability prevents him from entering into such engagements.

Disable

Dis*a"ble (?), a. Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.

Disable

Dis*a"ble (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disabling (?).]

1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair.

A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him. Jer. Taylor.
And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me. Milton.
I have disabled mine estate. Shak.

2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable.

An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit. Blackstone.

3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." Shak. Syn. -- To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.

Disablement

Dis*a"ble*ment (?), n. Deprivation of ability; incapacity. Bacon.

Disabuse

Dis`a*buse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disabusing.] [Pref. dis- + abuse; cf. F. d\'82sabuser.] To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
To undeceive and disabuse the people. South.
If men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves or artifice, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. J. Adams.

Disaccommodate

Dis`ac*com"mo*date (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + accommodate.] To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

Disaccommodation

Dis`ac*com`mo*da"tion (?), n. A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Disaccord

Dis`ac*cord" (?), v. i. [Cf. F. d\'82saccorder to cause discord.] To refuse to assent. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disaccord

Dis`ac*cord", n. Disagreement. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Disaccordant

Dis`ac*cord"ant (?), a. Not accordant. Fabyan.

Disaccustom

Dis`ac*cus"tom (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82saccoutumer.] To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom. Johnson.

Disacidify

Dis`a*cid"i*fy (?), v. t. To free from acid.

Disacknowledge

Dis`ac*knowl"edge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disacknowledged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disacknowledging.] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South.

Disacquaint

Dis`ac*quaint" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + acquaint: cf. OF. desacointier.] To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar. [Obs.]
While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.

Disacquaintance

Dis`ac*quaint"ance (?), n. Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] South.

Disacryl

Dis*ac"ryl (?), n. [Pref. dis- (Gr. acrolein + -yl.] (Chem.) A white amorphous substance obtained as a polymeric modification of acrolein.

Disadorn

Dis`a*dorn" (?), v. t. To deprive of ornaments. Congreve.

Disadvance

Dis`ad*vance" (?; 61), v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + advance: cf. OF. desavancier.] To draw back, or cause to draw back. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disadvantage

Dis`ad*van"tage (?; 48, 61), n. [Cf. F. d\'82savantage.]

1. Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury.

I was brought here under the disadvantage of being unknown by sight to any of you. Burke.
Abandoned by their great patron, the faction henceforward acted at disadvantage. Palfrey.

2. Loss; detriment; hindrance; prejudice to interest, fame, credit, profit, or other good.

They would throw a construction on his conduct, to his disadvantage before the public. Bancroft.
Syn. -- Detriment; injury; hurt; loss; damage.

Disadvantage

Dis`ad*van"tage, v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82savantager.] To injure the interest of; to be detrimental to.

Disadvantageable

Dis`ad*van"tage*a*ble (?), a. Injurious; disadvantageous. [Obs.] Bacon.

Disadvantageous

Dis*ad`van*ta"geous (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82savantageux.] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense.
Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott.
-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n.

Disadventure

Dis`ad*ven"ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + adventure: cf. OF. desaventure.] Misfortune; mishap. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Disadventurous

Dis`ad*ven"tur*ous (?), a. Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disadvise

Dis`ad*vise" (?), v. t. To advise against; to dissuade from. [R.] Boyle.

Disaffect

Dis`af*fect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disaffected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disaffecting.]

1. To alienate or diminish the affection of; to make unfriendly or less friendly; to fill with discontent and unfriendliness.

They had attempted to disaffect and discontent his majesty's late army. Clarendon.

2. To disturb the functions of; to disorder.

It disaffects the bowels. Hammond.

3. To lack affection for; to be alienated from, or indisposed toward; to dislike. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Disaffected

Dis`af*fect"ed, a. Alienated in feeling; not wholly loyal. J. H. Newman. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`af*fect"ed*ness, n.

Disaffection

Dis`af*fec"tion (?), n.

1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike.

In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.

2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] Wiseman. Syn. -- Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.

Disaffectionate

Dis`af*fec"tion*ate (?), a. Not disposed to affection; unfriendly; disaffected. [R.] Blount.

Disaffirm

Dis`af*firm" (?), v. t.

1. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted.

2. (Law) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal.

Disaffirmance

Dis`af*firm"ance (?), n.

1. The act of disaffirming; denial; negation.

2. (Law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment.

Disaffirmation

Dis*af`fir*ma"tion (?), n. The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation.

Disafforest

Dis`af*for"est (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disafforested; p. pr. & vb. n. Disafforesting.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws.
By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. Blackstone.

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Disaggregate

Dis*ag"gre*gate (?), v. t. To destroy the aggregation of; to separate into component parts, as an aggregate mass.

Disaggregation

Dis*ag`gre*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sagr\'82gation.] The separation of an aggregate body into its component parts.

Disagree

Dis`a*gree" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disagreed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disageeing.] [Pref. dis- + agree: cf. F. d\'82sagr\'82er to displease.]

1. To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.

They reject the plainest sense of Scripture, because it seems disagree with what they call reason. Atterbury.

2. To differ in opinion; to hold discordant views; to be at controversy; to quarrel.

Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? Pope.

3. To be unsuited; to have unfitness; as, medicine sometimes disagrees with the patient; food often disagrees with the stomach or the taste. &hand; Usually followed by with, sometimes by to, rarely by from; as, I disagree to your proposal. Syn. -- To differ; vary; dissent.

Disagreeable

Dis`a*gree"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82sagr\'82able.]

1. Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous;

Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and each nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. Udall.

2. Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or

That which is disagreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. Wollaston.

Disagreeableness

Dis`a*gree"a*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

Disagreeably

Dis`a*gree"a*bly, adv. In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

Disagreeance

Dis`a*gree"ance (?), n. Disagreement. [Obs.]

Disagreement

Dis`a*gree"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sagr\'82ment disagreeable circumstance, disagreeableness.]

1. The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

2. Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. [R.]

3. Difference of opinion or sentiment.

4. A falling out, or controversy; difference. Syn. -- Difference; diversity; dissimilitude; unlikeness; discrepancy; variance; dissent; misunderstanding; dissension; division; dispute; jar; wrangle; discord.

Disagreer

Dis`a*gre"er (?), n. One who disagrees. Hammond.

Disalliege

Dis`al*liege" (?), v. t. To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] Milton.

Disallow

Dis`al*low" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disallowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disallowing.] [Pref. dis- + allow: cf. OF. desalouer, desloer, to blame, dissuade.] To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4.
That the edicts of C\'91sar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject. Milton.
&hand; This verb was sometimes followed by of; as, "What follows, if we disallow of this?" Shak. See Allow. Syn. -- To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.

Disallowable

Dis`al*low"a*ble (?), a. Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.

Disallowance

Dis`al*low"ance (?), n. The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn. -- Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.

Disally

Dis`al*ly" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + ally: cf. F. d\'82saltier.] To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] "Disallied their nuptials." Milton.

Disanchor

Dis*an"chor (?), v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + anchor: cf. F. d\'82sancrer.] To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.] Heywood.

Disangelical

Dis`an*gel"ic*al (?), a. Not angelical. [R.] "Disangelical nature." Coventry.

Disanimate

Dis*an"i*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disanimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disanimating (?).]

1. To deprive of life. [R.] Cudworth.

2. To deprive of spirit; to dishearten. Shak.

Disanimation

Dis*an`i*ma"tion (?), n.

1. Privation of life. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. The state of being disanimated or discouraged; depression of spirits.

Disannex

Dis`an*nex" (?), v. t. To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608).

Disannul

Dis`an*nul" (?), v. t. To annul completely; to render void or of no effect.
&hand; The prefix in this word an its derivatives is intensive, and not negative.

Disannuller

Dis`an*nul"ler (?), n. One who disannuls.

Disannulment

Dis`an*nul"ment (?), n. Complete annulment.

Disanoint

Dis`a*noint" (?), v. t. To invalidate the consecration of; as, to disanoint a king. [Obs.] Milton.

Disapparel

Dis`ap*par"el (?), v. t. [See Apparel, v. t.] [Pref. dis- + apparel: cf. OF. desapareiller.] To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked.
Drink disapparels the soul. Junius (1635).

Disappear

Dis`ap*pear" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disappeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disappearing.]

1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port.

2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared.

Disappearance

Dis`ap*pear"ance (?), n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.

Disappendency

Dis`ap*pend"en*cy (?), n. A detachment or separation from a former connection. [R.]

Disappendent

Dis`ap*pend"ent (?), a. Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected. [R.]

Disappoint

Dis`ap*point" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disappointing.] [OF. desapointier, F. d\'82sappointer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + apointier, F. appointier, to appoint. See Appoint.]

1. To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was excepted, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil.

I was disappointed, but very agreeably. Macaulay.
&hand; Disappointed of a thing not obtained; disappointed in a thing obtained.

2. To frustrate; to fail; to hinder of result.

His retiring foe Shrinks from the wound, and disappoints the blow. Addison.
Syn. -- To tantalize; fail; frustrate; balk; baffle; delude; foil; defeat. See Tantalize.

Disappointed

Dis`ap*point"ed, a.

1. Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.

2. Unprepared; unequipped. [Obs.]

Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin, Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled. Shak.

Disappointment

Dis`ap*point"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sappointement.]

1. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.

If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison.
In disappointment thou canst bless. Keble.

2. That which disappoints. Syn. -- Miscarriage; frustration; balk.

Disappreciate

Dis`ap*pre"ci*ate (?), v. t. [See Appreciate.] To undervalue; not to esteem. -- Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion (#), n.

Disapprobation

Dis*ap`pro*ba"tion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + approbation: cf. F. d\'82sapprobation. Cf. Disapprove.] The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure.
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul Isaiah xiv. 27.
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We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. Burke.

Disapprobatory

Dis*ap"pro*ba`to*ry (?), a. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.

Disappropriate

Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate (?), a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.
The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. Blackstone.

Disappropriate

Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t.

1. To release from individual ownership or possession. Milton.

2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. Blackstone.

Disappropriation

Dis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion (?), n. The act of disappropriating.

Disapproval

Dis`ap*prov"al (?), n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

Disapprove

Dis`ap*prove (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disapproved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disapproving.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. d\'82approuver. Cf. Disapprobation.]

1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others.

2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. &hand; This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See Approve.

Disapprover

Dis`ap*prov"er (?), n. One who disapproves.

Disapprovingly

Dis`ap*prov"ing*ly, adv. In a disapproving manner.

Disard

Dis"ard (?), n. See Dizzard. [Obs.] Burton.

Disarm

Dis*arm" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarming (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarming.] [OE. desarmen, F. d\'82sarmer; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + armer to arm. See Arm.]

1. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

Security disarms the best-appointed army. Fuller.
The proud was half disarmed of pride. Tennyson.

2. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

Disarmament

Dis*arm"a*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sarmement.] The act of disarming.

Disarmature

Dis*ar"ma*ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + armature.] The act of divesting of armature. [R.]

Disarmed

Dis*armed" (?), a.

1. Deprived of arms.

2. (Her.) Deprived of claws, and teeth or beaks. Cussans.

Disarmer

Dis*arm"er (?), n. One who disarms.

Disarrange

Dis`ar*range" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarranged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarranging.] [Pref. dis- + arrange: cf. F. d\'82sarranger.] To unsettle or disturb the order or due arrangement of; to throw out of order.

Disarrangement

Dis`ar*range"ment (?), n. The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder. Cowper.

Disarray

Dis`ar*ray" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarrayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disarraying.] [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF. desarroyer, desarreier.]

1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton.

2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. Spenser.

Disarray

Dis`ar*ray" (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sarroi.]

1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.

Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. Daniel.

2. Confused attire; undress. Spenser.

Disarrayment

Dis`ar*ray"ment (?), n. Disorder. [R.] Feltham.

Disarticulate

Dis`ar*tic"u*late (?), v. t. To sunder; to separate, as joints. -- Dis`ar*tic`u*la"tion (#), n.

Disarticulator

Dis`ar*tic"u*la`tor (?), n. One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

Disassent

Dis`as*sent" (?), v. i. To dissent. [Obs.]

Disassent

Dis`as*sent", n. Dissent. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Disassenter

Dis`as*sent"er (?), n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [Obs.] State Trials (1634).

Disassiduity

Dis*as`si*du"i*ty (?), n. Want of as siduity or care. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Disassimilate

Dis`as*sim"i*late (?), v. t. (Physiol.) To subject to disassimilation.

Disassimilation

Dis`as*sim`i*la"tion (?), n. (Physics) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism.
The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation. Martin.

Disassimilative

Dis`as*sim"i*la*tive (?), a. (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation.
Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. McKendrick.

Disassociate

Dis`as*so"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disassociated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disassociating (?).] To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio.

Disaster

Dis*as"ter (?), n. [F. d\'82sastre; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + astre star, fr. L. astrum; a word of astrological origin. See Aster, Astral, Star.]

1. An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent. [Obs.]

Disasters in the sun. Shak.

2. An adverse or unfortunate event, esp. a sudden and extraordinary misfortune; a calamity; a serious mishap.

But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat The stronger. Longfellow.
Syn. -- Calamity; misfortune; mishap; mischance; visitation; misadventure; ill luck. See Calamity.

Disaster

Dis*as"ter, v. t.

1. To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

2. To bring harm upon; to injure. [R.] Thomson.

Disasterly

Dis*as"ter*ly, adv. Disastrously. [Obs.] Drayton.

Disastrous

Dis*as"trous (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82sastreux. See Disaster.]

1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious; ill-boding. [Obs.]

The moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate; calamitous; ill-fated; as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an undertaking.

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. Shak.
-- Dis*as"trous*ly, adv. -- Dis*as"trous*ness, n.

Disattire

Dis`at*tire" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + attire: cf. OF. desatirier.] To unrobe; to undress. Spenser.

Disaugment

Dis`aug*ment" (?), v. t. To diminish. [R.]

Disauthorize

Dis*au"thor*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] W. Wotton.

Disavaunce

Dis`a*vaunce" (?), v. t. [Cf. Disadvance.] To retard; to repel; to do damage to. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disaventure

Dis`a*ven"ture (?; 135), n. [See Disadventure, Adventure.] Misfortune. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disaventurous

Dis`a*ven"tur*ous (?), a. Misadventurous; unfortunate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disavouch

Dis`a*vouch" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + avouch. Cf. Disavow.] To disavow. [R.] Daniel.

Disavow

Dis`a*vow" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disavowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disavowing.] [F. d\'82savouer; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + avouer to avow. See Avow, and cf. Disavouch.]

1. To refuse strongly and solemnly to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, an the like; to disclaim; to disown; as, he was charged with embezzlement, but he disavows the crime.

A solemn promise made and disavowed. Dryden.

2. To deny; to show the contrary of; to disprove.

Yet can they never Toss into air the freedom of my birth, Or disavow my blood Plantagenet's. Ford.

Disavowal

Dis`a*vow"al (?), n. The act of disavowing, disclaiming, or disowning; rejection and denial.
An earnest disavowal of fear often proceeds from fear. Richardson.

Disavowance

Dis`a*vow"ance (?), n. Disavowal. [Obs.] South.

Disavower

Dis`a*vow"er (?), n. One who disavows.

Disavowment

Dis`a*vow"ment (?), n. Disavowal. [R.] Wotton.

Disband

Dis*band" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbanding.] [Pref. dis- + band: cf. OF. desbander, F. d\'82bander, to unbind, unbend. See Band, and cf. Disbend, Disbind.]

1. To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army.

They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling. Knolles.

2. To divorce. [Obs.]

And therefore . . . she ought to be disbanded. Milton.

Disband

Dis*band", v. i. To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.
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When both rocks and all things shall disband. Herbert.
Human society would in a short space disband. Tillotson.

Disbandment

Dis*band"ment (?), n. The act of disbanding.

Disbar

Dis*bar" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbarring.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. Abbott.

Disbark

Dis*bark" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. d\'82barquer. Cf. Debark, Disembark.] To disembark. Pope.

Disbark

Dis*bark", v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. [R.] Boyle.

Disbarment

Dis*bar"ment (?), n. Act of disbarring.

Disbase

Dis*base" (?), v. t. [Cf. Debase.] To debase or degrade. [Obs.]
Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself. B. Jonson.

Disbecome

Dis`be*come" (?), v. t. To misbecome. [Obs.] Massinger.

Disbelief

Dis*be*lief" (?), n. The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson.
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men. Carlyle.
Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- Disbelief, Unbelief. Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.

Disbelieve

Dis`be*lieve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbelieved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbelieving.] Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.
Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. J. S. Mill.

Disbeliever

Dis`be*liev"er (?), n. One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts.

Disbench

Dis*bench" (?), v. t.

1. To drive from a bench or seat. [R.] Shak.

2. (Eng. Law) To deprive (a bencher) of his privileges. Mozley & W.

Disbend

Dis*bend (?), v. t. To unbend. [Obs.] Stirling.

Disbind

Dis*bind" (?), v. t. [Cf. Disband.] To unbind; to loosen. [Obs.] Mede.

Disblame

Dis*blame" (?), v. t. [OE. desblamen, OF. desblasmer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + blasmer, F. bl\'83mer, to blame.] To clear from blame. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disbodied

Dis*bod"ied (?), a. Disembodied. [R.]

Disboscation

Dis`bos*ca"tion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + F. bosquet grove.] Converting forest land into cleared or arable land; removal of a forest. Sir W. Scott.

Disbowel

Dis*bow"el (?), v. t. [See Bowel, v. t.] To disembowel. [R.] Spenser.

Disbranch

Dis*branch" (?), v. t. [See Branch, v.] To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. Shak.

Disbud

Dis*bud" (?), v. t. [See Bud, v.] (Hort.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

Disburden

Dis*bur"den (?), v. t. [See Burden, v. t.] [Cf. Disburthen.] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
He did it to disburden a conscience. Feltham.
My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. Hammond.
Syn. -- To unload; unburden; discharge; free.

Disburden

Dis*bur"den, v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. Milton.

Disburgeon

Dis*bur"geon (?), v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.] Holland.

Disburse

Dis*burse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing.] [OF. desbourser, F. d\'82bourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse.] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.
The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay.
Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

Disbursement

Dis*burse"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82boursement.]

1. The act of disbursing or paying out.

The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.

2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.

Disburser

Dis*burs"er (?), n. One who disburses money.

Disburthen

Dis*bur"then (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disburthened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disburthening.] [Cf. Disburden.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic]

Disc

Disc (?), n. [See Disk, Dish.] A flat round plate; (Biol.) a circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disc, a germinal disc, etc. Same as Disk.

Discage

Dis*cage" (?), v. t. To uncage. [R.] Tennyson.

Discal

Disc"al (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a disk; as, discal cells.

Discalceate

Dis*cal"ce*ate (?), v. t. [L. discalceatus unshod; dis- + calceus shoe.] To pull off shoes or sandals from. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Discalceated

Dis*cal"ce*at`ed (?), a. Deprived off shoes or sandals; unshod; discalced.

Discalced

Dis*calced" (?), a. Unshod; barefooted; -- in distinction from calced. "The foundation of houses of discalced friars." Cardinal Manning's St. Teresa.

Discalceation

Dis*cal`ce*a"tion (?), n. The act of pulling off the shoes or sandals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Discamp

Dis*camp" (?), v. t. [See Decamp.] To drive from a camp. [Obs.] Holland.

Discandy

Dis*can"dy (?), v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.]

Discant

Dis"cant (?), n. See Descant, n.

Discapacitate

Dis*ca*pac"i*tate (?), v. t. To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate. [R.]

Discard

Dis*card" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discarding.]

1. (Card Playing) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

2. To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.

They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. Swift.

3. To put or thrust away; to reject.

A man discards the follies of boyhood. I. Taylor.
Syn. -- To dismiss; displace; discharge; cashier.

Discard

Dis*card", v. i. (Card Playing) To make a discard.

Discard

Dis*card", n. (Card Playing) The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.

Discardure

Dis*car"dure (?; 135), n. Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.

Discarnate

Dis*car"nate (?), a. [L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.] Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.

Discase

Dis*case" (?), v. t. To strip; to undress. Shak.

Discede

Dis*cede" (?), v. i. [L. discedere; dis- + cedere to yield.] To yield or give up; to depart. [Obs.]
I dare not discede from my copy a tittle. Fuller.

Discept

Dis*cept" (?), v. i. [L. disceptare.] To debate; to discuss. [R.]
One dissertates, he is candid; Two must discept, -- has distinguished. R. Browning.

Disceptation

Dis`cep*ta"tion (?), n. [L. disceptatio.] Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic]
Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.

Disceptator

Dis`cep*ta"tor (?), n. [L.] One who arbitrates or decides. [R.] Cowley.

Discern

Dis*cern" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discerning.] [F. discerner, L. discernere, discretum; dis- + cernere to separate, distinguish. See Certain, and cf. Discreet.]

1. To see and identify by noting a difference or differences; to note the distinctive character of; to discriminate; to distinguish.

To discern such buds as are fit to produce blossoms. Boyle.
A counterfeit stone which thine eye can not discern from a right stone. Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To see by the eye or by the understanding; to perceive and recognize; as, to discern a difference.

And [I] beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding. Prov. vii. 7.
Our unassisted sight . . . is not acute enough to discern the minute texture of visible objects. Beattie.
I wake, and I discern the truth. Tennyson.
Syn. -- To perceive; distinguish; discover; penetrate; discriminate; espy; descry; detect. See Perceive.

Discern

Dis*cern", v. i.

1. To see or understand the difference; to make distinction; as, to discern between good and evil, truth and falsehood.

More than sixscore thousand that cannot discern between their right hand their left. Jonah iv. 11.

2. To make cognizance. [Obs.] Bacon.

Discernance

Dis*cern"ance (?), n. Discernment. [Obs.]

Discerner

Dis*cern"er (?), n. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges; as, a discerner of truth, of right and wrong.
A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon.

Discernible

Dis*cern"i*ble (?), a. [L. discernibilis.] Capable of being discerned by the eye or the understanding; as, a star is discernible by the eye; the identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding.
The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Perceptible; distinguishable; apparent; visible; evident; manifest.

Discernibleness

Dis*cern"i*ble*ness, n. The quality of being discernible.

Discernibly

Dis*cern"i*bly, adv. In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.

Discerning

Dis*cern"ing, a. Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. Macaulay.

Discerningly

Dis*cern"ing*ly, adv. In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.

Discernment

Dis*cern"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. discernement.]

1. The act of discerning.

2. The power or faculty of the mind by which it distinguishes one thing from another; power of viewing differences in objects, and their relations and tendencies; penetrative and discriminate mental vision; acuteness; sagacity; insight; as, the errors of youth often proceed from the want of discernment. Syn. -- Judgment; acuteness; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; insight. -- Discernment, Penetration, Discrimination. Discernment is keenness and accuracy of mental vision; penetration is the power of seeing deeply into a subject in spite of everything that intercepts the view; discrimination is a capacity of tracing out minute distinctions and the nicest shades of thought. A discerning man is not easily misled; one of a penetrating mind sees a multitude of things which escape others; a discriminating judgment detects the slightest differences.

Discerp

Dis*cerp" (?), v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.]

1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.

2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.

Discerpibility, Discerptibility

Dis*cerp`i*bil"i*ty (?), Dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.

Discerpible, Discerptible

Dis*cerp"i*ble (?), Dis*cerp"ti*ble (?), a. [See Discerp.] Capable of being discerped. [R.]

Discerption

Dis*cerp"tion (?), n. [L. discerptio.] The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. Bp. Hall.

Discerptive

Dis*cerp"tive (?), a. Tending to separate or disunite parts. Encys. Dict.

Discession

Dis*ces"sion (?), n. [L. discessio, fr. discedere, discessum. See Discede.] Departure. [Obs.]

Discharge

Dis*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discharging.] [OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF. deschargier, F. d\'82charger; pref. des- (L. dis) + chargier, F. charger. See Charge.]

1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

2. To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.

The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city. Knolles.
Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions. H. Spencer.

3. To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.

Discharged of business, void of strife. Dryden.
In one man's fault discharge another man of his duty. L'Estrange.

4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

Discharge the common sort With pay and thanks. Shak.
Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see. Milton.

5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.

6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.

7. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.

They do discharge their shot of courtesy. Shak.

8. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

We say such an order was "discharged on appeal." Mozley & W.
The order for Daly's attendance was discharged. Macaulay.

9. To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or ex

Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large As could their hundred offices discharge. Dryden.

10. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. [Obs.]

If he had The present money to discharge the Jew. Shak.

11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.

12. To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] Sir W. Scott. Discharging arch (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of Lintel. -- Discharging piece, Discharging strut (Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. -- Discharging rod (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See Discharger. Syn. -- See Deliver.

Discharge

Dis*charge", v. i. To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. Bacon.

Discharge

Dis*charge", n. [Cf. F. d\'82charge. See Discharge, v. t.]

1. The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.

2. Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.

3. Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.

4. Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.

Indefatigable in the discharge of business. Motley.
Nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those duties. L'Estrange.

5. Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.

6. Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.

7. The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.

Too secure of our discharge From penalty. Milton.

8. That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.

Death, who sets all free, Hath paid his ransom now and full discharge. Milton.

9. A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.

The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge. S. Sharp.

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Charge and discharge. (Equity Practice) See under Charge, n. -- Paralytic discharge (Physiol.), the increased secretion from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its nerves.

Discharger

Dis*char"ger (?), n. One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.

Dischevele

Dis*chev"ele (?), a. Disheveled. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dischurch

Dis*church" (?), v. t. To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church. Bp. Hall.

Discide

Dis*cide" (?), v. t. [L. discidere; dis- + caedere to cut.] To divide; to cleave in two. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disciferous

Dis*cif"er*ous (?), a. [Disc- + -ferous.] Bearing disks.

Discifloral, Disciflorous

Dis`ci*flo"ral (?), Dis`ci*flo"rous (?), a. [See Disk, and Floral.] (Bot.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Disciform

Dis"ci*form (?), a. Discoid.

Discina

Dis*ci"na (?), n. [NL., fr. L. discus disk, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle.

Discinct

Dis*cinct (?), a. [L. discinctus, p. p. of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.] Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Discind

Dis*cind" (?), v. t. [L. discindere; dis- + scindere to cut, split.] To part; to divide. [Obs.] Boyle.

Disciple

Dis*ci"ple (?), n. [OE. disciple, deciple, OF. disciple, fr. L. discipulus, fr. discere to learn (akin to docere to teach; see Docile) + prob. a root meaning to turn or drive, as in L. pellere to drive (see Pulse).] One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, ∨ The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. -- Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite. Syn. -- Learner; scholar; pupil; follower; adherent.

Disciple

Dis*ci"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discipled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discipling.]

1. To teach; to train. [Obs.]

That better were in virtues discipled. Spenser.

2. To punish; to discipline. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

3. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles. [R.]

Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. E. D. Griffin.

Discipleship

Dis*ci"ple*ship, n. The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor.

Discipless

Dis*ci"pless (?), n. A female disciple. [Obs.]

Disciplinable

Dis"ci*plin*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. disciplinable. See Discipline.]

1. Capable of being disciplined or improved by instruction and training.

2. Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense.

Disciplinableness

Dis"ci*plin*a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being improvable by discipline. Sir M. Hale.

Disciplinal

Dis"ci*plin*al (?), a. Relating to discipline. Latham.

Disciplinant

Dis"ci*plin*ant (?), n. [See Discipline.] (Eccl. Hist.) A flagellant. See Flagellant.

Disciplinarian

Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an (?), a. Pertaining to discipline. "Displinarian system." Milman.

Disciplinarian

Dis`ci*plin*a"ri*an, n.

1. One who disciplines; one who excels in training, especially with training, especially with regard to order and obedience; one who enforces rigid discipline; a stickler for the observance of rules and methods of training; as, he is a better disciplinarian than scholar.

2. A Puritan or Presbyterian; -- because of rigid adherence to religious or church discipline. [Obs.]

Disciplinary

Dis"ci*plin*a*ry (?), a. [LL. disciplinarius flogging: cf. F. disciplinaire.] Pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training.
Those canons . . . were only disciplinary. Bp. Ferne.
The evils of the . . . are disciplinary and remedial. Buckminster.

Discipline

Dis`ci*pline (?), n. [F. discipline, L. disciplina, from discipulus. See Disciple.]

1. The treatment suited to a disciple or learner; education; development of the faculties by instruction and exercise; training, whether physical, mental, or moral.

Wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity. Bacon.
Discipline aims at the removal of bad habits and the substitution of good ones, especially those of order, regularity, and obedience. C. J. Smith.

2. Training to act in accordance with established rules; accustoming to systematic and regular action; drill.

Their wildness lose, and, quitting nature's part, Obey the rules and discipline of art. Dryden.

3. Subjection to rule; submissiveness to order and control; habit of obedience.

The most perfect, who have their passions in the best discipline, are yet obliged to be constantly on their guard. Rogers.

4. Severe training, corrective of faults; instruction by means of misfortune, suffering, punishment, etc.

A sharp discipline of half a century had sufficed to educate Macaulay.

5. Correction; chastisement; punishment inflicted by way of correction and training.

Giving her the discipline of the strap. Addison.

6. The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge. Bp. Wilkins.

7. (Eccl.) The enforcement of methods of correction against one guilty of ecclesiastical offenses; reformatory or penal action toward a church member.

8. (R. C. Ch.) Self- inflicted and voluntary corporal punishment, as penance, or otherwise; specifically, a penitential scourge.

9. (Eccl.) A system of essential rules and duties; as, the Romish or Anglican discipline. Syn. -- Education; instruction; training; culture; correction; chastisement; punishment.

Discipline

Dis"ci*pline (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disciplined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disciplining.] [Cf. LL. disciplinarian to flog, fr. L. disciplina discipline, and F. discipliner to discipline.]

1. To educate; to develop by instruction and exercise; to train.

2. To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

Ill armed, and worse disciplined. Clarendon.
His mind . . . imperfectly disciplined by nature. Macaulay.

3. To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.

Has he disciplined Aufidius soundly? Shak.

4. To inflict ecclesiastical censures and penalties upon. Syn. -- To train; form; teach; instruct; bring up; regulate; correct; chasten; chastise; punish.

Discipliner

Dis"ci*plin*er (?), n. One who disciplines.

Disclaim

Dis*claim" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclaiming.]

1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject.

He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. Dryden.
He disclaims the authority of Jesus. Farmer.

2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse.

The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. Milman.

3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. Burrill. Syn. -- To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate.

Disclaim

Dis*claim", v. t. To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. Blackstone. Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] "Nature disclaims in thee." Shak.

Disclaimer

Dis*claim"er (?), n.

1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces.

2. (Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate. Burrill.

3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like. Burke.

Disclamation

Dis`cla*ma"tion (?), n. A disavowing or disowning. Bp. Hall.

Disclame

Dis*clame" (?), v. t. To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] "Money did love disclame." Spenser.

Disclaunder

Dis*claun"der (?), v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander.] To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.]

Discloak

Dis*cloak" (?), v. t. To take off a cloak from; to uncloak. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Disclose

Dis*close" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disclosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disclosing.] [OE. desclosen, disclosen, fr. disclos, desclos, not shut in, open, OF. desclos, p. p. of desclore to open, F. d\'82clore; pref. des- (L. dis-) + clore to shut, fr. L. claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Disclusion.]

1. To unclose; to open; -- applied esp. to eggs in the sense of to hatch.

The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them. Bacon.

2. To remove a cover or envelope from;; to set free from inclosure; to uncover.

The shells being broken, . . . the stone included in them is thereby disclosed and set at liberty. Woodward.

3. To lay open or expose to view; to cause to appear; to bring to light; to reveal.

How softly on the Spanish shore she plays, Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! Byron.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose. Pope.

4. To make known, as that which has been kept secret or hidden; to reveal; to expose; as, events have disclosed his designs.

If I disclose my passion, Our friendship 's an end. Addison.
Syn. -- To uncover; open; unveil; discover; reveal; divulge; tell; utter.

Disclose

Dis*close", n. Disclosure. [Obs.] Shak. Young.

Disclosed

Dis*closed" (?), p. a. (Her.) Represented with wings expanded; -- applied to doves and other birds not of prey. Cussans.

Discloser

Dis*clos"er (?), n. One who discloses.

Disclosure

Dis*clo"sure (?; 135), n. [See Disclose, v. t., and cf. Closure.]

1. The act of disclosing, uncovering, or revealing; bringing to light; exposure.

He feels it [his secret] beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. D. Webster.

2. That which is disclosed or revealed.

Were the disclosures of 1695 forgotten? Macaulay.

Discloud

Dis*cloud" (?), v. t. To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.

Disclout

Dis*clout" (?), v. t. To divest of a clout. [R.]

Disclusion

Dis*clu"sion (?), n. [L. disclusio, fr. discludere, disclusum, to separate. See Disclose.] A shutting off; exclusion. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Discoast

Dis*coast" (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare.] To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [Obs.]
As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher.
To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow.

Discoblastic

Dis`co*blas"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Biol.) Applied to a form of egg cleavage seen in osseous fishes, which occurs only in a small disk that separates from the rest of the egg.

Discobolus

Dis*cob"o*lus (?), n.; pl. Discoboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it &hand; The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved.

Discodactyl

Dis`co*dac"tyl (?), n. [See Discodactylia.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the tree frogs.

Discodactylia

Dis`co*dac*tyl"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of amphibians having suctorial disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

Discodactylous

Dis`co*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having sucking disks on the toes, as the tree frogs.

Discoherent

Dis`co*her"ent (?), a. Incoherent. [R.]

Discoid

Dis"coid (?), a. [Gr. disco\'8bde. See Disk.] Having the form of a disk, as those univalve shells which have the whorls in one plane, so as to form a disk, as the pearly nautilus. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.

Discoid

Dis"coid, n. Anything having the form of a discus or disk; particularly, a discoid shell.

Discoidal

Dis*coid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. disco\'8bdal.] Disk-shaped; discoid.

Discolith

Dis"co*lith (?), n. [Gr. -lith.] (Biol.) One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about

Discolor

Dis*col"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discolored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoloring.] [OE. descolouren, OF. descolorer, F. d\'82colorer, fr. L. dis- + cololare, coloratum, to color, color color. See Color.] [Written also discolour.]

1. To alter the natural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

2. To alter the true complexion or appearance of; to put a false hue upon.

To discolor all your ideas. Wat

Discolorate

Dis*col"or*ate (?), v. t. To discolor. [R.] Fuller.

Discoloration

Dis*col`or*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. decoloration.]

1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

2. A discolored spot; a stain. Arbuthnot.

Discolored

Dis*col"ored (?), a.

1. Altered in color;

2. Variegated; of divers colors. [R.]

That ever wore discolored arms. Chapman.

Discomfit

Dis*com"fit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomfited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomfiting.] [OF. desconfit, p. p. of desconfire, F. d\'82confire; fr. L. dis- + conficere to make ready, prepare, bring about. See Comfit, Fact.]

1. To scatter in fight; to put to rout; to defeat.

And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field. Spenser.

2. To break up and frustrate the plans of; to balk

Well, go with me and be not so discomfited. Shak.
Syn. -- To defeat; overthrow; overpower; vanquish; conquer; baffle; frustrate; confound; discourage.

Discomfit

Dis*com"fit, a. Discomfited; overthrown. [Obs.]

Discomfit

Dis*com"fit, n. Rout; overthrow; discomfiture.
Such as discomfort as shall quite despoil him. Milton.

Discomfiture

Dis*com"fi*ture (?; 135), n. [OF. desconfiture, F. d\'82confiture. See Discomfort, v. t., and cf. Comfiture.] The act of discomfiting, or the state of being discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection.
Every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. 1 Sam. xiv. 20.
A hope destined to end . . . in discomfiture and disgrace. Macaulay.

Discomfort

Dis*com"fort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discomforting.] [OF. desconforter, F. d\'82conforter, to discourage; pref. des- (L dis-) + conforter. See Comfort.]

1. To discourage; to deject.

His funeral shall not be in our camp, Lest it discomfort us. Shak.

2. To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive oas, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

Discomfort

Dis*com"fort, n. [OF. desconfort, F. d\'82confort. See Discomfort, v. t.]

1. Discouragement. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow. "An age of spiritual discomfort." M. Arnold.

Strive against all the discomforts of thy sufferings. Bp. Hall.

Discomfortable

Dis*com"fort*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. desconfortable.]

1. Causing discomfort; occasioning uneasiness; making sad. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

2. Destitute of comfort; uncomfortable. [R.]

A labyrinth of little discomfortable garrets. Thackeray.
-- Dis*com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Discommend

Dis`com*mend" (?), v. t.

1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser.

By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.

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2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one.

A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry. Pepys.

Discommendable

Dis`com*mend"a*ble (?), a. Deserving, disapprobation or blame. -- Dis`com*mend"a*ble*ness, n.

Discommendation

Dis*com`men*da"tion (?), n. Blame; censure; reproach. [R.] Ayliffe.

Discommender

Dis`com*mend"er (?), n. One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.

Discommission

Dis`com*mis"sion (?), v. t. To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.

Discommodate

Dis*com"mo*date (?), v. t. [L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. of commodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. See Commodious, and cf. Discommode.] To discommode. [Obs.] Howell.

Discommode

Dis`com*mode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discommoded; p. pr. & vb. n. Discommoding.] [See Discommodate.] To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.] Syn. -- To incommode; annoy; inconvenience.

Discommodious

Dis`com*mo"di*ous (?), a. Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] Spenser. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness, n.

Discommodity

Dis`com*mod"i*ty (?), n. Disadvantage; inconvenience. Bacon.

Discommon

Dis*com"mon (?), v. t.

1. To deprive of the right of common. [R.] Bp. Hall.

2. To deprive of privileges. [R.] T. Warton.

3. (Law) To deprive of commonable quality, as lands, by inclosing or appropriating. Burrill.

Discommunity

Dis`com*mu"ni*ty (?), n. A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship.
Community of embryonic structure reveals community of descent; but dissimilarity of embryonic development does not prove discommunity of descent. Darwin.

Discompany

Dis*com"pa*ny (?), v. t. To free from company; to dissociate. [R.]
It she be alone now, and discompanied. B. Jonson.

Discomplexion

Dis`com*plex"ion (?), v. t. To change the complexion or hue of. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Discompliance

Dis`com*pli"ance (?), n. Failure or refusal to comply; noncompliance.
A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry, and a discompliance to my lord chancellor. Pepys.

Discompose

Dis`com*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discomposing.] [Pref. dis- + compose: cf. OF. decomposer, F. d\'82composer.]

1. To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.

Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope.

2. To throw into disorder; to ruffle; to destroy the composure or equanimity; to agitate.

Opposition . . . discomposeth the mind's serenity. Glanvill.

3. To put out of place or service; to discharge; to displace. [Obs.] Bacon. Syn. -- To disorder; derange; unsettle; disturb; disconcert; agitate; ruffle; fret; vex.

Discomposed

Dis`com*posed" (?), a. Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Discomposition

Dis*com`po*si"tion (?), n. Inconsistency; discordance. [Obs.] Donne.

Discomposure

Dis`com*po"sure (?; 135), n.

1. The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

No discomposure stirred her features. Akenside.

2. Discordance; disagreement of parts. [Obs.] Boyle.

Discompt

Dis*compt" (?), v. t. [See Discount.] To discount. See Discount. Hudibras.

Disconcert

Dis`con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconcerting.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d\'82concerter.]

1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash.

The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. Thackeray.
Syn. -- To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate.

Disconcert

Dis`con*cert" (?), n. Want of concert; disagreement. Sir W. Temple.

Disconcertion

Dis`con*cer"tion (?), n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] State Trials (1794).

Disconducive

Dis`con*du"cive (?), a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.]

Disconformable

Dis`con*form"a*ble (?), a. Not conformable.
Disconformable in religion from us. Stow (1603).

Disconformity

Dis`con*form"i*ty (?), n. Want of conformity or correspondence; inconsistency; disagreement.
Those . . . in some disconformity to ourselves. Milton.
Disagreement and disconformity betwixt the speech and the conception of the mind. Hakewill.

Discongruity

Dis`con*gru"i*ty (?), n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. Sir M. Hale.

Disconnect

Dis`con*nect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disconnected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disconnecting.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.
The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. Burke.
This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. Walsh.

Disconnection

Dis`con*nec"tion (?), n. The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.
Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. Burke.

Disconsecrate

Dis*con"se*crate (?), v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.]

Discosent

Dis`co*sent" (?), v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.

Disconsolacy

Dis*con"so*la`cy (?), n. The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.

Disconsolate

Dis*con"so*late (?), n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.

Disconsolate

Dis*con"so*late (?), a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]

1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.

One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore.
The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.

2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray. Syn. -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.

Disconsolated

Dis*con"so*la`ted (?), a. Disconsolate. [Obs.]
A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne.

Disconsolation

Dis*con`so*la"tion (?), n. Dejection; grief. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Discontent

Dis`con*tent" (?), a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. Jer. Taylor.
Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. Bunyan.

Discontent

Dis`con*tent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontented; p. pr. & vb. n. Discontenting.] To deprive if content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. Suckling.

Discontent

Dis`con*tent", n.

1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. Shak.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. Hallam

2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]

Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. Fuller.

Discontentation

Dis*con`ten*ta"tion (?), n. Discontent. [Obs.] Ascham.

Discontented

Dis`con*tent"ed (?), p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent.
And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. 1 Sam. xxii. 2.
-- Dis`con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Discontentful

Dis`con*tent"ful (?), a. Full of discontent. [R.]

Discontenting

Dis`con*tent"ing, a.

1. Discontented. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. Milton.

Discontentive

Dis`con*tent"ive (?), a. Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] "Pride is ever discontentive." Feltham.

Discontentment

Dis`con*tent"ment (?), n. The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. Bacon.

Discontinuable

Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble (?), a. Admitting of being discontinued. [R.]

Discontinuance

Dis`con*tin"u*ance (?), n.

1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel.

2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Syn. -- Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break.

Discontinuation

Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. discontinuation.] Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance.
Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. Sir I. Newton.

Discontinue

Dis`con*tin"ue (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discontinued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discontinuing.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.
Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet.
I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. Shak.
Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. Daniel.
They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. Holder.

Discontinue

Dis`con*tin"ue, v. i.

1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. Bacon.

2. To be separated or severed; to part.

Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. Jer. xvii. 4.

Discontinuee

Dis`con*tin`u*ee" (?), n. (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance.

Discontinuer

Dis`con*tin"u*er (?), n. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee.
He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. Fuller.

Discontinuity

Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty (?), n. Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. "Discontinuity of surface." Boyle.

Discontinuor

Dis`con*tin"u*or (?), n. (Law) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2.

Discontinuous

Dis`con*tin"u*ous (?), a.

1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. De Quincey.

2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. "Discontinuous wound." Milton. Discontinuous function (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary.

Disconvenience

Dis`con*ven"ience (?), n. Unsuitableness; incongruity. [Obs.] Bacon.

Disconvenient

Dis`con*ven"ient (?), a. Not convenient or congruous; unsuitable; ill-adapted. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

Discophora

Dis*coph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- Dis*coph"o*rous (#), a.

Discord

Dis"cord` (?), n. [OE. discord, descord, OF. discorde, descorde, F. discorde, from L. discordia, fr. discors, -cordis, discordant, disagreeable; dis- + cor, cordis, heart; cf. F. discord, n., and OF. descorder, discorder, F. discorder, to discord, L. discordare, from discors. See Heart, and cf. Discord, v. i.]

1. Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.

A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Prov. vi. 19.
Peace to arise out of universal discord fomented in all parts of the empire. Burke.

2. (Mus.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord.

For a discord itself is but a harshness of divers sounds mBacon.
Apple of discord. See under Apple. Syn. -- Variance; difference; opposition; contrariety; clashing; dissension; contention; strife; disagreement; dissonance.

Discord

Dis*cord" (?), v. i. [OE. discorden, descorden, from the French. See Discord, n.] To disagree; to be discordant; to jar; to clash; not to suit. [Obs.]
The one discording with the other. Bacon.

Discordable

Dis*cord"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. descordable.] That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant. [R.] Halliwell.

Discordance, Discordancy

Dis*cord"ance (?), Dis*cord"an*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. discordance.] State or quality of being discordant; disagreement; inconsistency.
There will arise a thousand discordances of opinion. I. Taylor.

Discordant

Dis*cord"ant (?), a. [OE. discordant, descordaunt, OF. descordant, discordant, F. discordant, p. pr. of discorder, OF. also, descorder. See Discord, n.]

1. Disagreeing; incongruous; being at variance; clashing; opposing; not harmonious.

The discordant elements out of which the emperor had compounded his realm did not coalesce. Motley.

2. [See Discord, n.,

2.] (Mus.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds.

For still their music seemed to start Discordant echoes in each heart. Longfellow.

3. (Geol.) Said of strata which lack conformity in direction of bedding, either as in unconformability, or as caused by a fault. Syn. -- Disagreeing; incongruous; contradictory; repugnant; opposite; contrary; inconsistent; dissonant; harsh; jarring; irreconcilable. -- Dis*cord"ant*ly, adv. -- Dis*cord"ant*ness, n. [R.]

Discordful

Dis*cord"ful (?), a. Full of discord; contentious. [Obs.] "His discordful dame." Spenser.

Discordous

Dis*cord"ous (?), a. Full of discord. [Obs.]

Discorporate

Dis*cor"po*rate (?), a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] Jas. II.

Discorrespondent

Dis*cor`re*spond"ent (?), a. Incongruous. W. Montagu.

Discost

Dis*cost" (?), v. i. Same as Discoast. [Obs.]

Discounsel

Dis*coun"sel (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.] To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.

Discount

Dis"count` (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Discounting.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d\'82compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See Count, v.]

1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills.

2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange.

Discount only unexceptionable paper. Walsh.

3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event).

4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.]

Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). Sir W. Hamilton.

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Discount

Dis"count` (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days.

Discount

Dis"count` (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82compte. See Discount, v. t.]

1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted.

2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money.

3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. At a discount, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. -- Bank discount, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. -- Discount broker, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. -- Discount day, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. -- True discount, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note.

Discountable

Dis*count"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.

Discountenance

Dis*coun"te*nance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing (?).] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d\'82contenancer.]

1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! Milton.
The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. Sir W. Scott.

2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.

A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. Bancroft.

Discountenance

Dis*coun"te*nance, n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage.
He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.

Discountenancer

Dis*coun"te*nan*cer (?), n. One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.

Discounter

Dis"count`er (?), n. One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.

Discourage

Dis*cour"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging (?).] [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d\'82courager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]

1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.

2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts. Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.

Discourage

Dis*cour"age, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness.

Discourageable

Dis*cour"age*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.

Discouragement

Dis*cour"age*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. d\'82couragement.]

1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from vice." Swift.

Discourager

Dis*cour"a*ger (?), n. One who discourages.
The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Discouraging

Dis*cour"a*ging (?), a. Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

Discoure

Dis*coure" (?), v. t. To discover. [Obs.]
That none might her discoure. Spenser.

Discourse

Dis*course" (?), n. [L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See Course.]

1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.]

Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South.
Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.

2. Conversation; talk.

In their discourses after supper. Shak.
Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.

3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.

4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.

5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.]

Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory. Beau. & Fl.

Discourse

Dis*course" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discoursing.]

1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] "Have sense or can discourse." Dryden.

2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.

3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.

4. To treat of something in writing and formally.

Discourse

Dis*course", v. t.

1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.]

The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.

2. To utter or give forth; to speak.

It will discourse mosShak.

3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.]

I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.

Discourser

Dis*cours"er (?), n.

1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.

In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.

2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation.

Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.

Discoursive

Dis*cours"ive (?), a. [See Discursive.]

1. Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive. Milton.

2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.

The epic is everywhere interlaced with dialogue or discoursive scenes. Dryden.

3. Inclined to converse; conversable; communicative; as, a discoursive man. [R.]

Discoursive

Dis*cours"ive, n. The state or quality of being discoursive or able to reason. [R.] Feltham.

Discourteous

Dis*cour"te*ous (?; see Courteous, 277), a. [Pref. dis- + courteous: cf. OF. discortois.] Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.

Discourtesy

Dis*cour"te*sy (?), n. [Pref. dis- + courtesy: cf. OF. descourtoisie.] Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes Error a fault, and truth discourtesy. Herbert.

Discourtship

Dis*court"ship (?), n. Want of courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Discous

Disc"ous (?), a. [L. discus disk. See Disk.] Disklike; discoid.

Discovenant

Dis*cov"e*nant (?), v. t. To dissolve covenant with.

Discover

Dis*cov"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discovered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d\'82couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See Cover.]

1. To uncover. [Obs.]

Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.

2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. Shak.
Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon.
We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8.
Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.

3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.

Some to discover islands far away. Shak.

4. To manifest without design; to show.

The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.

5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.] Syn. -- To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.

Discover

Dis*cov"er, v. i. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.]
This done, they discover. Decke
Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.

Discoverability

Dis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being discoverable. [R.] Carlyle.

Discoverable

Dis*cov"er*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.

Discoverer

Dis*cov"er*er (?), n.

1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.

Discoverment

Dis*cov"er*ment, n. Discovery. [Obs.]

Discovert

Dis*cov"ert (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82couvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert.] (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

Discovert

Dis*cov"ert, n. An uncovered place or part. [Obs.] At discovert, uncovered. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Discoverture

Dis*cov"er*ture (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]

1. Discovery. [Obs.]

2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Discovery

Dis*cov"er*y (?), n.; pl. Discoveries (.

1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets.

In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. South.

3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood.

A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. Prescott.
We speak of the "invention" of printing, the discovery of America. Trench.

4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery.

5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.]

Discradle

Dis*cra"dle (?), v. t. To take from a cradle. [R.]
This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.

Discredit

Dis*cred"it (?), n. [Cf. F. discr\'82dit.]

1. The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

2. Hence, some degree of dishonor or disesteem; ill repute; reproach; -- applied to persons or things.

It is the duty of every Christian to be concerned for the reputation or discredit his life may bring on his profession. Rogers.
Syn. -- Disesteem; disrepute; dishonor; disgrace; ignominy; scandal; disbelief; distrust.

Discredit

Dis*cred"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discredited; p. pr. & vb. n. Discrediting.] [Cf. F. discr\'82diter.]

1. To refuse credence to; not to accept as true; to disbelieve; as, the report is discredited.

2. To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.

An occasion might be given to the . . . papists of discrediting our common English Bible. Strype.

2. To deprive of credit or good repute; to bring reproach upon; to make less reputable; to disgrace.

He. . . least discredits his travels who returns the same man he went. Sir H. Wotton.

Discreditable

Dis*cred"it*a*ble (?), a. Not creditable; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable. -- Dis*cred"it*a*bly, adv.

Discreditor

Dis*cred"it*or (?), n. One who discredits.

Discreet

Dis*creet" (?), a. [Compar. Discreeter (?); superl. Discreetest.] [F. discret, L. discretus separated (whence the meaning reserved, prudent), p. p. of discernere. See Discern, and cf. Discrete.]

1. Possessed of discernment, especially in avoiding error or evil, and in the adaptation of means to ends; prudent; sagacious; judicious; not rash or heedless; cautious.

It is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to society. Addison.
Satire 's my weapon, but I 'm too discreet To run amuck, and tilt at all I meet. Pope.
The sea is silent, the sea is discreet. Longfellow.

2. Differing; distinct. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Dis*creet"ly, adv. -- Dis*creet"ness, n.

Discrepance; 277, Discrepancy

Dis*crep"ance (?; 277), Dis*crep"an*cy (?), n.; pl. -ances (#), -ancies (#). [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. Sir T. Elyot.
There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. G. S. Faber.

Discrepant

Dis*crep"ant (?), a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate.] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different.
The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth.

Discrepant

Dis*crep"ant, n. A dissident. J. Taylor.

Discrete

Dis*crete" (?), a. [L. discretus, p. p. of discernere. See Discreet.]

1. Separate; distinct; disjunct. Sir M. Hale.

2. Disjunctive; containing a disjunctive or discretive clause; as, "I resign my life, but not my honor," is a discrete proposition.

3. (Bot.) Separate; not coalescent; -- said of things usually coalescent. Discrete movement. See Concrete movement of the voice, under Concrete, a. -- Discrete proportion, proportion where the ratio of the means is different from that of either couplet; as, 3:6::8:16, 3 bearing the same proportion to 6 as 8 does to 16. But 3 is not to 6 as 6 to 8. It is thus opposed to continued or continual proportion; as, 3:6::12:24. -- Discrete quantity, that which must be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.

Discrete

Dis*crete", v. t. To separate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Discretely

Dis*crete"ly, adv. Separately; disjunctively.

Discretion

Dis*cre"tion (?), n. [F. discr\'82tion, L. discretio separation, difference, discernment, fr. discernere, discretum. See Discreet, Discern.]

1. Disjunction; separation. [Obs.] Mede.

2. The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-control; prudence; circumspection; wariness.

The better part of valor is discretion. Shak.
The greatest parts without discretion may be fatal to their owner. Hume.

3. Discrimination.

Well spoken, with good accent and good discretion. Shak.

4. Freedom to act according to one's own judgment; unrestrained exercise of choice or will. At discretion, without conditions or stipulations.


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Discretional, Discretionary

Dis*cre"tion*al (?), Dis*cre"tion*a*ry (?),[Cf. F. discr\'82tionnaire.] Left to discretion; unrestrained except by discretion or judgment; as, an ambassador with discretionary powers.

Discretionally, Discretionarily

Dis*cre"tion*al*ly (?), Dis*cre"tion*a*ri*ly (?), adv. At discretion; according to one's discretion or judgment.

Discretive

Dis*cre"tive (?), a. [L. discretivus. See Discrete.] Marking distinction or separation; disjunctive. Discretive proposition (Logic & Gram.), one that expresses distinction, opposition, or variety, by means of discretive particles, as but, though, yet, etc.; as, travelers change their climate, but not their temper.

Discretively

Dis*cre"tive*ly, adv. In a discretive manner.

Discriminable

Dis*crim"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being discriminated. [Obs.] Bailey.

Discriminal

Dis*crim"i*nal (?), a. [L. discriminalis serving to divide.] In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.

Discriminant

Dis*crim"i*nant (?), n. [L. discriminans, p. pr. of discriminare.] (Math.) The eliminant of the n partial differentials of any homogenous function of n variables. See Eliminant.

Discriminate

Dis*crim"i*nate (?), a. [L. discriminatus, p. p. of discriminare to divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr. discernere. See Discern, and cf. Criminate.] Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon.

Discriminate

Dis*crim"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discriminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discriminating (?).] To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish. Cowper.
To discriminate the goats from the sheep. Barrow.

Discriminate

Dis*crim"i*nate (?), v. i.

1. To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption.

2. (a) To treat unequally. (b) (Railroads) To impose unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

Discriminately

Dis*crim"i*nate*ly (?), adv. In a discriminating manner; distinctly.

Discriminateness

Dis*crim"i*nate*ness, n. The state of being discriminated; distinctness.

Discriminating

Dis*crim"i*na`ting (?), a. Marking a difference; distinguishing. -- Dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.
And finds with keen discriminating sight, Black's not so black; -- nor white so very white. Canning.

Discrimination

Dis*crim`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. discriminatio the contrasting of opposite thoughts.]

1. The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

To make an anxious discrimination between the miracle absolute and providential. Trench.

2. The state of being discriminated, distinguished, or set apart. Sir J. Reynolds.

3. (Railroads) The arbitrary imposition of unequal tariffs for substantially the same service.

A difference in rates, not based upon any corresponding difference in cost, constitutes a case of discrimination. A. T. Hadley.

4. The quality of being discriminating; faculty of nicely distinguishing; acute discernment; as, to show great discrimination in the choice of means.

5. That which discriminates; mark of distinction. Syn. -- Discernment; penetration; clearness; acuteness; judgment; distinction. See Discernment.

Discriminative

Dis*crim"i*na*tive (?), a.

1. Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.

That peculiar and discriminative form of life. Johnson.

2. Observing distinctions; making differences; discriminating. "Discriminative censure." J. Foster. "Discriminative Providence." Dr. H. More.

Discriminatively

Dis*crim"i*na*tive*ly, adv. With discrimination or distinction. J. Foster.

Discriminator

Dis*crim"i*na`tor (?), n. [LL.] One who discriminates.

Discriminatory

Dis*crim"i*na*to*ry (?), a. Discriminative.

Discriminous

Dis*crim"i*nous (?), a. [LL. discriminosus, fr. L. discrimen the dangerous, decisive moment. See Discriminate, a.] Hazardous; dangerous. [Obs.] Harvey.

Discrive

Dis*crive" (?), v. t. [OF. descrivre. See Describe.] To describe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Discrown

Dis*crown" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discrowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discrowning.] To deprive of a crown.
The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably discrowned the workman. Motley.

Discruciate

Dis*cru"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Discruciating.] [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See Cruciate.] To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.]
Discruciate a man in deep distress. Herrick.

Discubitory

Dis*cu"bi*to*ry (?), a. [L. discumbere, discubitum, to lie down, recline at table; dis- + cumbere (in comp.) to lie down.] Leaning; fitted for a reclining posture. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Disculpate

Dis*cul"pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disculpating.] [LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare to disculpate; dis- + L. culpare to blame, culpa fault.] To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole.

Disculpation

Dis`cul*pa"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. disculpation.] Exculpation. Burke.

Disculpatory

Dis*cul"pa*to*ry (?), a. Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.

Discumbency

Dis*cum"ben*cy (?), n. [From L. discumbens, p. pr. of discumbere. See Discubitory.] The act of reclining at table according to the manner of the ancients at their meals. Sir T. Browne.

Discumber

Dis*cum"ber (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + cumber: cf. OF. descombrer.] To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber. [Archaic] Pope.

Discure

Dis*cure" (?), v. t. [See Discover.] To discover; to reveal; to discoure. [Obs.]
I will, if please you it discure, assay To ease you of that ill, so wisely as I may. Spenser.

Discurrent

Dis*cur"rent (?), a. Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Discursion

Dis*cur"sion (?), n. [LL. discursio a running different ways. See Discourse.] The act of discoursing or reasoning; range, as from thought to thought. Coleridge.

Discursist

Dis*cur"sist, n. A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.

Discursive

Dis*cur"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. discursif. See Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]

1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory. "Discursive notices." De Quincey.

The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not intense, but discursive. Hazlitt.
A man rather tacit than discursive. Carlyle.

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.

Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive. Milton.
-- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.

Discursory

Dis*cur`so*ry (?), a. Argumentative; discursive; reasoning. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Discursus

Dis*cur"sus (?), n. [L.] (Logic) Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.

Discus

Dis"cus (?), n.; pl. E. Discuses (#), L. Disci (#). [L. See Disk.]

1. (a) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill. (b) The exercise with the discus. &hand; This among the Greeks was one of the chief gymnastic exercises and was included in the Pentathlon (the contest of the five exercises). The chief contest was that of throwing the discus to the greatest possible distance.

2. A disk. See Disk.

Discuss

Dis*cuss" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]

1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.

Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton.
A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.

3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.]

All regard of shame she had discussed. Spenser.

4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain." Tennyson. "To discuss questions of taste." Macaulay.

5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.]

We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. Sir S. Baker.

6. (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill. Syn. -- To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.

Discusser

Dis*cuss"er (?), n. One who discusses; one who sifts or examines. Wood.

Discussion

Dis*cus"sion (?), n. [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]

1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.

The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. Macaulay.
Discussion of a problem ∨ an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. Math. Dict.

Discussional

Dis*cus"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to discussion.

Discussive

Dis*cuss"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. discussif.]

1. (Med.) Able or tending to discuss or disperse tumors or coagulated matter.

2. Doubt-dispelling; decisive. [R.]

A kind of peremptory and discussive voice. Hopkins.

Discussive

Dis*cuss"ive, n. (Med.) A medicine that discusses or disperses morbid humors; a discutient.

Discutient

Dis*cu"tient (?), a. [L. discutiens, p. pr. of discutere. See Discuss.] (Med.) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive; as, a discutient application. -- n. An agent (as a medicinal application) which serves to disperse morbid matter. "Foment with discutiens." Wiseman.

Disdain

Dis*dain" (?; 277), n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. d\'82dain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.]

1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope.
Often implying an idea of haughtiness.
Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak.

2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.]

Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. Spenser.

3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.

Disdain

Dis*dain" (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. d\'82daigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]

1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.

Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. Sir P. Sidney.

2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.

When the Philistine . . . saw Dawid, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. 1 Sam. xvii. 42.
'T is great, 't manly to disdain disguise. Young.
Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.

Disdain

Dis*dain", v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).

Disdained

Dis*dained" (?), a. Disdainful. [Obs.]
Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt Of this proud king. Shak.

Disdainful

Dis*dain"ful (?), a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside.
-- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.

Disdainishly

Dis*dain"ish*ly, adv. Disdainfully. [Obs.] Vives.

Disdainous

Dis*dain"ous (?), a. [OF. desdeignos, desdaigneux, F. d\'82daigneux.] Disdainful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Disdainously

Dis*dain"ous*ly, adv. Disdainfully. [Obs.] Bale.

Disdeify

Dis*de"i*fy (?), v. t. To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition. Feltham.

Disdeign

Dis*deign" (?), v. t. To disdain. [Obs.]
Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. Spenser.

Disdiaclast

Dis*di"a*clast (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol.) One of the dark particles forming the doubly refracting disks of muscle fibers.

Disdiapason

Dis*di`a*pa"son (?), n. [Pref. dis- (Gr. diapason.] (Anc. Mus.) An interval of two octaves, or a fifteenth; -- called also bisdiapason.

DIsease

DIs*ease" (?), n. [OE. disese, OF. desaise; des- (L. dis-) + aise ease. See Ease.]

1. Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet. [Obs.]

So all that night they passed in great disease. Spenser.
To shield thee from diseases of the world. Shak.

2. An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc.

Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. Shak.
The instability, injustice, and confusion introduced into the public counsels have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished. Madison.
Disease germ. See under Germ. Syn. -- Distemper; ailing; ailment; malady; disorder; sickness; illness; complaint; indisposition; affection. -- Disease, Disorder, Distemper, Malady, Affection. Disease is the leading medical term. Disorder meanirregularity
of the system. Distemper is now used by physicians only of the diseases of animals. Malady is not a medical term, and is less used than formerly in literature. Affection has special reference to the part, organ, or function disturbed; as, his disease is an affection of the lungs. A disease is usually deep-seated and permanent, or at least prolonged; a disorder is often slight, partial, and temporary; malady has less of a technical sense than the other terms, and refers more especially to the suffering endured. In a figurative sense we speak of a disease mind, of disordered faculties, and of mental maladies.

Disease

Dis*ease", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diseased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diseasing.]

1. To deprive of ease; to disquiet; to trouble; to distress. [Obs.]

His double burden did him sore disease. Spenser.

2. To derange the vital functions of; to afflict with disease or sickness; to disorder; -- used almost exclusively in the participle diseased.

He was diseased in body and mind. Macaulay.

Diseased

Dis*eased" (?), a. Afflicted with disease.
It is my own diseased imagination that torments me. W. Irving.
Syn. -- See Morbid.

Diseasedness

Dis*eas"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being diseased; a morbid state; sickness. [R.] T. Burnet.

Diseaseful

Dis*ease"ful (?), a.

1. Causing uneasiness. [Obs.]

Disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people. Bacon.

2. Abounding with disease; producing diseases; as, a diseaseful climate. [R.]

Diseasefulness

Dis*ease"ful*ness, n. The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

Diseasement

Dis*ease"ment (?), n. Uneasiness; inconvenience. [Obs.] Bacon.

Disedge

Dis*edge" (?), v. t. To deprive of an edge; to blunt; to dull.
Served a little to disedge The sharpness of that pain about her heart. Tennyson.

Disedify

Dis*ed"i*fy (?), v. t. To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.]

Diselder

Dis*eld"er (?), v. t. To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder. [Obs.] Fuller.

Diselenide

Di*sel"e*nide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + selenide.] (Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule.

Disembark

Dis`em*bark" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. d\'82sembarquer.] To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
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Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.

Disembark

Dis`em*bark" (?), v. i. To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.

Disembarkation

Dis*em`bar*ka"tion (?), n. The act of disembarking.

Disembarkment

Dis`em*bark"ment (?), n. Disembarkation. [R.]

Disembarrass

Dis`em*bar"rass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarrassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarrassing.] [Pref. dis- + embarrass: cf. F. d\'82sembarasser.] To free from embarrassment, or perplexity; to clear; to extricate.
To disembarrass himself of his companion. Sir W. Scott.

Disembarrassment

Dis`em*bar"rass*ment (?), n. Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Disembay

Dis`em*bay" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembaying.] [Pref. dis- + embay.] To clear from a bay. Sherburne.

Disembellish

Dis`em*bel"lish (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + embellish: cf. F. d\'82sembellir.] To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

Disembitter

Dis`em*bit"ter (?), v. t. To free from

Disembodied

Dis`em*bod"ied (?), a. Divested of a body; ceased to be corporal; incorporeal.
The disembodied spirits of the dead. Bryant.

Disembodiment

Dis`em*bod"i*ment (?), n. The act of disembodying, or the state of being disembodied.

Disembody

Dis`em*bod"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembodying.]

1. To divest of the or corporeal existence.

Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Mil.) To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers,- Wilhelm.

Disembogue

Dis`em*bogue" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembogued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disemboguing.] [Sp. desembocar; pref. des- (L. dis-) + embocar to put into the mouth, fr. en (L. in) + boca mouth, fr. L. bucca cheek. Cf. Debouch, Embogue.]

1. To pour out or discharge at the mouth, as a stream; to vent; to discharge into an ocean, a lake, etc.

Rolling down, the steep Timavdisembogues his waves. Addison.

2. To eject; to cast forth. [R.] Swift.

Disembogue

Dis`em*bogue", v. i. To become discharged; to flow put; to find vent; to pour out contents.
Volcanos bellow ere they disembogue. Young.

Disemboguement

Dis`em*bogue"ment (?), n. The act of disemboguing; discharge. Mease.

Disembossom

Dis`em*bos"som (?), v. t. To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young.

Disembowel

Dis`em*bow"el (?), v. t. [See Embowel.]

1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook.
Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson.

2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.

Disembowelment

Dis`em*bow"el*ment (?), n. The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration.

Disembowered

Dis`em*bow"ered (?), a. Deprived of, or removed from, a bower. [Poetic] Bryant.

Disembrangle

Dis`em*bran"gle (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + em = en (L. in) + brangle.] To free from wrangling or litigation. [Obs.] Berkeley.

Disembroil

Dis`em*broil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] [Pref. dis- + embroil.] To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from confusion.
Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to the world before his time. Addison.

Disemploy

Dis`em*ploy" (?), v. t. To throw out of employment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Disemployment

Dis`em*ploy"ment (?), n. The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
This glut of leisure and disemployment. Jer. Taylor.

Disempower

Dis`em*pow"er (?), v. t. To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.

Disenable

Dis`en*a"ble (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + enable.] To disable; to disqualify.
The sight of it might damp me and disenable me to speak. State Trials (1640).

Disenamor

Dis`en*am"or (?), v. t. To free from the captivity of love. Shelton.

Disenchained

Dis`en*chained" (?), a. Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] E. A. Poe.

Disenchant

Dis`en*chant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. d\'82senchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion.
Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

Disenchanter

Dis`en*chant"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disenchants.

Disenchantment

Dis`en*chant"ment (?), n. [Pref. dis- + enchantment: cf. F. d\'82senchantement.] The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.

Disencharm

Dis`en*charm" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + charm.] To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Disenclose

Dis`en*close (?), v. t. See Disinclose.

Disencouragement

Dis`en*cour"age*ment (?), n. Discouragement. [Obs.] Spectator.

Disencrese

Dis`en*crese" (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.] To decrease. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disencrese

Dis`en*crese", n. Decrease. [Obs.]

Disencumber

Dis`en*cum"ber (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disencumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disencumbering.] [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. d\'82sencombrer.] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. Owen.
I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. Dryden.

Disencumbrance

Dis`en*cum"brance (?), n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. Spectator.

Disendow

Dis`en*dow" (?), v. t. To deprive of an endowment, as a church. Gladstone.

Disendowment

Dis`en*dow"ment (?), n. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.
[The] disendowment of the Irish Church. G. B. Smith.

Disenfranchise

Dis`en*fran"chise (?), v. t. To disfranchise; to deprive of the rights of a citizen. -- Dis`en*fran"chise*ment (#), n.

Disengage

Dis`en*gage" (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. d\'82sengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. Milton.
Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. Transl. of Lavoisier.
Syn. -- To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean.

Disengage

Dis`en*gage", v. i. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! Young.

Disengaged

Dis`en*gaged" (?), a. Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness (#), n.

Disengagement

Dis`en*gage"ment (?), n. [Pref. dis- + engagement: cf. F. d\'82sengagement.]

1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier.
A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones.

2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.

Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. Bp. Butler.

Disengaging

Dis`en*ga"ging (?), a. Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.

Disennoble

Dis`en*no"ble (?), v. t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade.
An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian.

Disenroll

Dis`en*roll" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disenrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disenrolling.] To erase from a roll or list. [Written also disenrol.] Donne.

Disensanity

Dis`en*san"i*ty (?), n. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.] Insanity; folly. [Obs.]
What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! Beau. & Fl.

Disenshrouded

Dis`en*shroud"ed (?), a. Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled.
The disenshrouded statue. R. Browning.

Disenslave

Dis`en*slave" (?), v. t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall.
He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South.

Disentail

Dis`en*tail" (?), v. t. (Law) To free from entailment.

Disentangle

Dis`en*tan"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disentangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disentangling (?).]

1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.

2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.

To disentangle truth from error. Stewart.
To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. Clarendon.
A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn. -- To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach.

Disentanglement

Dis`en*tan"gle*ment (?), n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. Warton.

Disenter

Dis`en*ter" (?), v. t. See Disinter.

Disenthrall

Dis`en*thrall" (?), v. t. [See Enthrall.] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also disenthral.] Milton.

Disenthrallment

Dis`en*thrall"ment (?), n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also disenthralment.]

Disenthrone

Dis`en*throne" (?), v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.

Disentitle

Dis`en*ti"tle (?), v. t. To deprive of title or claim.
Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. South.

Disentomb

Dis`en*tomb" (?), v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter.

Disentrail

Dis`en*trail" (?), v. t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.]
As if he thought her soul to disentrail. Spenser.

Disentrance

Dis`en*trance" (?), v. t. To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. Hudibras.

Disentwine

Dis`en*twine" (?), v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted. Shelley.

Disepalous

Di*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. di- + sepalous.] (Bot.) Having two sepals; two-sepaled.

Disert

Dis*ert" (?), a. [L. disertus, for dissertus, p. p.: cf. F. disert. See Dissert.] Eloquent. [Obs.]

Disertitude

Dis*er"ti*tude (?), n. [L. disertitud Eloquence. [Obs.]

Diserty

Dis*ert"y (?), adv. Expressly; clearly; eloquently. [Obs.] Holland.

Disespouse

Dis`es*pouse" (?), v. t. To release from espousal or plighted faith. [Poetic] Milton.

Disestablish

Dis`es*tab"lish (?), v. t. To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state. M. Arnold.

Disestablishment

Dis`es*tab"lish*ment (?), n.

1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.

2. The condition of being disestablished.

Disesteem

Dis`es*teem" (?), n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

Disesteem

Dis`es*teem", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disesteemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming.]

1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham.
Qualities which society does not disesteem. Ld. Lytton.

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed, Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? B. Jonson.

Disesteemer

Dis`es*teem"er (?), n. One who disesteems. Boyle.

Disestimation

Dis*es`ti*ma"tion (?), n. Disesteem.

Disexercise

Dis*ex"er*cise (?), v. t. To deprive of exercise; to leave untrained. [Obs.]
By disexercising and blunting our abilities. Milton.

Disfame

Dis*fame" (?), n. Disrepute. [R.] Tennyson.

Disfancy

Dis*fan"cy (?), v. t. To dislike. [Obs.]

Disfashion

Dis*fash"ion (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + fashion. See Fashion, and cf. Defeat.] To disfigure. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Disfavor

Dis*fa"vor (?), n. [Pref. dis- + favor: cf. OF. disfaveur, F. d\'82faveur.] >[Written also disfavour.]

1. Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

The people that deserved my disfavor. Is. x. 6 (1551).
Sentiment of disfavor against its ally. Gladstone.

2. The state of not being in favor; a being under the displeasure of some one; state of unacceptableness; as, to be in disfavor at court.

3. An unkindness; a disobliging act.

He might dispense favors and disfavors. Clarendon.

Disfavor

Dis*fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfavored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfavoring.]

1. To withhold or withdraw favor from; to regard with disesteem; to show disapprobation of; to discountenance.

Countenanced or disfavored according as they obey. Swift.

2. To injure the form or looks of. [R.] B. Jonson.

Disfavorable

Dis*fa"vor*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82favorable.] Unfavorable. [Obs.] Stow.

Disfavorably

Dis*fa"vor*a*bly, adv. Unpropitiously. [Obs.]

Disfavorer

Dis*fa"vor*er (?), n. One who disfavors. Bacon.

Disfeature

Dis*fea"ture (?; 135), v. t. [Cf. Defeature.] To deprive of features; to mar the features of. [R.]

Disfellowship

Dis*fel"low*ship (?), v. t. [See Fellowship, v. t.] To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate.
An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.

Disfiguration

Dis*fig`u*ra"tion (?), n. [See Disfigure, and cf. Defiguration.] The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.

Disfigure

Dis*fig"ure (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] [OF. desfigurer, F. d\'82figurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.] To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.
Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
Syn. -- To deface; deform; mar; injure.

Disfigure

Dis*fig"ure, n. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disfigurement

Dis*fig"ure*ment (?), n.

1. Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.

2. That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

Uncommon expressions . . . are a disfigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. Hume.

Disfigurer

Dis*fig"ur*er (?), n. One who disfigures.

Disflesh

Dis*flesh" (?), v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [Obs.] Shelton.

Disforest

Dis*for"est (?), v. t.

1. To disafforest. Fuller.

2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees.

Disforestation

Dis*for`es*ta"tion (?), n. The act of clearing land of forests. Daniel.

Disformity

Dis*form"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. Deformity.] Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. S. Clarke.

Disfranchise

Dis*fran"chise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfranchised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfranchising.] [Cf. Diffranchise.] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc.
Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. Fabyan (1509).
He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. Thirlwall.

Disfranchisement

Dis*fran"chise*ment (?), n. The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities.
Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

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Disfriar

Dis*fri"ar (?), v. t. To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.]
Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. Fuller.

Disfrock

Dis*frock" (?), v. t. To unfrock.

Disfurnish

Dis*fur"nish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest.
I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger.

Disfurnishment

Dis*fur"nish*ment (?), n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Daniel.

Disfurniture

Dis*fur"ni*ture (?; 135), n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [Obs.]

Disfurniture

Dis*fur"ni*ture, v. t. To disfurnish. [R.] East.

Disgage

Dis*gage" (?), v. t. To free from a gage or pledge; to disengage. [Obs.] Holland.

Disgallant

Dis*gal"lant (?), v. t. To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Disgarland

Dis*gar"land (?), v. t. To strip of a garland. [Poetic] "Thy locks disgarland." Drummond.

Disgarnish

Dis*gar"nish (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + garnish. See Degarnish.] To divest of garniture; to disfurnish; to dismantle. Bp. Hall.

Disgarrison

Dis*gar"ri*son (?), v. t. To deprive of a garrison. Hewyt.

Disgavel

Dis*gav"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgaveled (?) or Disgaveled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgaveling.] [See Gavelkind.] (Eng. Law) To deprive of that principal quality of gavelkind tenure by which lands descend equally among all the sons of the tenant; -- said of lands. Burrill.

Disgest

Dis*gest" (?), v. t. To digest. [Obs.] Bacon.

Disgestion

Dis*ges"tion (?; 106), n. Digestion. [Obs.]

Disglorify

Dis*glo"ri*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disglorified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disglorifying.] To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. [R.]
Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.

Disglory

Dis*glo"ry (?), n. Dishonor. [Obs.]
To the disglory of God's name. Northbrooke.

Disgorge

Dis*gorge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disgorging.] [F. d\'82gorger, earlier desgorger; pref. d\'82-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]

1. To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place.

This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. Hakluyt.
They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. Dryden.

2. To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains.

Disgorge

Dis*gorge", v. i. To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.
See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. Milton.

Disgorgement

Dis*gorge"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82gorgement.] The act of disgorging; a vomiting; that which is disgorged. Bp. Hall.

Disgospel

Dis*gos"pel (?), v. i. To be inconsistent with, or act contrary to, the precepts of the gospel; to pervert the gospel. [Obs.] Milton.

Disgrace

Dis*grace" (?; 277), n. [F. disgr\'83ce; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + gr\'83ce. See Grace.]

1. The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

Macduff lives in disgrace. Shak.

2. The state of being dishonored, or covered with shame; dishonor; shame; ignominy.

To tumble down thy husband and thyself From top of honor to disgrace's feet? Shak.

3. That which brings dishonor; cause of shame or reproach; great discredit; as, vice is a disgrace to a rational being.

4. An act of unkindness; a disfavor. [Obs.]

The interchange continually of favors and disgraces. Bacon.
Syn. -- Disfavor; disesteem; opprobrium; reproach; discredit; disparagement; dishonor; shame; infamy; ignominy; humiliation.

Disgrace

Dis*grace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgraced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disgracing (?).] [Cf. F. disgracier. See Disgrace, n.]

1. To put out favor; to dismiss with dishonor.

Flatterers of the disgraced minister. Macaulay.
Pitt had been disgraced and the old Duke of Newcastle dismissed. J. Morley.

2. To do disfavor to; to bring reproach or shame upon; to dishonor; to treat or cover with ignominy; to lower in estimation.

Shall heap with honors him they now disgrace. Pope.
His ignorance disgraced him. Johnson.

3. To treat discourteously; to upbraid; to revile.

The goddess wroth gan foully her disgrace. Spenser.
Syn. -- To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase.

Disgraceful

Dis*grace"ful (?), a. Bringing disgrace; causing shame; shameful; dishonorable; unbecoming; as, profaneness is disgraceful to a man. -- Dis*grace"ful*fy, adv. -- Dis*grace"ful*ness, n.
The Senate have cast you forth disgracefully. B. Jonson.

Disgracer

Dis*gra"cer (?), n. One who disgraces.

Disgracious

Dis*gra"cious (?), a. [Cf. F. disgracieux.] Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable. Shak.

Disgracive

Dis*gra"cive (?), a. Disgracing. [Obs.] Feltham.

Disgradation

Dis`gra*da"tion (?), n. (Scots Law) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.

Disgrade

Dis*grade" (?), v. t. To degrade. [Obs.] Foxe.

Disgraduate

Dis*grad"u*ate (?; 135), v. t. To degrade; to reduce in rank. [Obs.] Tyndale.

Disgregate

Dis"gre*gate (?), v. t. [L. disgregare; dis- + gregare to collect, fr. grex, gregis, flock or herd.] To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate. [Obs.]

Disgregation

Dis`gre*ga"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The process of separation, or the condition of being separate, as of the molecules of a body.

Disgruntle

Dis*grun"tle (?), v. t. To dissatisfy; to disaffect; to anger. [Colloq.]

Disguise

Dis*guise" (?; 232), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disguised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disguising.] [OE. desguisen, disgisen, degisen, OF. desguisier, F. d\'82guiser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + guise. See Guise.]

1. To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

Bunyan was forced to disguise himself as a wagoner. Macaulay.

2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one's sentiments, character, or intentions.

All God's angels come to us disguised. Lowell.

3. To affect or change by liquor; to intoxicate.

I have just left the right worshipful, and his myrmidons, about a sneaker or five gallons; the whole magistracy was pretty well disguised before I gave them the ship. Spectator.
Syn. -- To conceal; hide; mask; dissemble; dissimulate; feign; pretend; secrete. See Conceal.

Disguise

Dis*guise", n.

1. A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties.

There is no passion steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises, than pride. Addison.

2. Artificial language or manner assumed for deception; false appearance; counterfeit semblance or show.

That eye which glances through all disguises. D. Webster.

3. Change of manner by drink; intoxication. Shak.

4. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

Disguise was the old English word for a masque. B. Jonson.

Disguisedfy

Dis*guis"ed*fy (?), adv. In disguise.

Disguisedness

Dis*guis"ed*ness, n. The state of being disguised.

Disguisement

Dis*guise"ment (?), n. Disguise. [R.] Spenser.

Disguiser

Dis*guis"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, disguises. Shak.

2. One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Disguising

Dis*guis"ing, n. A masque or masquerade. [Obs.]

Disgust

Dis*gust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgusting.] [OF. desgouster, F. d\'82go\'96ter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + gouster to taste, F. go\'96ter, fr. L. gustare, fr. gustus taste. See Gust to taste.] To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by.
To disgust him with the world and its vanities. Prescott.
\'92rius is expressly declared . . . to have been disgusted at failing. J. H. Newman.
Alarmed and disgusted by the proceedings of the convention. Macaulay.

Disgust

Dis*gust", n. [Cf. OF. desgoust, F. d\'82go\'96t. See Disgust, v. t.] Repugnance to what is offensive; aversion or displeasure produced by something loathsome; loathing; strong distaste; -- said primarily of the sickening opposition felt for anything which offends the physical organs of taste; now rather of the analogous repugnance excited by anything extremely unpleasant to the moral taste or higher sensibilities of our nature; as, an act of cruelty may excite disgust.
The manner of doing is more consequence than the thing done, and upon that depends the satisfaction or disgust wherewith it is received. Locke.
In a vulgar hack writer such oddities would have excited only disgust. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Nausea; loathing; aversion; distaste; dislike; disinclination; abomination. See Dislike.

Disgustful

Dis*gust"ful (?), a. Provoking disgust; offensive to the taste; exciting aversion; disgusting.
That horrible and disgustful situation. Burke.

Disgustfulness

Dis*gust"ful*ness, n. The state of being disgustful.

Disgusting

Dis*gust"ing, a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv.

Dish

Dish (?), n. [AS. disc, L. discus dish, disc, quoit, fr. Gr. Dais, Desk, Disc, Discus.]

1. A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.

2. The food served in a dish; hence, any particular kind of food; as, a cold dish; a warm dish; a delicious dish. "A dish fit for the gods." Shak.

Home-home dishes that drive one from home. Hood.

3. The state of being concave, or like a dish, or the degree of such concavity; as, the dish of a wheel.

4. A hollow place, as in a field. Ogilvie.

5. (Mining) (a) A trough about 28 inches long, 4 deep, and 6 wide, in which ore is measured. (b) That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

Dish

Dish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]

1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.

2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] To dish out.

1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.

2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. -- To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

Dishabilitate

Dis`ha*bil"i*tate (?), v. t. [Cf. Disability.] To disqualify. [R.]

Dishabille

Dis`ha*bille" (?), n. [See Deshabille.] An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille.
They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett.

Dishabit

Dis*hab"it (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + habit to inhabit.] To dislodge. [Obs.]
Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited. Shak.

Dishabited

Dis*hab"it*ed, p. a. Rendered uninhabited. "Dishabited towns." R. Carew.

Dishabituate

Dis`ha*bit"u*ate (?; 135), v. t. To render unaccustomed.

Dishable

Dis*ha"ble (?), v. t.

1. To disable. [Obs.]

2. To disparage. [Obs.]

She oft him blamed . . . and him dishabled quite. Spenser.

Dishallow

Dis*hal"low (?), v. t. To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson.
Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.

Disharmonious

Dis`har*mo"ni*ous (?), a. Unharmonious; discordant. [Obs.] Hallywell.

Disharmony

Dis*har"mo*ny (?), n. Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [R.]
A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [our nature]. Coleridge.

Dishaunt

Dis*haunt" (?), v. t. To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. Halliwell.

Dishcloth

Dish"cloth` (?; 115), n. A cloth used for washing dishes.

Dishclout

Dish"clout` (?), n. A dishcloth. [Obsolescent]

Disheart

Dis*heart" (?), v. t. To dishearten. [Obs.]

Dishearten

Dis*heart"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.] To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.
Syn. -- To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.

Disheartenment

Dis*heart"en*ment (?), n. Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

Disheir

Dis*heir" (?), v. t. [Cf. Disherit.] To disinherit. [Obs.] Dryden.

Dishelm

Dis*helm" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + helm helmet.] To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic]
Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. Tennyson.

Disherison

Dis*her"i*son (?), n. [See Disherit.] The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinhersion. Bp. Hall.

Disherit

Dis*her"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting.] [F. d\'82sh\'82riter; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + h\'82riter to inherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit.] To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [Obs.] Spenser.

Disheritance

Dis*her"it*ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. desheritance.] The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Disheritor

Dis*her"it*or (?), n. (Law) One who puts another out of his inheritance.

Dishevel

Di*shev"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheveled (?) or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.] [OF. descheveler, F. d\'82cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.]

1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.

With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

2. To spread loosely or disorderly.

Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.

Dishevel

Di*shev"el, v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Dishevele

Di*shev"ele (?), p. p. & a. Disheveled. [Obs.]
Dishevele, save his cap, he rode all bare. Chaucer.

Disheveled

Di*shev"eled (?), a.

1. Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.

2. Having the hair in loose disorder.

The dancing maidens are disheveled M\'91nads. J. A. Symonds.

Dishful

Dish"ful (?), n.; pl. Dishfuls (. As much as a dish holds when full.

Dishing

Dish"ing, a. Dish-shaped; concave.

Dishonest

Dis*hon"est (?), a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. d\'82shonn\'88te, OF. deshoneste.]

1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.]

Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. Pope.
Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. Sir T. North.

2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.]

Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.

3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man.

4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust.

To get dishonest gain. Ezek. xxii. 27.
The dishonest profits of men in office. Bancroft.

Dishonest

Dis*hon"est, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.]
I will no longer dishonest my house. Chapman.

Dishonestly

Dis*hon"est*ly, adv. In a dishonest manner.

Dishonesty

Dis*hon"es*ty (?), n. [Cf. OF. deshonest\'82, F. d\'82shonn\'88tet\'82.]

1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.

2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.

3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

4. Lewdness; unchastity. Shak.

Dishonor

Dis*hon"or (?), n. [OE. deshonour, dishonour, OF. deshonor, deshonur, F. d\'82shonneur; pref. des- (L. dis-) + honor, honur, F. honneur, fr. L. honor. See Honor.] [Written also dishonour.]
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1. Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. Ezra iv. 14.
His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.

2. (Law) The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium.

Dishonor

Dis*hon"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dishonored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dishonoring.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d\'82shonorer; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See Honor, v. t.] [Written also dishonour.]

1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to maintain his honor.

Nothing . . . that may dishonor Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. Milton.

2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. Dryden.

3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange. Syn. -- To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute.

Dishonorable

Dis*hon"or*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82shonorable.]

1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.

He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in poverty! Ecclus. x. 31.
To find ourselves dishonorable graves. Shak.
-- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.

Dishonorary

Dis*hon"or*a*ry (?), a. Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

Dishonorer

Dis*hon"or*er (?), n. One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.

Dishorn

Dis*horn" (?), v. t. To deprive of horns; as, to dishorn cattle. "Dishorn the spirit." Shak.

Dishorse

Dis*horse" (?), v. t. To dismount. Tennyson.

Dishouse

Dis*house" (?), v. t. To deprive of house or home. "Dishoused villagers." James White.

Dishumor

Dis*hu"mor (?), n. Ill humor. [Obs.]

Dishumor

Dis*hu"mor, v. t. To deprive of humor or desire; to put out of humor. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dishwasher

Dish"wash`er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, washes dishes.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A European bird; the wagtail.

Dishwater

Dish"wa`ter (?), n. Water in which dishes have been washed. "Suds and dishwater." Beau. & Fl.

Disillusion

Dis`il*lu"sion (?), n. The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom. Lowell.

Disillusion

Dis`il*lu"sion, v. t. To free from an illusion; to disillusionize.

Disillusionize

Dis`il*lu"sion*ize (?), v. t. To disenchant; to free from illusion. "The bitter disillusionizing experience of postnuptial life." W. Black.

Disillusionment

Dis`il*lu"sion*ment (?), n. The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

Disimbitter

Dis`im*bit"ter (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + imbitter. Cf. Disembitter.] To free from bitterness.

Disimpark

Dis`im*park" (?), v. t. To free from the barriers or restrictions of a park. [R.] Spectator.

Disimpassioned

Dis`im*pas"sioned (?), a. Free from warmth of passion or feeling.

Disimprove

Dis`im*prove" (?), v. t. To make worse; -- the opposite of improve. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Disimprove

Dis`im*prove", v. i. To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Disimprovement

Dis`im*prove"ment (?), n. Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth.

Disincarcerate

Dis`in*car"cer*ate (?), v. t. To liberate from prison. [R.] Harvey.

Disinclination

Dis*in`cli*na"tion (?), n. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition.
Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot.
Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.
Syn. -- Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance.

Disincline

Dis`in*cline" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinclined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinclining.] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate.
Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon.
To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

Disinclose

Dis`in*close" (?), v. t. [Cf. Disenclose.] To free from being inclosed.

Disincorporate

Dis`in*cor"po*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disincorporated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disincorporating (?).]

1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body.

2. To detach or separate from a corporation. Bacon.

Disincorporate

Dis`in*cor"po*rate (?), a. Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. Bacon.

Disincorporation

Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion (?), n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.

Disinfect

Dis`in*fect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.] To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.
When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.

Disinfectant

Dis`in*fect"ant (?), n. That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine.

Disinfection

Dis`in*fec"tion (?), n. The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Disinfector

Dis`in*fect"or (?), n. One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants.

Disinflame

Dis`in*flame" (?), v. t. To divest of flame or ardor. Chapman.

Disingenuity

Dis*in`ge*nu"i*ty (?), n. Disingenuousness. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Disingenuous

Dis`in*gen"u*ous (?), a.

1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes.

2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful.

So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. Pope.
-- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly, adv. T. Warton. -- Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness, n. Macaulay.

Disinhabited

Dis`in*hab"it*ed (?), a. Uninhabited. [Obs.]

Disinherison

Dis`in*her"i*son (?), n. [See Disinherit, v. t., and cf. Disherison.] Same as Disherison. Bacon.

Disinherit

Dis`in*her"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinheriting.] [Cf. Disherit, Disheir.]

1. To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent.

Of how fair a portion Adam disinherited his whole posterity! South.

2. To deprive of heritage; to dispossess.

And disinherit Chaos, that reigns here. Milton.

Disinheritance

Dis`in*her"it*ance (?), n. The act of disinheriting, or the condition of being; disinherited; disherison.

Disinhume

Dis`in*hume" (?), v. t. To disinter. [R.]

Disinsure

Dis`in*sure" (?), v. t. To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] Fanshawe.

Disintegrable

Dis*in"te*gra*ble (?), a. Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder.
Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. Kirwan.

Disintegrate

Dis*in"te*grate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.
Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. Kirwan.

Disintegrate

Dis*in"te*grate, v. i. To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates.

Disintegration

Dis*in`te*gra"tion (?), n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.
Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. Motley.

Disintegrator

Dis*in"te*gra`tor (?), n. (Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

Disinter

Dis`in*ter" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinterred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinterring.]

1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up.

2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. Addison.

Disinteress

Dis*in"ter*ess (?), v. t. [F. d\'82sint\'82resser to deprive of interest in; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + int\'82resser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest, and cf. Disinterest.] To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.]

Disinteressment

Dis*in"ter*ess*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sint\'82ressement.] Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] Prior.

Disinterest

Dis*in"ter*est (?), p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.]
The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor.

Disinterest

Dis*in"ter*est, n.

1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] Glanvill.

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] Johnson.

Disinterest

Dis*in"ter*est, v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] Feltham.

Disinterested

Dis*in"ter*est*ed, a. [Cf. Disinteressed.] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge.
The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.
Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent.

Disinterestedly

Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ly, adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

Disinterestedness

Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness, n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.
That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

Disinteresting

Dis*in"ter*est*ing, a. Uninteresting. [Obs.] "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.

Disinterment

Dis`in*ter"ment (?), n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation.

Disinthrall

Dis`in*thrall" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinthralled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinthralling.] [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. Disenthrall.] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also disinthral.]

Disinthrallment

Dis`in*thrall"ment (?), n. A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also disinthralment.]

Disintricate

Dis*in"tri*cate (?), v. t. To disentangle. [R.] "To disintricate the question." Sir W. Hamilton.

Disinure

Dis`in*ure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disinuring.] [Pref. dis- + inure.] To render unaccustomed or unfamiliar.
We are hindered and disinured . . . towards the true knowledge. Milton.

Disinvestiture

Dis`in*ves"ti*ture (?; 135), n. The act of depriving of investiture. [Obs.] Ogilvie.

Disinvigorate

Dis`in*vig"or*ate (?), v. t. To enervate; to weaken. [R.] Sydney Smith.

Disinvolve

Dis`in*volve" (?), v. t. To uncover; to unfold or unroll; to disentangle. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Disjection

Dis*jec"tion (?), n. [L. disjicere, disjectum, to throw asunder, disperse; dis- + jacere to throw.] Destruction; dispersion. Bp. Horsley.

Disjoin

Dis*join" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjoined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disjoining.] [OF. desjoindre, F. disjoindre, d\'82joindre, fr. L. disjungere; dis- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Disjoint, Disjunct.] To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder.
That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. Milton.
Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. Addison.
Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. Pennant.
Syn. -- To disunite; separate; detach; sever; dissever; sunder; disconnect.

Disjoin

Dis*join", v. i. To become separated; to part.

Disjoint

Dis*joint" (?), a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.] Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.

Disjoint

Dis*joint", n. [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.] Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.

Disjoint

Dis*joint", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disjointed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disjointing.]

1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.

Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? Prior.

2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice.

Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.

3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.

Disjoint

Dis*joint", v. i. To fall in pieces. Shak.

Disjointed

Dis*joint"ed, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.

Disjointly

Dis*joint"ly, adv. In a disjointed state. Sandys.

Disjudication

Dis*ju`di*ca"tion (?), n. Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication. [Obs.] Boyle.

Disjunct

Dis*junct" (?), a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See Disjoin, and cf. Disjoint.]

1. Disjoined; separated. [R.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. Disjunct tetrachords (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other.

Disjuncttion

Dis*junct"tion (?), n. [L. disjunctio.]

1. The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body.

2. A disjunctive proposition. Coleridge.

Disjunctive

Dis*junc"tive (?), a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.]

1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining.

2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. "Disjunctive notes." Moore (Encyc. of Music). Disjunctive conjunction (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. -- Disjunctive proposition, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. -- Disjunctive syllogism (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse.

Disjunctive

Dis*junc"tive, n. (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition.

Disjunctively

Dis*junc"tive*ly, adv. In a disjunctive manner; separately. Dr. H. More.

Disjuncture

Dis*junc"ture (?; 135), n. The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation. Fuller.

Disk

Disk (?), n. [L. discus, Gr. Dish.] [Written also disc.]

1. A discus; a quoit.

Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope.

2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.

6. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c\'d2lenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes. Disk engine, a form of rotary steam engine. -- Disk shell (Zo\'94l.), any species of Discina.

Diskindness

Dis*kind"ness (?), n. Unkindness; disservice. [R.] A. Tucker.

Diskless

Disk"less (?), a. Having no disk; appearing as a point and not expanded into a disk, as the image of a faint star in a telescope.

Dislade

Dis*lade" (?), v. t. To unlade. [Obs.] Heywood.

Disleal

Dis*leal" (?), a. [See Disloyal, Leal.] Disloyal; perfidious. [Obs.] "Disleal knight." Spenser.
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Disleave

Dis*leave" (?), v. t. To deprive of leaves. [R.]
The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell.

Dislike

Dis*like" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disliked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disliking.]

1. To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

Every nation dislikes an impost. Johnson.

2. To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.

Dislike

Dis*like", n.

1. A feeling of positive and usually permanent aversion to something unpleasant, uncongenial, or offensive; disapprobation; repugnance; displeasure; disfavor; -- the opposite of liking or fondness.

God's grace . . . gives him continual dislike to sin. Hammond.
The hint malevolent, the look oblique, The obvious satire, or implied dislike. Hannah More.
We have spoken of the dislike of these excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley.
His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

2. Discord; dissension. [Obs.] Fairfax. Syn. -- Distaste; disinclination; disapprobation; disfavor; disaffection; displeasure; disrelish; aversion; reluctance; repugnance; disgust; antipathy. -- Dislike, Aversion, Reluctance, Repugnance, Disgust, Antipathy. Dislike is the more general term, applicable to both persons and things and arising either from feeling or judgment. It may mean little more than want of positive liking; but antipathy, repugnance, disgust, and aversion are more intense phases of dislike. Aversion denotes a fixed and habitual dislike; as, an aversion to or for business. Reluctance and repugnance denote a mental strife or hostility something proposed (repugnance being the stronger); as, a reluctance to make the necessary sacrifices, and a repugnance to the submission required. Disgust is repugnance either of taste or moral feeling; as, a disgust at gross exhibitions of selfishness. Antipathy is primarily an instinctive feeling of dislike of a thing, such as most persons feel for a snake. When used figuratively, it denotes a correspondent dislike for certain persons, modes of acting, etc. Men have an aversion to what breaks in upon their habits; a reluctance and repugnance to what crosses their will; a disgust at what offends their sensibilities; and are often governed by antipathies for which they can give no good reason.

Dislikeful

Dis*like"ful (?), a. Full of dislike; disaffected; malign; disagreeable. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dislikelihood

Dis*like"li*hood (?), n. The want of likelihood; improbability. Sir W. Scott.

Disliken

Dis*lik"en (?), v. t. To make unlike; to disguise. [Obs.] Shak.

Dislikeness

Dis*like"ness, n. Unlikeness. [R.] Locke.

Disliker

Dis*lik"er (?), n. One who dislikes or disrelishes.

Dislimb

Dis*limb" (?), v. t. To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] Bailey.

Dislimn

Dis*limn" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + limn.] To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] Shak.

Dislink

Dis*link" (?), v. t. To unlink; to disunite; to separate. [R.] Tennyson.

Dislive

Dis*live" (?), v. t. To deprive of life. [Obs.]
Telemachus dislived Amphimedon. Chapman.

Dislocate

Dis"lo*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dislocating (?).] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.] To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. Shak.
After some time the strata on all sides of the globe were dislocated. Woodward.
And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set right again. Fuller.

Dislocate

Dis"lo*cate (?), a. [LL. dislocatus, p. p.] Dislocated. Montgomery.

Dislocation

Dis`lo*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dislocation.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet.

2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

3. (Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

Dislodge

Dis*lodge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislodged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dislodging.] [OF. deslogier, F. d\'82loger; pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge.]

1. To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislodged by storms.

2. To drive out from a place of hiding or defense; as, to dislodge a deer, or an enemy.

The Volscians are dislodg'd. Shak.

Dislodge

Dis*lodge", v. i. To go from a place of rest. [R.]
Where Light and Darkness in perpetual round Lodge and dislodge by turns. Milton.

Dislodge

Dis*lodge", n. Dwelling apart; separation. [R.]

Dislodgment

Dis*lodg"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82logement, OF. deslogement.] The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.

Disloign

Dis*loign" (?), v. t. [OF. desloignier. See Eloign.] To put at a distance; to remove. [Obs.]
Low-looking dales, disloigned from common gaze. Spenser.

Disloyal

Dis*loy"al (?), a. [Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. d\'82loyal. See Loyal.] Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife.
Without a thought disloyal. Mrs. Browning.
Syn. -- Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; dishonest; inconstant; disaffected.

Disloyally

Dis*loy"al*ly, adv. In a disloyal manner.

Disloyalty

Dis*loy"al*ty (?), n. [Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF. desloiaut\'82, deslealt\'82, F. d\'82loyaut\'82.] Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.

Dismail

Dis*mail" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + mail: cf. OF. desmaillier.] To divest of coat of mail. Spenser.

Dismal

Dis"mal (?), a. [Formerly a noun; e. g., "I trow it was in the dismalle." Chaucer. Of uncertain origin; but perh. (as suggested by Skeat) from OF. disme, F. d\'8cme, tithe, the phrase dismal day properly meaning, the day when tithes must be paid. See Dime.]

1. Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky. [Obs.]

An ugly fiend more foul than dismal day. Spenser.

2. Gloomy to the eye or ear; sorrowful and depressing to the feelings; foreboding; cheerless; dull; dreary; as, a dismal outlook; dismal stories; a dismal place.

Full well the busy whisper, circling round, Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frowned. Goldsmith.
A dismal description of an English November. Southey.
Syn. -- Dreary; lonesome; gloomy; dark; ominous; ill-boding; fatal; doleful; lugubrious; funereal; dolorous; calamitous; sorrowful; sad; joyless; melancholy; unfortunate; unhappy.

Dismally

Dis"mal*ly, adv. In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.

Dismalness

Dis"mal*ness, n. The quality of being dismal; gloominess.

Disman

Dis*man" (?), v. t. To unman. [Obs.] Feltham.

Dismantle

Dis*man"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismantled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling (?).] [F. d\'82manteler, OF. desmanteler; pref: des- (L. dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. mantel, F. manteau, cloak. See Mantle.]

1. To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

2. To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.

A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. Macaulay.

3. To disable; to render useless. Comber. Syn. -- To demoDemol.

Dismarch

Dis*march" (?), v. i. To march away. [Obs.]

Dismarry

Dis*mar"ry (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + marry: cf. OF. desmarier, F. d\'82marier.] To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

Dismarshal

Dis*mar"shal (?), v. t. To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.

Dismask

Dis*mask" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + mask: cf. F. d\'82masquer.] To divest of a mask. Shak.

Dismast

Dis*mast" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismasting.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F. d\'82m\'83ter.] To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.

Dismastment

Dis*mast"ment (?), n. The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] Marshall.

Dismaw

Dis*maw" (?), v. t. To eject from the maw; to disgorge. [R.] Shelton.

Dismay

Dis*may" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismaying.] [OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-). See May, v. i.]

1. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.

Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. Josh. i. 9.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay? Fairfax.

2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.]

Do not dismay yourself for this. Spenser.
Syn. -- To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. -- To Dismay, Daunt, Appall. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties.
So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade. Pope.
Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control. Pope.
Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. Pope.

Dismay

Dis*may", v. i. To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay. [Obs.] Shak.

Dismay

Dis*may", n. [Cf. OF. esmai, F. \'82moi. See Dismay, v. t.]

1. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.

I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay. Macaulay.
Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. Mrs. Barbauld.

2. Condition fitted to dismay; ruin. Spenser. Syn. -- Dejection; discouragement; depression; fear; fright; terror; apprehension; alarm; affright.

Dismayedness

Dis*may"ed*ness (?), n. A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.

Dismayful

Dis*may"ful (?), a. Terrifying. Spenser.

Disme

Disme (?), n. [OF. See Dime.] A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Ayliffe.

Dismember

Dis*mem"ber (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.] [OF. desmembrer, F. d\'82membrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]

1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.

Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope.
A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone.
By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.

2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]

They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.
Syn. -- To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.

Dismemberment

Dis*mem"ber*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. d\'82membrement.] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.

Dismettled

Dis*met"tled (?), a. Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] Llewellyn.

Dismiss

Dis*miss" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismissed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d\'82mettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]

1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41.
Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper.
Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.

2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

Dismiss

Dis*miss", n. Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Dismissal

Dis*miss"al (?), n. Dismission; discharge.
Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. Motley.

Dismission

Dis*mis"sion (?), n. [Cf. L. dimissio.]

1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.

3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.

Dismissive

Dis*miss"ive (?), a. Giving dismission.

Dismortgage

Dis*mort"gage (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismortaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismortgaging (?).] To redeem from mortgage. [Obs.] Howell.

Dismount

Dis*mount" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. d\'82monter.]

1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]

But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. Spenser.

2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

Dismount

Dis*mount", v. t.

1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

Dismounted from his authority. Barrow.

2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

Disnaturalize

Dis*nat"u*ral*ize (?), v. t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. Locke.

Disnatured

Dis*na"tured (?; 135), a. [Pref. dis- + nature: cf. OF. desnatur\'82, F. d\'82natur\'82.] Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.] Shak.

Disobedience

Dis`o*be"di*ence (?), n. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
He is undutiful to him other actions, and lives in open disobedience. Tillotson.

Disobediency

Dis`o*be"di*en*cy (?), n. Disobedience.

Disobedient

Dis`o*be"di*ent (?), a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.]

1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.

This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26.

2. Not yielding.

Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin.

Disobediently

Dis`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. In a disobedient manner.

Disobeisance

Dis`o*bei"sance (?), n. [F. d\'82sob\'82issance.] Disobedience. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Disobeisant

Dis`o*bei"sant (?), a. [F. d\'82sob\'82issant.] Disobedient. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disobey

Dis`o*bey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobeyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disobeying.] [F. d\'82sob\'82ir; pref. d\'82s- (L. dis-) + ob\'82ir. See Obey, and cf. Disobedient.] Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws.
Not to disobey her lord's behest. Tennyson.

Disobey

Dis`o*bey", v. i. To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
He durst not know how to disobey. Sir P. Sidney.

Disobeyer

Dis`o*bey"er (?), n. One who disobeys.

Disobligation

Dis*ob`li*ga"tion (?), n.

1. The act of disobliging.

2. A disobliging act; an offense. [Obs.] Clarendon.

3. Release from obligation. Jer. Taylor.

Disobligatory

Dis*ob"li*ga*to*ry (?), a. Releasing from obligation. "Disobligatory power." Charles I.

Disoblige

Dis`o*blige" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.] [Pref. dis- + oblige: cf. F. d\'82sobliger.]

1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.

Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them. South.
My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. Addison.

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2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]

Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause. Milton.

Disobligement

Dis`o*blige"ment (?), n. Release from obligation. [Obs.]

Disobliger

Dis`o*bli"ger (?), n. One who disobliges.

Disobliging

Dis`o*bli"ging (?), a.

1. Not obliging; not disposed to do a favor; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging person or act.

2. Displeasing; offensive. [Obs.] Cov. of Tongue. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ly, adv. -- Dis`o*bli"ging*ness, n.

Disoccident

Dis*oc"ci*dent (?), v. t. To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude. [Obs.] Marvell.

Disoccupation

Dis*oc`cu*pa"tion (?), n. The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [R.]

Disopinion

Dis`o*pin"ion (?), n. Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

Disoppilate

Dis*op"pi*late (?), v. t. [L. dis- + oppilatus, p. p. of oppilare to shut up.] To open. [Obs.] Holland.

Disorb

Dis*orb" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + orb.] To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. Shak.

Disord

Dis*ord" (?), n. Disorder. [Obs.] Holland.

Disordeined

Dis`or*deined" (?), a. [See Ordain.] Inordinate; irregular; vicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disorder

Dis*or"der (?), n. [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. d\'82sordre.]

1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.

From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.

3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.

4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." Locke. Syn. -- Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.

Disorder

Dis*or"der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]

1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.

Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke.
The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Jer. Taylor.

2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach.

A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay.

3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden. Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.

Disordered

Dis*or"dered (?), a.

1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house, judgment.

2. Disorderly. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. -- Dis*or"dered*ness, n.

Disorderliness

Dis*or"der*li*ness (?), n. The state of being disorderly.

Disorderly

Dis*or"der*ly (?), a.

1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

4. (Law) Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house. Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.

Disorderly

Dis*or"der*ly, adv. In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.
Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly. 2 Thess. iii. 6.
Savages fighting disorderly with stones. Sir W. Raleigh.

Disordinance

Dis*or"di*nance (?), n. Disarrangement; disturbance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disordinate

Dis*or"di*nate (?), a. Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.

Disordinately

Dis*or"di*nate*ly, adv. Inordinately. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Disordination

Dis*or`di*na"tion (?), n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [Obs.] Bacon.

Disorganization

Dis*or`gan*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82sorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t.]

1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.

Disorganize

Dis*or"gan*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disorganized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disorganizing (?).] [Pref. dis- + organize: cf. F. d\'82sorganiser.] To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange.
Lyford . . . attempted to disorganize the church. Eliot (1809).

Disorganizer

Dis*or"gan*i`zer (?), n. One who disorganizes or causes disorder and confusion.

Disorient

Dis*o"ri*ent (?), v. t. To turn away from the cast; to confuse as to which way is east; to cause to lose one's bearings. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

Disorientate

Dis*o"ri*en*tate (?), v. t. To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth. [R.]

Disown

Dis*own" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disowning.]

1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings.

2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.

Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. Dryden.
Syn. -- To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow.

Disownment

Dis*own"ment (?), n. Act of disowning. [R.]

Disoxidate

Dis*ox"i*date (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deoxidate; to deoxidize. [R.]

Disoxidation

Dis*ox`i*da"tion (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]

Disoxygenate

Dis*ox"y*gen*ate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of oxygen; to deoxidize. [R.]

Disoxygenation

Dis*ox`y*gen*a"tion (?), n. (Chem.) Deoxidation. [R.]

Dispace

Dis*pace" (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- asunder, different ways, to and fro + pace.] To roam. [Obs.]
In this fair plot dispacing to and fro. Spenser.

Dispair

Dis*pair" (?), v. t. To separate (a pair). [R.]
I have . . . dispaired two doves. Beau. & Fl.

Dispand

Dis*pand" (?), v. t. [L. dispandere to spread out; pref. dis- + pandere, pansum, to spread out.] To spread out; to expand. [Obs.] Bailey.

Dispansion

Dis*pan"sion (?), n. [See Dispand.] Act of dispanding, or state of being dispanded. [Obs.]

Disparadised

Dis*par"a*dised, a. Removed from paradise. [R.] Cockeram.

Disparage

Dis*par"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging (?).] [OF. desparagier, F. d\'82parager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See Peer.]

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.]

Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer.

2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.

Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury.
Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.
Syn. -- To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See Decry.

Disparage

Dis"pa*rage` (?), n. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser.

Disparagement

Dis*par"age*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. desparagement.]

1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.]

And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser.

2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.

It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South.
Imitation IS A disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.
Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.

Disparager

Dis*par"a*ger (?), n. One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

Disparagingly

Dis*par"a*ging*ly (?), adv. In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.

Disparate

Dis"pa*rate (?), a. [L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.]

1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate.

Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. Coleridge.

2. (Logic) Pertaining to two co\'94rdinate species or divisions.

Disparates

Dis"pa*rates (?), n. pl. Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other.

Disparition

Dis`pa*ri"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. disparition.] Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Disparity

Dis*par"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Disparities (#). [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparit\'82. See Par, Peer.] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color.
The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. I. Taylor.
The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference.

Dispark

Dis*park" (?), v. t.

1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common.

The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. Jer. Taylor.

2. To set at large; to release from inclosure.

Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. Waller.

Disparkle

Dis*par"kle (?), v. t. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter abroad. [Obs.] Holland.

Dispart

Dis*part" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparting.] [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic]
Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. Spenser.
The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. Emerson.

Dispart

Dis*part", v. i. To separate, to open; to cleave.

Dispart

Dis*part", n.

1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance.

On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. Eng. Cys.

2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight.

Dispart

Dis*part" (?), v. t.

1. (Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim.

Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. Lucar.

2. (Gun.) To furnish with a dispart sight.

Dispassion

Dis*pas"sion (?), n. Freedom from passion; an undisturbed state; apathy. Sir W. Temple.

Dispassionate

Dis*pas"sion*ate (?), a.

1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed.

Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon.

2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view. Syn. -- Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.

Dispassioned

Dis*pas"sioned (?), a. Free from passion; dispassionate. [R.] "Dispassioned men." Donne.

Dispatch

Dis*patch" (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispatching.] [OF. despeechier, F. d\'82p\'88cher; prob. from pref. des- (L. dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way, fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach, Despatch.] [Written also despatch.]

1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The business we have talked of. Shak.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. Robynson (More's Utopia).

2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]

I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge. Udall.

3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets. Walpole.

4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

5. To send out of the world; to put to death.

The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords. Ezek. xxiii. 47.
Syn. -- To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform; conclude; finish; slay; kill.

Dispatch

Dis*patch", v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
They have dispatched with Pompey. Shak.

Dispatch

Dis*patch", n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d\'82p\'88che. See Dispatch, v. t.] [Written also despatch.]

1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. Milton.

3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

Serious business, craving quick dispatch. Shak.
To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. Paley.

4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] Dispatch boat, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. -- Dispatch box, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn. -- Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See Haste.

Dispatcher

Dis*patch"er (?), n. One who dispatches.

Dispatchful

Dis*patch"ful (?), a. Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks. Milton.

Dispatchment

Dis*patch"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. despechement.] The act of dispatching. [Obs.] State Trials (1529).

Dispathy

Dis"pa*thy (?), n.; pl. Dispathies (#). [Pref. dis- + Gr. Pathos.] Lack of sympathy; want of passion; apathy. [R.]
Many discrepancies and some dispathies between us. Southey.

Dispauper

Dis*pau"per (?), v. t. To deprive of the claim of a pauper to public support; to deprive of the privilege of suing in forma pauperis.

Dispauperize

Dis*pau"per*ize (?), v. t. To free a state of pauperism, or from paupers. J. S. Mill.

Dispeed

Dis*peed" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + speed.] To send off with speed; to dispatch. [Obs.] Knolles.
Then they dispeeded themselves of the Cid and of their mother-in-law, DoSouthey.

Dispel

Dis*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispelling.] [L. dispellere; dis- + pellere to push, drive. See Pulse a beating.] To drive away by scattering, or so to cause to vanish; to clear away; to banish; to dissipate; as, to dispel a cloud, vapors, cares, doubts, illusions.
[Satan] gently raised their fainting courage, and dispelled their fears. Milton.
I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night. Dryden.

Dispence

Dis*pence" (?), v. i. & n. See Dispense. [Obs.]
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Dispend

Dis*pend" (?), v. t. [OF. despendre, L. dispendere to weigh out, dispense; dis- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, Spend, and cf. Dispense.] To spend; to lay out; to expend. [Obs.] Spenser.
Able to dispend yearly twenty pounds and above. Fuller.

Dispender

Dis*pend"er (?), n. One who dispends or expends; a steward. [Obs.] Wyclif (1 Cor. iv. 1).

Dispensable

Dis*pen"sa*ble (?), a. [LL. dispensabilis. See Dispense.]

1. Capable of being dispensed or administered.

2. Capable of being dispensed with. Coleridge.

Dispensableness

Dis*pen"sa*ble*ness, n. Quality of being dispensable.

Dispensary

Dis*pen"sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Dispensaries (#). [Cf. F. dispensaire.]

1. A place where medicines are prepared and dispensed; esp., a place where the poor can obtain medical advice and medicines gratuitously or at a nominal price.

2. A dispensatory. Pope.

Dispensation

Dis`pen*sa"tion (?), n. [F. dispensation, L. dispensatio.]

1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.

To respect the dispensations of Providence. Burke.

2. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed; especially (Theol.), a system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.

Neither are God's methods or intentions different in his dispensations to each private man. Rogers.

3. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

A dispensation was obtained to enable Dr. Barrow to marry. Ward.

Dispensative

Dis*pen"sa*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dispensatif.] Granting dispensation.

Dispensatively

Dis*pen"sa*tive*ly, adv. By dispensation. Wotton.

Dispensator

Dis"pen*sa`tor (?), n. [L.] A distributer; a dispenser. Bacon.

Dispensatorily

Dis*pen"sa*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In the way of dispensation; dispensatively.

Dispensatory

Dis*pen"sa*to*ry (?), a. [L. dispensatorius relating to management. See Dispense, v. t.] Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations. "Dispensatory power." Bp. Rainbow.

Dispensatory

Dis*pen"sa*to*ry, n.; pl. Dispensatories (. A book or medicinal formulary containing a systematic description of drugs, and of preparations made from them. It is usually, but not always, distinguished from a pharmacop&oe;ia in that it issued by private parties, and not by an official body or by government.

Dispense

Dis*pense" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispensed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispensing.] [F. dispenser, L. dispensare, intens. of dispendere. See Dispend.]

1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines.

He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott.

2. To apply, as laws to particular cases; to administer; to execute; to manage; to direct.

While you dispense the laws, and guide the state. Dryden.

3. To pay for; to atone for. [Obs.]

His sin was dispensed With gold, whereof it was compensed. Gower.

4. To exempt; to excuse; to absolve; -- with from.

It was resolved that all members of the House who held commissions, should be dispensed from parliamentary attendance. Macaulay.
He appeared to think himself born to be supported by others, and dispensed from all necessity of providing for himself. Johnson.

Dispense

Dis*pense", v. i.

1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.]

One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser.

2. To give dispensation.

He [the pope] can also dispense in all matters of ecclesiastical law. Addis & Arnold (Cath. Dict. )
To dispense with. (a) To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with. (b) To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for. [Obs.] "Conniving and dispensing with open and common adultery." Milton. (c) To break or go back from, as one's word. [Obs.] Richardson.

Dispense

Dis*pense", n. [Cf. F. dispense dispensation. See Dispense, v. t.] Dispensation; exemption. [Obs.]

Dispense

Dis*pense", n. [OF. despense, F. d\'82pense.] Expense; profusion; outlay. [Obs.]
It was a vault built for great dispense. Spenser.

Dispenser

Dis*pens"er (?), n. One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.

Dispeople

Dis*peo"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling (?).] [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. d\'82peupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. Sir T. More.
A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. Milton.

Dispeopler

Dis*peo"pler (?), n. One who, or that which, dispeoples; a depopulator. Gay.

Disperge

Dis*perge" (?), v. t. [L. dispergere. See Disperse.] To sprinkle. [Obs.]

Disspermous

Dis*sper"mous (?), a. [Gr. disperme.] (Bot.) Containing only two seeds; two-seeded.

Disperple

Dis*per"ple (?), v. t. [OF. desparpe.] To scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.]
Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. Chapman.

Dispersal

Dis*per"sal (?), n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. Darwin.

Disperse

Dis*perse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispersing.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See Sparse.]

1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. Prov. xv. 7.
Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. Cowper.

2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors.

Dispersed are the glories. Shak.
Syn. -- To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate.

Disperse

Dis*perse", v. i.

1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse.

2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. Ps. cxii. 9.

Dispersed

Dis*persed" (?), a. Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n. Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.

Disperseness

Dis*perse"ness (?), n. Dispersedness. [Obs.]

Disperser

Dis*pers"er (?), n. One that disperses.

Dispersion

Dis*per"sion (?), n. [CF. F. dispersion.]

1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. Jer. xxv. 34.

2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.

Dispersive

Dis*pers"ive (?), a. Tending to disperse. Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.

Disperson'ate

Dis*per"son'*ate (?), v. t. To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.]
We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. Hare.

Dispirit

Dis*pir"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.]

1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden.
He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]

This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.
Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

Dispirited

Dis*pir"it*ed, a. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

Dispiritment

Dis*pir"it*ment (?), n. Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.]
Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle.

Dispiteous

Dis*pit"e*ous (?), a. [Pref. dis- + piteous. Cf. Despiteous.] Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless. Spenser. -- Dis*pit"e*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Displace

Dis*place" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displacing.] [Pref. dis- + place: cf. F. d\'82placer.]

1. To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.

2. To crowd out; to take the place of.

Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times.

3. To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.

4. To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.]

You have displaced the mirth. Shak.
Syn. -- To disarrange; derange; dismiss; discard.

Displaceable

Dis*place"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being displaced.

Displacement

Dis*place"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82placement.]

1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

Unnecessary displacement of funds. A. Hamilton.
The displacement of the sun by parallax. Whewell.

2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.

3. (Chem.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.

Displacency

Dis*pla"cen*cy (?), n. [LL. displacentia, for L. displicentia, fr. displicere to displease; dis- + placere to please. See Displease, and cf. Displeasance.] Want of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Displacer

Dis*pla"cer (?), n.

1. One that displaces.

2. (Chem.) The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement.

Displant

Dis*plant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di; p. pr. & vb. n. Displanting.] [Pref. dis- + plant: cf. OF. desplanter, F. d\'82planter.]

1. To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants.

I did not think a look, Or a poor word or two, could have displanted Such a fixed constancy. Beau. & Fl.

2. To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants. Spenser.

Displantation

Dis`plan*ta"tion (?), n. The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.

Displat

Dis*plat" (?), v. t. To untwist; to uncurl; to unplat. [Obs.] Hakewill.

Display

Dis*play" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying.] [OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. d\'82ployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay.]

1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.

The northern wind his wings did broad display. Spenser.

2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow.

3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest.

His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke.

4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.

Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott.

5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type.

6. To discover; to descry. [Obs.]

And from his seat took pleasure to display The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.
Syn. -- To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt.

Display

Dis*play", v. i. To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak.

Display

Dis*play", n.

1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.

Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench.

2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade.

He died, as erring man should die, Without display, without parade. Byron.

Displayed

Dis*played" (?), a.

1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously.

2. (Her.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle.

3. (Print.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye.

Displayer

Dis*play"er (?), n. One who, or that which, displays.

Disple

Dis"ple (?), v. t. To discipline; to correct. [Obs.]
And bitter Penance, with an iron whip, Was wont him once to disple every day. Spenser.

Displeasance

Dis*pleas"ance (?), n. [OF. desplaisance, F. d\'82plaisance. Cf. Displacency.] Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Displeasant

Dis*pleas"ant (?), a. [OF. desplaisant, F. d\'82plaisant. See Displease.] Unpleasing; offensive; unpleasant. [Obs.] Speed. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ly, adv. [Obs.] Strype. -- Dis*pleas"ant*ness, n. [Obs.]

Displease

Dis*please" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displeased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displeasing.] [OF. desplaisir, whence F. d\'82plaisir displeasure; pref. des- (L. dis-) + plaisir to please. See Please, and cf. Displeasure.]

1. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke.

God was displeased with this thing. 1 Chron. xxi. 7.
Wilt thou be displeased at us forever? Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer).
This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher.
Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith? Barrow.

2. To fail to satisfy; to miss of. [Obs.]

I shall displease my ends else. Beau. & Fl.
Syn. -- To offend; disgust; vex; annoy; dissatisfy; chafe; anger; provoke; affront.

Displease

Dis*please", v. i. To give displeasure or offense. [Obs.]

Displeasedly

Dis*pleas"ed*ly (?), adv. With displeasure. [R.]

Displeasedness

Dis*pleas"ed*ness, n. Displeasure. [R.] South.

Displeaser

Dis*pleas"er (?), n. One who displeases.

Displeasing

Dis*pleas"ing, a. Causing displeasure or dissatisfaction; offensive; disagreeable. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ly, adv. -- Dis*pleas"ing*ness, n. Locke.

Displeasure

Dis*pleas"ure (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + pleasure: cf. OF. desplaisir, F. d\'82plaisir. Cf. Displease.]

1. The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice or a sense of propriety; disapprobation; dislike; dissatisfaction; disfavor; indignation.

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Ps. vi. 1.
Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure. Milton.

2. That which displeases; cause of irritation or annoyance; offense; injury.

Hast thou delight to see a wretched man Do outrage and displeasure to himself? Shak.

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3. State of disgrace or disfavor; disfavor. [Obs.]

He went into Poland, being in displeasure with the pope for overmuch familiarity. Peacham.
Syn. -- Dissatisfaction; disapprobation; disfavor; distaste; dislike; anger; hate; aversion; indignation; offense.

Displeasure

Dis*pleas"ure (?; 135), v. t. To displease. [Obs.] Bacon.

Displenish

Dis*plen"ish (?), v. t. To deprive or strip, as a house of furniture, or a barn of stock. [Scot.]

Displicence, Displicency

Dis"pli*cence (?), Dis"pli*cen*cy (?), n. [L. displicentia. See Displacency.] Dislike; dissatisfaction; discontent. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Displode

Dis*plode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disploding.] [L. displodere, displosum; dis- + plodere, plaudere, to clap, strike, beat.] To discharge; to explode.
In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder. Milton.

Displode

Dis*plode", v. i. To burst with a loud report; to explode. "Disploding engines." Young.

Displosion

Dis*plo"sion (?), n. Explosion.
The vast displosion dissipates the clouds. Young.

Displosive

Dis*plo"sive (?), a. Explosive.

Displume

Dis*plume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Displuming.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer, F. d\'82plumer.] To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed. Burke.

Dispoline

Dis"po*line (?), n. (Chem.) One of several isomeric organic bases of the quinoline series of alkaloids.

Dispond

Dis*pond" (?), n. See Despond.

Dispondee

Di*spon"dee (?), n. [L. dispondeus, Gr. (Gr. A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

Dispone

Dis*pone" (?), v. t. [L. disponere. See Disposition.]

1. (Her.) To dispose.

2. To dispose of. Chaucer.

3. (Scots Law) To make over, or convey, legally.

He has disponed . . . the whole estate. Sir W. Scott.

Disponee

Dis`po*nee" (?), n. (Scots Law) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

Disponer

Dis*pon"er (?), n. (Scots Law) One who legally transfers property from himself to another.

Disponge

Dis*ponge" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + sponge.] To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge. [Poetic & Rare] [Written also dispunge.]
O sovereign mistress of true melancholy, The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me. Shak.

Dispope

Dis*pope" (?), v. t. To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom.
One whom they disposed. Tennyson.

Disporous

Di*spor"ous (?), a. [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.) Having two spores.

Disport

Dis*port" (?), n. [OF. desport, deport. See Disport, v. i., and cf. Sport.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.

Disport

Dis*port", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disported; p. pr. & vb. n. Disporting.] [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See Port demeanor, and cf. Sport.] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self.
Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. Pope.
Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. Byron.

Disport

Dis*port", v. t. [OF. desporter. See Disport, v. i.]

1. To divert or amuse; to make merry.

They could disport themselves. Buckle.

2. To remove from a port; to carry away. Prynne.

Disportment

Dis*port"ment (?), n. Act of disporting; diversion; play. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Disposable

Dis*pos"a*ble (?), a. [From Dispose.] Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a disposable surplus. Burke.

Disposal

Dis*pos"al (?), n. [From Dispose.]

1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction.

The execution leave to high disposal. Milton.

3. Regulation of the fate, condition, application, etc., of anything; the transference of anything into new hands, a new place, condition, etc.; alienation, or parting; as, a disposal of property.

A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life. Tatler.

4. Power or authority to dispose of, determine the condition of, control, etc., especially in the phrase at, or in, the disposal of.

The sole and absolute disposal of him an his concerns. South.
Syn. -- Disposition; dispensation; management; conduct; government; distribution; arrangement; regulation; control.

Dispose

Dis*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disposing.] [F. disposer; pref. dis- + poser to place. See Pose.]

1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent.

Who hath disposed the whole world? Job xxxiv. 13.
All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope.
The rest themselves in troops did else dispose. Spenser.

2. To regulate; to adjust; to settle; to determine.

The knightly forms of combat to dispose. Dryden.

3. To deal out; to assign to a use; to bestow for an object or purpose; to apply; to employ; to dispose of.

Importuned him that what he designed to bestow on her funeral, he would rather dispose among the poor. Evelyn.

4. To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object.

Endure and conquer; Jove will soon dispose To future good our past and present woes. Dryden.
Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny, husbands to jealousy, and wise men to irresolution and melancholy. Bacon.
To dispose of. (a) To determine the fate of; to exercise the power of control over; to fix the condition, application, employment, etc. of; to direct or assign for a use.
Freedom to order their actions and dispose of their possessions and persons. Locke.
(b) To exercise finally one's power of control over; to pass over into the control of some one else, as by selling; to alienate; to part with; to relinquish; to get rid of; as, to dispose of a house; to dispose of one's time.
More water . . . than can be disposed of. T. Burnet.
I have disposed of her to a man of business. Tatler.
A rural judge disposed of beauty's prize. Waller.
Syn. -- To set; arrange; order; distribute; adjust; regulate; adapt; fit; incline; bestow; give.

Dispose

Dis*pose" (?), v. i. To bargain; to make terms. [Obs.]
She had disposed with C\'91sar. Shak.

Dispose

Dis*pose", n.

1. Disposal; ordering; management; power or right of control. [Obs.]

But such is the dispose of the sole Disposer of empires. Speed.

2. Cast of mind; disposition; inclination; behavior; demeanor. [Obs.]

He hath a person, and a smooth dispose To be suspected. Shak.

Disposed

Dis*posed" (?), p. a.

1. Inclined; minded.

When he was disposed to pass into Achaia. Acts xviii. 27.

2. Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disposedness

Dis*pos"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity. [R.]

Disposement

Dis*pose"ment (?), n. Disposal. [Obs.] Goodwin.

Disposer

Dis*pos"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disposes; a regulator; a director; a bestower.
Absolute lord and disposer of all things. Barrow.

Disposingly

Dis*pos"ing*ly, adv. In a manner to dispose.

Disposited

Dis*pos"it*ed (?), a. [See Disposition.] Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Disposition

Dis`po*si"tion (?), n. [F. disposition, dispositio, fr. disponere to dispose; dis- + ponere to place. See Position, and cf. Dispone.]

1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53.
The disposition of the work, to put all things in a beautiful order and harmony, that the whole may be of a piece. Dryden.

2. The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchard; the disposition of the several parts of an edifice.

3. Tendency to any action or state resulting from natural constitution; nature; quality; as, a disposition in plants to grow in a direction upward; a disposition in bodies to putrefaction.

4. Conscious inclination; propension or propensity.

How stands your disposition to be married? Shak.

5. Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind. "A man of turbulent disposition." Hallam. "He is of a very melancholy disposition." Shak.

His disposition led him to do things agreeable to his quality and condition wherein God had placed him. Strype.

6. Mood; humor.

As I perchance hereafter shall think meet To put an antic disposition on. Shak.
Syn. -- Disposal; adjustment; regulation; arrangement; distribution; order; method; adaptation; inclination; propensity; bestowment; alienation; character; temper; mood. -- Disposition, Character, Temper. Disposition is the natural humor of a person, the predominating quality of his character, the constitutional habit of his mind. Character is this disposition influenced by motive, training, and will. Temper is a quality of the fiber of character, and is displayed chiefly when the emotions, especially the passions, are aroused.

Dispositional

Dis`po*si"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to disposition.

Dispositioned

Dis`po*si"tioned (?), a. Having (such) a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well-dispositioned.

Dispositive

Dis*pos"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dispositif.]

1. Disposing; tending to regulate; decretive. [Obs.]

His dispositive wisdom and power. Bates.

2. Belonging to disposition or natural, tendency. [Obs.] "Dispositive holiness." Jer. Taylor.

Dispositively

Dis*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. In a dispositive manner; by natural or moral disposition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Do dispositively what Moses is recorded to have done literally, . . . break all the ten commandments at once. Boyle.

Dispositor

Dis*pos"it*or (?), n. [L. See Disposition.]

1. A disposer.

2. (Astrol.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Obs.] Crabb.

Dispossess

Dis`pos*sess" (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispossessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref. dis- + possess: cf. F. d\'82poss\'82der.] To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. Goldsmith.

Dispossession

Dis`pos*ses"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82possession.]

1. The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed. Bp. Hall.

2. (Law) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster.

Dispossessor

Dis`pos*sess"or (?), n. One who dispossesses. Cowley.

Dispost

Dis*post" (?), v. t. To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

Disposure

Dis*po"sure (?), n. [From Dispose.]

1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.

Give up My estate to his disposure. Massinger.

2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. [Obs.]

In a kind of warlike disposure. Sir H. Wotton.

Dispraisable

Dis*prais"a*ble (?), a. Blamable. [R.]

Dispraise

Dis*praise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d\'82priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer.
I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.

Dispraise

Dis*praise", n. [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden.
In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.

Dispraiser

Dis*prais"er (?), n. One who blames or dispraises.

Dispraisingly

Dis*praising*ly, adv. By way of dispraise.

Dispread

Dis*pread" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + spread.] To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser.

Dispread

Dis*pread", v. i. To extend or expand itself. [R.]
While tyrant Hdispreading through the sky. Thomson.

Dispreader

Dis*pread"er (?), n. One who spreads abroad.
Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton.

Disprejudice

Dis*prej"u*dice (?), v. t. To free from prejudice. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Disprepare

Dis`pre*pare" (?), v. t. To render unprepared. [Obs.] Hobbes.

Disprince

Dis*prince" (?), v. t. To make unlike a prince. [R.]
For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. Tennyson.

Disprison

Dis*pris"on (?), v. t. To let loose from prison, to set all liberty. [R.] Bulwer.

Disprivilege

Dis*priv"i*lege (?), v. t. To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.]

Disprize

Dis*prize" (?), v. t. [Cf. Dispraise.] To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).

Disprofess

Dis`pro*fess" (?), v. t. To renounce the profession or pursuit of.
His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. Spenser.

Disprofit

Dis*prof"it (?), n. Loss; damage. Foxe.

Disprofit

Dis*prof"it, v. i. & i. To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] Bale.

Disprofitable

Dis*prof"it*a*ble (?), a. Unprofitable. [Obs.]

Disproof

Dis*proof" (?), n. [Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. Disprove.] A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement.
I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.

Disproperty

Dis*prop"er*ty (?), v. t. To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] Shak.

Disproportion

Dis`pro*por"tion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.]

1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height.

2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.

Disproportion

Dis`pro*por"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproportioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disproportioning.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly.
To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. Shak.
A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. Prescott.

Disproportionable

Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble (?), a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.

Disproportional

Dis`pro*por"tion*al (?), a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding.

Disproportionality

Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.

Disproportionally

Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly, adv. In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.

Disproportionate

Dis`pro*por"tion*ate (?), a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly, adv. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness, n.

Dispropriate

Dis*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t. [L. dis- + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper.] To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.]

Disprovable

Dis*prov"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being disproved or refuted. Boyle.

Disproval

Dis*prov"al (?), n. Act of disproving; disproof. [R.]
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Disprove

Dis*prove" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disproved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disproving.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.]

1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury.

2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] Stirling.

Disprover

Dis*prov"er (?), n. One who disproves or confutes.

Disprovide

Dis`pro*vide" (?), v. t. Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.] Boyle.

Dispunct

Dis*punct" (?), a. Wanting in punctilious respect; discourteous. [Obs.]
That were dispunct to the ladies. B. Jonson.

Dispunct

Dis*punct", v. t. [See 1st Dispunge.] To expunge. [Obs.] Foxe.

Dispunge

Dis*punge" (?), v. t. [L. dispungere to prick apart, i. e., check off the debts and credits of an account; dis- + pungere to prick.] To expunge; to erase. [Obs.]

Dispunge

Dis*punge", v. t. See Disponge. [Obs.]

Dispunishable

Dis*pun"ish*a*ble (?), a. Without penal restraint; not punishable. [R.] Swift.

Dispurpose

Dis*pur"pose (?), v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

Dispurse

Dis*purse" (?), v. t. To disburse. [Obs.] Shak.

Dispurvey

Dis`pur*vey" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. d\'82pourvoir.] To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] Heywood.

Dispurveyance

Dis`pur*vey"ance (?), n. Want of provisions; [Obs.] Spenser.

Disputable

Dis`pu*ta*ble (?; 277), a. [L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i.]

1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions.

Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor.

2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs.] Shak.

Disputableness

Dis`pu*ta*ble*ness, n. State of being disputable.

Disputacity

Dis`pu*tac"i*ty (?), n. [See Dispute, v. i.] Proneness to dispute. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.

Disputant

Dis"pu*tant (?), a. [L. disputants, p. pr. of disputare: cf. F. disputant. See Dispute, v. i.] Disputing; engaged in controversy. Milton.

Disputant

Dis"pu*tant, n. One who disputes; one who argues
A singularly eager, acute, and pertinacious disputant. Macaulay.

Disputation

Dis`pu*ta"tion (?), n. [OE. desputeson, disputacion, OF. desputeison, F. disputation, fr. L. disputatio. See Dispute, v. i.]

1. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument.

2. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

Disputatious

Dis`pu*ta"tious (?), a. Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
The Christian doctrine of a future life was no recommendation of the new religion to the wits and philosophers of that disputations period. Buckminster.
-- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Dis`pu*ta"tious*ness, n.

Disputative

Dis*put"a*tive (?), a. [L. disputativus.] Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper. I. Watts.

Dispute

Dis*pute" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Disputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disputing.] [OE. desputen, disputen, OF. desputer, disputer, F. disputer, from L. disputare, disputatum; dis- + putare to clean; hence, fig., to clear up, set in order, reckon, think. See Putative, Pure.] To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
Therefore disputed [reasoned, Rev. Ver
.] he in synagogue with the Jews. Acts xvii. 17.

Dispute

Dis*pute", v. t.

1. To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.

The rest I reserve it be disputed how the magistrate is to do herein. Milton.

2. To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.

To seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance. Bancroft.

3. To strive or contend about; to contest.

To dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards. Prescott.

4. To struggle against; to resist. [Obs.]

Dispute it [grief] like a man. Shak.
Syn. -- To controvert; contest; gainsay; doubt; question; argue; debate; discuss; impugn. See Argue.

Dispute

Dis*pute", n. [Cf. F. dispute. See Dispute, v. i.]

1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.

Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. Milton.

2. Contest; struggle; quarrel. De Foe. Beyond dispute, Without dispute, indisputably; incontrovertibly. Syn. -- Altercation; controversy; argumentation; debate; discussion; quarrel; disagreement; difference; contention; wrangling. See Altercation.

Disputeless

Dis*pute"less, a. Admitting no dispute; incontrovertible. Bailey.

Disputer

Dis*put"er (?), n. One who disputes, or who is given to disputes; a controvertist.
Where is the disputer of this world? 1 Cor. i. 20.

Disputison

Dis*pu"ti*son (?), n. [See Disputation.] Dispute; discussion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Disqualification

Dis*qual`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n.

1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices.

2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor.

I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore.

Disqualify

Dis*qual"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disqualified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying.]

1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act.

My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey.

2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.

Disquantity

Dis*quan"ti*ty (?), v. t. To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] Shak.

Disquiet

Dis*qui"et (?), a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [R.] Shak.

Disquiet

Dis*qui"et, n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift.

Disquiet

Dis*qui"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting.] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Ps. xlii. 11.
As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate.

Disquietal

Dis*qui"et*al (?), n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.]
[It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More.

Disquieter

Dis*qui"et*er (?), n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber.

Disquietful

Dis*qui"et*ful (?), a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [R.] Barrow.

Disquietive

Dis*qui"et*ive (?), a. Tending to disquiet. [R.]

Disquietly

Dis*qui"et*ly, adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] Wiseman.

Disquietment

Dis*qui"et*ment (?), n. State of being disquieted; uneasiness; harassment. [R.] Hopkins.

Disquietness

Dis*qui"et*ness, n. Disturbance of quiet in body or mind; restlessness; uneasiness. Hooker.

Disquietous

Dis*qui"et*ous (?), a. Causing uneasiness. [R.]
So distasteful and disquietous to a number of men. Milton.

Disquiettude

Dis*qui"et*tude (?), n. Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety.
Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.

Disquisition

Dis`qui*si"tion (?), n. [L. disquisitio, fr. disquirere to inquire diligently, investigate; dis- + quaerere to seek. See Quest.] A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bearing upon it; elaborate essay; dissertation.
For accurate research or grave disquisition he was not well qualified. Macaulay.

Disquisitional

Dis`qui*si"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to disquisition; of the nature of disquisition.

Disquisitionary

Dis`qui*si"tion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to disquisition; disquisitional.

Disquisitive

Dis*quis"i*tive (?), a. Relating to disquisition; fond discussion or investigation; examining; inquisitive.

Disquisitorial

Dis*quis`i*to"ri*al (?), a. Disquisitory.

Disquisitory

Dis*quis"i*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to disquisition; disquisitive. Ed. Rev.

Disrange

Dis*range" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + range: cf. OF. desrengier, F. d\'82rangier. See Derange, Disrank.] To disarrange. [Obs.] Wood.

Disrank

Dis*rank" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [Cf. Derange.]

1. To degrade from rank. [Obs.]

2. To throw out of rank or into confusion. Decker.

Disrate

Dis*rate" (?), v. t. To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade. Marryat.

Disray

Dis*ray" (?), variant of Disarray. [Obs.] Holland.

Disrealize

Dis*re"al*ize (?), v. t. To divest of reality; to make uncertain. [Obs.] Udall.

Disregard

Dis`re*gard" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disregarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Disregarding.] Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.
Studious of good, man disregarded fame. Blackmore.

Disregard

Dis`re*gard", n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
The disregard of experience. Whewell.

Disregarder

Dis`re*gard"er (?), n. One who disregards.

Disregardful

Dis`re*gard"ful (?), a. Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.

Disregardfully

Dis`re*gard"ful*ly, adv. Negligently; heedlessly.

Disrelish

Dis*rel"ish (?; see Dis-), n.

1. Want of relish; dislike (of the palate or of the mind); distaste; a slight degree of disgust; as, a disrelish for some kinds of food.

Men love to hear of their power, but have an extreme disrelish to be told of their duty. Burke.

2. Absence of relishing or palatable quality; bad taste; nauseousness. Milton.

Disrelish

Dis*rel"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrelished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disrelishing.]

1. Not to relish; to regard as unpalatable or offensive; to feel a degree of disgust at. Pope.

2. To deprive of relish; to make nauseous or disgusting in a slight degree. Milton.

Disremember

Dis`re*mem"ber (?), v. t. To fail to remember; to forget. [Obs. or Archaic]

Disrepair

Dis`re*pair" (?), n. A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair.
The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. Sir W. Scott.

Disreputability

Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being disreputable. [R.]

Disreputable

Dis*rep"u*ta*ble (?), a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane.
Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? Bp. Watson.
Syn. -- Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful.

Disreputably

Dis*rep"u*ta*bly, adv. In a disreputable manner.

Disreputation

Dis*rep`u*ta"tion (?), n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. "A disreputation of piety." Jer. Taylor.

Disrepute

Dis`re*pute" (?), n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace.

Disrepute

Dis`re*pute", v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.]
More inclined to love them tan to disrepute them. Jer. Taylor.

Disrespect

Dis`re*spect" (?), n. Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
Impatience of bearing the least affront or disrespect. Pope.

Disrespect

Dis`re*spect", v. t. To show disrespect to.
We have disrespected and slighted God. Comber.

Disrespectability

Dis`re*spect`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Want of respectability. Thackeray.

Disrespectable

Dis`re*spect"a*ble (?), a. Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.

Disrespecter

Dis`re*spect"er (?), n. One who disrespects.

Disrespectful

Dis`re*spect"ful (?), a. Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.

Disrespective

Dis`re*spect"ive (?), a. Showing want of respect; disrespectful. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Disreverence

Dis*rev"er*ence (?), v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Disrobe

Dis*robe" (?; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disrobed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.
Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton.

Disrober

Dis*rob"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disrobes.

Disroof

Dis*roof" (?), v. t. To unroof. [R.] Carlyle.

Disroot

Dis*root" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrooting.] To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot.
A piece of ground disrooted from its situation by subterraneous inundations. Goldsmith.

Disrout

Dis*rout" (?), v. i. [Cf. OF. desrouter, F. d\'82router.] To put to rout. Taylor (1630).

Disrudder

Dis*rud"der (?), v. t. To deprive of the rudder, as a ship.

Disrulily

Dis*ru"li*ly (?), adv. In a disorderly manner. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Disruly

Dis*ru"ly (?), a. Unruly; disorderly. [Obs.]

Disrupt

Dis*rupt" (?), a. [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See Rupture.] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted.

Disrupt

Dis*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrupting.] To break asunder; to rend. Thomson.

Disruption

Dis*rup"tion (?), n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state.

Disruptive

Dis*rupt"ive (?), a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. Nichol.

Disrupture

Dis*rup"ture (?), n. Disruption. [R.] Jefferson.

Dissatisfaction

Dis*sat`is*fac"tion (?), n. The state of being dissatisfied, unsatisfied, or discontented; uneasiness proceeding from the want of gratification, or from disappointed wishes and expectations.
The ambitious man has little happiness, but is subject to much uneasiness and dissatisfaction. Addison.
Syn. -- Discontent; discontentment; displeasure; disapprobation; distaste; dislike.

Dissatisfactory

Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ry (?), a. Causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing.
To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States, as difficult for the Convention. A. Hamilton.
-- Dis*sat`is*fac"to*ri*ness (#), n.

Dissatisfy

Dis*sat"is*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissatisfied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissatisfying.] To render unsatisfied or discontented; to excite uneasiness in by frustrating wishes or expectations; to displease by the want of something requisite; as, to be dissatisfied with one's fortune.
The dissatisfied factions of the autocracy. Bancroft.

Disseat

Dis*seat" (?), v. t. To unseat. [R.] Shak.

Dissect

Dis*sect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.]

1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.


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2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.

This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury.

Dissected

Dis*sect"ed (?), a.

1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

2. (Bot.) Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.

Dissectible

Dis*sect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being dissected, or separated by dissection. Paley.

Dissecting

Dis*sect"ing, a.

1. Dividing or separating the parts of an animal or vegetable body; as, a dissecting aneurism, one which makes its way between or within the coats of an artery.

2. Of or pertaining to, or received during, a dissection; as, a dissecting wound.

3. Used for or in dissecting; as, a dissecting knife; a dissecting microscope.

Dissection

Dis*sec"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dissection.]

1. The act of dissecting an animal or plant; as, dissection of the human body was held sacrilege till the time of Francis I.

2. Fig.: The act of separating or dividing for the purpose of critical examination.

3. Anything dissected; especially, some part, or the whole, of an animal or plant dissected so as to exhibit the structure; an anatomical so prepared. Dissection wound, a poisoned wound incurred during the dissection of a dead body.

Dissector

Dis*sect"or (?), n. [Cf. F. dissecteur.] One who dissects; an anatomist.

Disseize

Dis*seize" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disseized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disseizing.] [Pref. dis- + seize: cf. F. dessaisir.] (Law) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold.
[Written also disseise.]
Which savage beasts strive as eagerly to keep and hold those golden mines, as the Arimaspians to disseize them thereof. Holland.

Disseizee

Dis`sei*zee" (?), n. (Law) A person disseized, or put out of possession of an estate unlawfully; -- correlative to disseizor. [Written also disseisee.]

Disseizin

Dis*sei"zin (?), n. [OF. dessaisine.] (Law) The act of disseizing; an unlawful dispossessing and ouster of a person actually seized of the freehold. [Written also disseisin.] Blackstone.

Disseizor

Dis*sei"zor (?), n. (Law) One who wrongfully disseizes, or puts another out of possession of a freehold. [Written also disseisor.] Blackstone.

Disseizoress

Dis*sei"zor*ess, n. (Law) A woman disseizes.

Disseizure

Dis*sei"zure (?; 135), n. Disseizin. Speed.

Dissemblance

Dis*sem"blance (?), n. [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.

Dissemblance

Dis*sem"blance, n. [Dissemble + -ance.] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]

Dissemble

Dis*sem"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissembling (?).] [OF. dissembler to be dissimilar; pref. dis- (L. dis-) + F. sembler to seem, L. simulare to simulate; cf. L. dissimulare to dissemble. See Simulate, and cf. Dissimulate.]

1. To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.

Dissemble all your griefs and discontents. Shak.
Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But -- why did you kick me down stairs? J. P. Kemble.

2. To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

He soon dissembled a sleep. Tatler.
Syn. -- To conceal; disguise; cloak; cover; equivocate. See Conceal.

Dissemble

Dis*sem"ble, v. i. To conceal the real fact, motives,
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips. Prov. xxvi. 24.
He [an enemy] dissembles when he assumes an air of friendship. C. J. Smith.

Dissembler

Dis*sem"bler (?), n. One who dissembles; one who conceals his opinions or dispositions under a false appearance; a hypocrite.
It is the weakest sort of politicians that are the greatest dissemblers. Bacon.
Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here. Pope.
Syn. -- Dissembler, Hypocrite. A person is called a dissembler with reference to his concealment of his real character, and a hypocrite with reference to his assumption of a false character. But hypocrite is the stronger word, being commonly used to characterize a person who is habitually insincere and false, especially one who makes professions of goodness when his aims are selfish and his life corrupt.

Dissembling

Dis*sem"bling (?), a. That dissembles; hypocritical; false. -- Dis*sem"bling*ly, adv.

Disseminate

Dis*sem"i*nate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]

1. To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation.

2. To spread or extend by dispersion.

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.
Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter.

Disseminated

Dis*sem"i*na`ted (?), p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Dissemination

Dis*sem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F. diss\'82mination.] The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
The universal dissemination of those writings. Wayland.

Disseminative

Dis*sem"i*na*tive (?), a. Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious and disseminative. Jer. Taylor.

Disseminator

Dis*sem"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease.

Dissension

Dis*sen"sion (?), n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See Dissent.] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. Acts xv. 2.
Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. Dryden.
A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dissensious

Dis*sen"sious (?), a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] Ascham. -- Dis*sen"sious*ly, adv. Chapman.

Dissent

Dis*sent" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dissented; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissenting.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See Sense.]

1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.

The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. Hallam.
Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. Addison.

2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.

3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. Hooker.

Dissent

Dis*sent", n.

1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.

The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. Hallam.

2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.

It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. Burke.

3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.]

The dissent of the metals. Bacon.
Syn. -- Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity.

Dissentaneous

Dis`sen*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. dissentaneus.] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to consentaneous. [R.] Barrow.

Dissentany

Dis"sen*ta*ny (?), a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] Milton.

Dissentation

Dis`sen*ta"tion (?), n. Dissension. [Obs.] W. Browne.

Dissenter

Dis*sent"er (?), n.

1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement.

2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist.

Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. Burke.
Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. Shipley.
&hand; "The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class." Brande & C.

Dissenterism

Dis*sent"er*ism (?), n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. Ed. Rev.

Dissentiate

Dis*sen"ti*ate (?), v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. [R.] Feltham.

Dissentient

Dis*sen"tient (?), a. [L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See Dissent, v. i.] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- n. One who dissents. Macaulay.

Dissentious

Dis*sen"tious (?), a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv.

Dissentive

Dis*sent"ive (?), a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] Feltham.

Dissepiment

Dis*sep"i*ment (?), n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.]

1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.

2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells.

3. (Zo\'94l.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.

Dissert

Dis*sert" (?), v. i. [L. dissertus, p. p. of disserere; dis- + serere to join, connect: cf. F. disserter. See Series.] To discourse or dispute; to discuss. [R.]
We have disserted upon it a little longer than was necessary. Jeffrey.

Dissertate

Dis"ser*tate (?), v. i. [L. dissertatus, p. p. of dissertare to discuss, intents, fr. disserere. See Dissert.] To deal in dissertation; to write dissertations; to discourse. [R.] J. Foster.

Dissertation

Dis`ser*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dissertatio: cf. F. dissertation.] A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations on the Prophecies.

Dissertational

Dis`ser*ta"tion*al (?), a. Relating to dissertations; resembling a dissertation.

Dissertationist

Dis`ser*ta"tion*ist, n. A writer of dissertations.

Dissertator

Dis"ser*ta`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. dissertateur.] One who writers a dissertation; one who discourses. Boyle.

Dissertly

Dis*sert"ly (?), adv. See Disertly. [Obs.]

Disserve

Dis*serve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Di (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disserving.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.
Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. Jer. Taylor.

Disservice

Dis*serv"ice (?), n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief.
We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. Sir T. Browne.

Disserviceable

Dis*serv"ice*a*ble (?), a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.

Dissettle

Dis*set"tle (?), v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.]

Dissettlement

Dis*set"tle*ment (?), n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.

Dissever

Dis*sev"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissevered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissevering.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See Dis-, and Sever.] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.
The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. Sir P. Sidney.
States disserved, discordant, belligerent. D. Webster.

Dissever

Dis*sev"er, v. i. To part; to separate. Chaucer.

Disseverance

Dis*sev"er*ance (?), n. [OF. dessevrance.] The act of disserving; separation.

Disseveration

Dis*sev`er*a"tion (?), n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.]

Disseverment

Dis*sev"er*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. dessevrement.] Disseverance. Sir W. Scott.

Disshadow

Dis*shad"ow (?), v. t. To free from shadow or shade. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

Dissheathe

Dis*sheathe" (?), v. i. To become unsheathed. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Disship

Dis*ship" (?), v. t. To dismiss from service on board ship. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

Disshiver

Dis*shiv"er (?), v. t. & i. To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.]

Dissidence

Dis"si*dence (?), n. [L. dissidentia: cf. F. dissidence. See Dissident, a.] Disagreement; dissent; separation from the established religion. I. Taylor.
It is the dissidence of dissent. Burke.

Dissident

Dis"si*dent (?), a. [L. dissidens, -entis, p. pr. of dissidere to sit apart, to disagree; dis- + sedere to sit: cf. F. dissident. See Sit.] No agreeing; dissenting; discordant; different.
Our life and manners be dissident from theirs. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dissident

Dis"si*dent, n. (Eccl.) One who disagrees or dissents; one who separates from the established religion.
The dissident, habituated and taught to think of his dissidencI. Taylor.

Dissidently

Dis"si*dent*ly, adv. In a dissident manner.

Dissilience; 106, Dissiliency

Dis*sil"i*ence (?; 106), Dis*sil"i*en*cy (?), n. The act of leaping or starting asunder. Johnson.

Dissilient

Dis*sil"i*ent (?), a. [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.] Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.

Dissilition

Dis`si*li"tion (?), n. The act of bursting or springing apart. [R.] Boyle.

Dissimilar

Dis*sim"i*lar (?), a. [Pref. dis- + similar: cf. F. dissimilaire.] Not similar; unlike; heterogeneous; as, the tempers of men are as dissimilar as their features.
This part very dissimilar to any other. Boyle.

Dissimilarity

Dis*sim`i*lar"i*ty (?), n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms. Sir W. Jones.

Dissimilarly

Dis*sim"i*lar*ly (?), adv. In a dissimilar manner; in a varied style.
With verdant shrubs dissimilarly gay. C. Smart.

Dissimilate

Dis*sim"i*late (?), v. t. To render dissimilar.

Dissimilation

Dis*sim`i*la"tion (?), n. The act of making dissimilar. H. Sweet.

Dissimile

Dis*sim"i*le (?), n. [L. dissimile, neut. dissimilis unlike.] (Rhet.) Comparison or illustration by contraries.

Dissimilitude

Dis`si*mil"i*tude (?), n. [L. dissimilitudo, fr. dissimilis: cf. F. dissimilitude.]

1. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.

Dissimilitude between the Divinity and images. Stillingfleet.

2. (Rhet.) A comparison by contrast; a dissimile.

Dissimulate

Dis*sim"u*late (?), a. [L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See Dissemble.] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [Obs.] Henryson.

Dissimulate

Dis*sim"u*late (?), v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Dissimulation

Dis*sim`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9.
Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon.
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler.

Dissimulator

Dis*sim"u*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who dissimulates; a dissembler.

Dissimule

Dis*sim"ule (?), v. t. & i. [F. dissimuler. See Dissimulate.] To dissemble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dissimuler

Dis*sim"u*ler (?), n. A dissembler. [Obs.]

Dissimulour

Dis*sim"u*lour (?), n. [OF. dissimuleur.] A dissembler. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dissipable

Dis"si*pa*ble (?), a. [L. dissipabilis.] Capable of being scattered or dissipated. [R.]
The heat of those plants is very dissipable. Bacon.

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Dissipate

Dis"si*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissipated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissipating.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.]

1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

Dissipated those foggy mists of error. Selden.
I soon dissipated his fears. Cook.
The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. Hazlitt.

2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander.

The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. Bp. Burnet.
Syn. -- To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.

Dissipate

Dis"si*pate, v. i.

1. To separate into parts and disappear; to waste away; to scatter; to disperse; to vanish; as, a fog or cloud gradually dissipates before the rays or heat of the sun; the heat of a body dissipates.

2. To be extravagant, wasteful, or dissolute in the pursuit of pleasure; to engage in dissipation.

Dissipated

Dis"si*pa`ted (?), a.

1. Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." Johnson.

2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate.

A life irregular and dissipated. Johnson.

Dissipation

Dis`si*pa"tion (?), n. [L. dissipatio: cf. F. dissipation.]

1. The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

Without loss or dissipation of the matter. Bacon.
The famous dissipation of mankind. Sir M. Hale.

2. A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.

To reclaim the spendthrift from his dissipation and extravagance. P. Henry.

3. A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.

Prevented from finishing them [the letters] a thousand avocations and dissipations. Swift.
Dissipation of energy. Same as Degradation of energy, under Degradation.

Dissipative

Dis"si*pa*tive (?), a. Tending to dissipate. Dissipative system (Mech.), an assumed system of matter and motions in which forces of friction and resistances of other kinds are introduced without regard to the heat or other molecular actions which they generate; -- opposed to conservative system.

Dissipativity

Dis`si*pa*tiv"i*ty (?), n. The rate at which palpable energy is dissipated away into other forms of energy.

Dissite

Dis"site (?), a. [L. dissitus.] Lying apart. [Obs.]
Lands far dissite and remote asunder. Holland.

Disslander

Dis*slan"der (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander.] To slander. [Obs.] Legend of Dido.

Disslander

Dis*slan"der, n. Slander. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Disslanderous

Dis*slan"der*ous (?), a. Slanderous. [Obs.]

Dissociability

Dis*so`cia*bil"i*ty (?), n. Want of sociability; unsociableness. Bp. Warburton.

Dissociable

Dis*so"cia*ble (?), a. [L. dissociabilis, fr. issociare: cf. F. dissociable. See Dissociate.]

1. Not

They came in two and two, though matched in the most dissociable manner. Spectator.

2. Having a tendency to dissolve social connections; unsuitable to society; unsociable.

Dissocial

Dis*so"cial (?), a. [Pref. dis- + social: cf. L. dissocialis. See Dissociate, v. t.] Unfriendly to society; contracted; selfish; as, dissocial feelings.

Dissocialize

Dis*so"cial*ize (?), v. t. To render unsocial.

Dissociate

Dis*so"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissociated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissociating.] [L. dissociatus, p. p. of dissociare to dissociate; dis- + sociare to unite, associate, socius companion. See Social.] To separate from fellowship or union; to disunite; to disjoin; as, to dissociate the particles of a concrete substance.
Before Wyclif's death in 1384, John of Gaunt had openly dissociated himself from the reformer. A. W. Ward.

Dissociation

Dis*so`ci*a"tion (?; 106), n. [L. dissociatio: cf. F. dissociation.]

1. The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

It will add infinitely dissociation, distraction, and confusion of these confederate republics. Burke.

2. (Chem.) The process by which a compound body breaks up into simpler constituents; -- said particularly of the action of heat on gaseous or volatile substances; as, the dissociation of the sulphur molecules; the dissociation of ammonium chloride into hydrochloric acid and ammonia.

Dissociative

Dis*so"ci*a*tive (?), a. Tending or leading to dissociation.

Dissolubility

Dis`so*lu*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissoluble; capacity of being dissolved by heat or moisture, and converted into a fluid.

Dissoluble

Dis"so*lu*ble (?), a. [L. dissolubilis: cf. F. dissoluble. See Dissolve, and cf. Dissolvable.]

1. Capable of being dissolved; having its parts separable by heat or moisture; convertible into a fluid. Woodward.

2. Capable of being disunited.

Dissolubleness

Dis"so*lu*ble*ness, n. The quality of being dissoluble; dissolubility. Boyle.

Dissolute

Dis"so*lute (?), a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.]

1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley. Syn. -- Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd;

Dissolutely

Dis"so*lute*ly (?), adv. In a dissolute manner.

Dissoluteness

Dis"so*lute*ness, n. State or quality of being dissolute; looseness of morals and manners; addictedness to sinful pleasures; debauchery; dissipation.
Chivalry had the vices of dissoluteness. Bancroft.

Dissolution

Dis`so*lu"tion (?), n. [OE. dissolucioun dissoluteness, F. dissolution, fr. L. dissolutio, fr. dissolvere. See Dissolve.]

1. The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

Dissolutions of ancient amities. Shak.

2. Change from a solid to a fluid state; solution by heat or moisture; liquefaction; melting.

3. Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.

The dissolution of the compound. South.

4. The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.

Dissolution is the civil death of Parliament. Blackstone.

5. The extinction of life in the human body; separation of the soul from the body; death.

We expected Immediate dissolution. Milton.

6. The state of being dissolved, or of undergoing liquefaction.

A man of continual dissolution and thaw. Shak.

7. The new product formed by dissolving a body; a solution. Bacon.

8. Destruction of anything by the separation of its parts; ruin.

To make a present dissolution of the world. Hooker.

9. Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness. [Obs. or R.] Atterbury.

Dissolvability

Dis*solv`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capacity of being dissolved; solubility. Richardson.

Dissolvable

Dis*solv"a*ble (?), a. [From Dissolve, cf. Dissoluble.] Capable of being dissolved, or separated into component parts; capable of being liquefied; soluble. -- Dis*solv"a*ble*ness, n.
Though everything which is compacted be in its own nature dissolvable. Cudworth.
Such things as are not dissolvable by the moisture of the tongue. Sir I. Newton.

Dissolvative

Dis*solv"a*tive (?), n. Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. [Obs.] Frampton.

Dissolve

Dis*solve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissolving.] [L. dissolvere, dissolutum; dis- + solvere to loose, free. See Solve, and cf. Dissolute.]

1. To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament.

Lest his ungoverned rage dissolve the life. Shak.

2. To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.

Nothing can dissolve us. Shak.
Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder. Fairfax.
For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another. The Declaration of Independence.

3. To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften.

As if the world were all dissolved to tears. Shak.

4. To solve; to clear up; to resolve. "Dissolved the mystery." Tennyson.

Make interpretations and dissolve doubts. Dan. v. 16.

5. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.

Angels dissolved in hallelujahs lie. Dryden.

6. (Law) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release; as, to dissolve an injunction. Syn. -- See Adjourn.

Dissolve

Dis*solve", v. i.

1. To waste away; to be dissipated; to be decomposed or broken up.

2. To become fluid; to be melted; to be liquefied.

A figure Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat Dissolves to water, and doth lose his form. Shak.

3. To fade away; to fall to nothing; to lose power.

The charm dissolves apace. Shak.

Dissolvent

Dis*solv"ent (?), a. [L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.] Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.

Dissolvent

Dis*solv"ent, n.

1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.

Melted in the crucible dissolvents. A. Smith.
The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce. Mothley.

2. (Med.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.

Dissolver

Dis*solv"er (?), n. One who, or that which, has power to dissolve or dissipate.
Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care. Otway.

Dissolving

Dis*solv"ing, a. Melting; breaking up; vanishing. -- Dis*solv"ing*ly, adv. Dissolving view, a picture which grows dim and is gradually replaced by another on the same field; -- an effect produced by magic lanterns.

Dissonance

Dis"so*nance (?), n. [L. dissonantia: cf. F. dissonance.]

1. A mingling of discordant sounds; an inharmonious combination of sounds; discord.

Filled the air with barbarous dissonance. Milton.

2. Want of agreement; incongruity. Milton.

Dissonancy

Dis"so*nan*cy (?), n. Discord; dissonance.

Dissonant

Dis"so*nant (?), a. [L. dissonans, -antis, p. pr. of dissonare to disagree in sound, be discordant; dis- + sonare to sound: cf. F. dissonant. See Sonant.]

1. Sounding harshly; discordant; unharmonious.

With clamor of voices dissonant and loud. Longfellow.

2. Disagreeing; incongruous; discrepfrom or to. "Anything dissonant to truth." South.

What can be dissonant from reason and nature than that a man, naturally inclined to clemency, should show himself unkind and inhuman? Hakewill.

Disspirit

Dis*spir"it (?), v. t. See Dispirit.

Dissuade

Dis*suade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]

1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent]

Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton.

2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.

I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay.

Dissuader

Dis*suad"er (?), n. One who dissuades; a dehorter.

Dissuasion

Dis*sua"sion (?), n. [L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See Dissuade.]

1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.

In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. Boyle.

2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.

Dissuasive

Dis*sua"sive (?), a. Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. -- n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. -- Dis*sua"sive*ly, adv.

Dissuasory

Dis*sua"so*ry (?), n. A dissuasive. [R.]
This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories. Jeffrey.

Dissunder

Dis*sun"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dissundering.] [Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] Chapman.

Dissweeten

Dis*sweet"en (?), v. t. To deprive of sweetness. [R.] Bp. Richardson.

Dissyllabic

Dis`syl*lab"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. dissyllabique. See Dissylable.] Consisting of two syllabas, a dissyllabic foot in poetry. B. Jons

Dissyllabification

Dis`syl*lab`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. A formi

Dissyllabify

Dis`syl*lab"i*fy (?), v. t. [Dissyllable + -fly.] To form into two syllables. Ogilvie.

Dissyllabize

Dis*syl"la*bize (?), v. t. To form into two syllables; to dyssyllabify.

Dissyllable

Dis*syl"la*ble (?; 277), n. [F. dissyllabe, L. disyllabus, adj., of two syllables, fr. Gr. Syllable.] A word of two syllables; as, pa-per.

Dissymmetrical

Dis`sym*met"ric*al (?), a. Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.

Dissymmetry

Dis*sym"me*try (?), n. [Pref. dis- + symmetry.] Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry.

Dissympathy

Dis*sym"pa*thy (?), n. Lack of sympathy; want of interest; indifference. [R.]

Distad

Dis"tad (?), adv. [Distal + L. ad toward.] (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally.

Distaff

Dis"taff (?), n.; pl. Distaffs (#), rarely Distaves (#). [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See Staff.]

1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.

I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. Fairfax.

2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.

His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. Dryden.
Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. Howell.
&hand; The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. Descent by distaff, descent on the mother's side. -- Distaff Day, ∨ Distaff's Day, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also Rock Day, a distaff being called a rock. Shipley.

Distain

Dis*tain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.] [OE. desteinen, OF. desteindre to take away the color, F. d\'82teindre; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. teindre to tinge, dye, L. tingere. See Tinge, and cf. Stain.] To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. "Distained with dirt and blood." Spenser.
[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. Spenser.
The worthiness of praise distains his worth. Shak.

Distal

Dis"tal (?), a. [From Distant.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to proximal. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone.

Distally

Dis"tal*ly, adv. (Anat.) Toward a distal part.

Distance

Dis"tance (?), n. [F. distance, L. distantia.]

1. The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.

Every particle attracts every other with a force . . . inversely proportioned to the square of the distance. Sir I. Newton.

2. Remoteness of place; a remote place.

Easily managed from a distance. W. Irving.
'T is distance lends enchantment to the view. T. Campbell.
[He] waits at distance till he hears from Cato. Addison.

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3. (Racing) A space marked out in the last part of a race course.

The horse that ran the whole field out of distance. L'Estrange.
&hand; In trotting matches under the rules of the American Association, the distance varies with the conditions of the race, being 80 yards in races of mile heaths, best two in three, and 150 yards in races of two-mile heats. At that distance from the winning post in placed the distance post. If any horse has not reached this distance post before the first horse in that heat has reached the winning post, such horse is distanced, and disqualified for cunning again during that race.

4. (Mil.) Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left. "Distance between companies in close column is twelve yards." Farrow.

5. Space between two antagonists in fencing. Shak.

6. (Painting) The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape. &hand; In a picture, the Middle distance is the central portion between the foreground and the distance or the extreme distance. In a perspective drawing, the Point of distance is the point where the visual rays meet.

7. Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety. Locke.

8. Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.

Ten years' distance between one and the other. Prior.
The writings of Euclid at the distance of two thousand years. Playfair.

9. The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.

I hope your modesty Will know what distance to the crown is due. Dryden.
'T is by respect and distance that authority is upheld. Atterbury.

10. A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.

Setting them [factions] at distance, or at least distrust amongst themselves. Bacon.
On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.

11. Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.

12. (Mus.) The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh. Angular distance, the distance made at the eye by lines drawn from the eye to two objects. -- Lunar distance. See under Lunar. -- North polar distance (Astron.), the distance on the heavens of a heavenly body from the north pole. It is the complement of the declination. -- Zenith distance (Astron.), the arc on the heavens from a heavenly body to the zenith of the observer. It is the complement of the altitude. -- To keep one's distance, to stand aloof; to refrain from familiarity.

If a man makes keep my distance, the comfort is he keeps his at the same time. Swift.

Distance

Dis"tance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distancing (?).]

1. To place at a distance or remotely.

I heard nothing thereof at Oxford, being then miles distanced thence. Fuller.

2. To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.

His peculiar art of distancing an object to aggrandize his space. H. Miller.

3. To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.

He distanced the most skillful of his contemporaries. Milner.

Distancy

Dis"tan*cy (?), n. Distance. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Distant

Dis"tant (?), a. [F., fr. L. distans, -antis, p. pr. of distare to stand apart, be separate or distant; dis- + stare to stand. See Stand.]

1. Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

One board had two tenons, equally distant. Ex. xxxvi. 22.
Diana's temple is not distant far. Shak.

2. Far separated; far off; not near; remote; -- in place, time, consanguinity, or connection; as, distant times; distant relatives.

The success of these distant enterprises. Prescott.

3. Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner.

He passed me with a distant bow. Goldsmith.

4. Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.

Some distant knowledge. Shak.
A distant glimpse. W. Irving.

5. Not conformable; discrepant; repugnant; as, a practice so widely distant from Christianity. Syn. -- Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.

Distantial

Dis*tan"tial (?), a. Distant. [Obs.]
More distantial from the eye. W. Montagu.

Distantly

Dis"tant*ly (?), adv. At a distance; remotely; with reserve.

Distaste

Dis*taste" (?), n.

1. Aversion of the taste; dislike, as of food or drink; disrelish. Bacon.

2. Discomfort; uneasiness.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon.

3. Alienation of affection; displeasure; anger.

On the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste. Milton.
Syn. -- Disrelish; disinclination; dislike; aversion; displeasure; dissatisfaction; disgust.

Distaste

Dis*taste", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distasting.]

1. Not to have relish or taste for; to disrelish; to loathe; to dislike.

Although my will distaste what it elected. Shak.

2. To offend; to disgust; to displease. [Obs.]

He thought in no policy to distaste the English or Irish by a course of reformation, but sought to please them. Sir J. Davies.

3. To deprive of taste or relish; to make unsavory or distasteful. Drayton.

Distaste

Dis*taste" (?), v. i. To be distasteful; to taste ill or disagreeable. [Obs.]
Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons, Which at the are scarce found to distaste. Shak.

Distasteful

Dis*taste"ful (?), a.

1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome.

2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth.

Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton.

3. Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive. "Distasteful looks." Shak. Syn. -- Nauseous; unsavory; unpalatable; offensive; displeasing; dissatisfactory; disgusting. - Dis*taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*taste"ful*ness, n.

Distasteive

Dis*taste"ive (?), a. Tending to excite distaste. [Obs.] -- n. That which excites distaste or aversion. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Distasture

Dis*tas"ture (?; 135), n. Something which excites distaste or disgust. [Obs.] Speed.

Distemper

Dis*tem"per (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distempered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distempering.] [OF. destemprer, destremper, to distemper, F. d\'82tremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf. Destemprer.]

1. To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. [Obs.]

When . . . the humors in his body ben distempered. Chaucer.

2. To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease. Shak.

The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties. Buckminster.

3. To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant. "Distempered spirits." Coleridge.

4. To intoxicate. [R.]

The courtiers reeling, And the duke himself, I dare not say distempered, But kind, and in his tottering chair carousing. Massinger.

5. (Paint.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size. [R.]

Distemper

Dis*tem"per, n. [See Distemper, v. t., and cf. Destemprer.]

1. An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts. Bacon. &hand; This meaning and most of the following are to be referred to the Galenical doctrine of the four "humors" in man. See Humor. According to the old physicians, these humors, when unduly tempered, produce a disordered state of body and mind.

2. Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold. [Obs.]

Those countries . . . under the tropic, were of a distemper uninhabitable. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle.

They heighten distempers to diseases. Suckling.

4. Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor. [Obs.]

Little faults proceeding on distemper. Shak.
Some frenzy distemper had got into his head. Bunyan.

5. Political disorder; tumult. Waller.

6. (Paint.) (a) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms. (b) A painting done with this preparation. Syn. -- Disease; disorder; sickness; illness; malady; indisposition; ailment. See Disease.

Distemperance

Dis*tem"per*ance (?), n. Distemperature. [Obs.]

Distemperate

Dis*tem"per*ate (?), a. [LL. distemperatus, p. p.]

1. Immoderate. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Diseased; disordered. [Obs.] Wodroephe.

Distemperately

Dis*tem"per*ate*ly, adv. Unduly. [Obs.]

Distemperature

Dis*tem"per*a*ture (?; 135), n.

1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. [Obs.]

2. Disorder; confusion. Shak.

3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.

A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.

4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.

Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.

Distemperment

Dis*tem"per*ment (?), n. Distempered state; distemperature. [Obs.] Feltham.

Distend

Dis*tend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distended; p. pr. & vb. n. Distending.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, d\'82tendre to unbend. See Tend, and cf. Detent.]

1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.]

But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased? Milton.

2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc.

The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.
Syn. -- To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.

Distend

Dis*tend", v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride." Milton.

Distensibility

Dis*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or capacity of being distensible. [R.]

Distensible

Dis*ten"si*ble (?), a. Capable of being distended or dilated.

Distension

Dis*ten"sion (?), n. Same as Distention.

Distensive

Dis*ten"sive (?), a. Distending, or capable of being distended.

Distent

Dis*tent" (?), a. [L. distentus, p. p. See Distend.] Distended. [Poetic] Thomson.

Distent

Dis*tent", n. Breadth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Distention

Dis*ten"tion (?), n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]

1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Dister

Dis*ter" (?), v. t. [L. dis- + terra earth, country; cf. Sp. & Pg. desterrar.] To banish or drive from a country. [Obs.] Howell.

Disterminate

Dis*ter"mi*nate (?), a. [L. disterminatus, p. p. of disterminare to limit. See Terminate.] Separated by bounds. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Distermination

Dis*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. disterminatio.] Separation by bounds. [Obs.] Hammond.

Disthene

Dis"thene (?), n. [Gr. disth\'8ane.] (Min.) Cyanite or kyanite; -- so called in allusion to its unequal hardness in two different directions. See Cyanite.

Disthrone

Dis*throne" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. d\'82troner.] To dethrone. [Obs.]

Disthronize

Dis*thron"ize (?), v. t. To dethrone. [Obs.] Spenser.

Distich

Dis"tich (?), n. [L. distichon, Gr. st\'c6gan to ascend: cf. F. distique. See Stirrup.] (Pros.) A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

Distich, Distichous

Dis"tich (?), Dis"tich*ous (?), a. [Gr. Distich, n.] Disposed in two vertical rows; two-ranked.

Distichously

Dis"tich*ous*ly, adv. In a distichous manner.

Distil

Dis*til" (?), v. t. & i. See Distill.

Distill

Dis*till" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Distilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distilling.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. Still, n. & v., Instill.] [Written also distil.]

1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.

Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. Pope.

2. To flow gently, or in a small stream.

The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. To practice the art of distillation. Shak.

Distill

Dis*till", v. t.

1. To let fall or send down in drops.

Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain. Pope.
The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled. Drayton.

2. To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. "Distilling odors on me." Tennyson.

3. To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc.

4. To dissolve or melt. [R.]

Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled. Addison.

Distillable

Dis*till"a*ble (?), a. (Chem.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.

Distillate

Dis*till"ate (?), n. (Chem.) The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.

Distillation

Dis`til*la"tion (?), n. [F. distillation, L. destillatio.]

1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.

2. That which falls in drops. [R.] Johnson

3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam. &hand; The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation.

4. The substance extracted by distilling. Shak. Destructive distillation (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. -- Dry distillation, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. -- Fractional distillation. (Chem.) See under Fractional.

Distillatory

Dis*til"la*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. distillatoire.] Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n. A distillatory apparatus; a still.

Distiller

Dis*till"er (?), n.

1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.

2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.

Distillery

Dis*till"er*y (?), n.; pl. Distilleries (#). [F. distillerie.]

1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.

2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.] Todd.

Distillment

Dis*till"ment (?), n. Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.] Shak.

Distinct

Dis*tinct" (?), a. [L. distinctus, p. p. of distinguere: cf. F. distinct. See Distinguish.]

1. Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified. [Obs.]

Wherever thus created -- for no place Is yet distinct by name. Milton.

2. Marked; variegated. [Obs.]

The which [place] was dight With divers flowers distinct with rare delight. Spenser.

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3. Separate in place; not conjunct; not united by growth or otherwise; -- with from.

The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct. Clarendon.

4. Not identical; different; individual.

To offend, and judge, are distinct offices. Shak.

5. So separated as not to be confounded with any other thing; not liable to be misunderstood; not confused; well-defined; clear; as, we have a distinct or indistinct view of a prospect.

Relation more particular and distinct. Milton.
Syn. -- Separate; unconnected; disjoined; different; clear; plain; conspicuous; obvious.

Distinct

Dis*tinct" (?), v. t. To distinguish. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Distinction

Dis*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. distinctio: cf. F. distinction.]

1. A marking off by visible signs; separation into parts; division. [Obs.]

The distinction of tragedy into acts was not known. Dryden.

2. The act of distinguishing or denoting the differences between objects, or the qualities by which one is known from others; exercise of discernment; discrimination.

To take away therefore that error, which confusion breedeth, distinction is requisite. Hooker.

3. That which distinguishes one thing from another; distinguishing quality; sharply defined difference; as, the distinction between real and apparent good.

The distinction betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior parts of matter. Locke.

4. Estimation of difference; regard to differences or distinguishing circumstance.

Maids, women, wives, without distinction, fall. Dryden.

5. Conspicuous station; eminence; superiority; honorable estimation; as, a man of distinction.

Your country's own means of distinction and defense. D. Webster.
Syn. -- Difference; variation, variety; contrast; diversity; contrariety; disagreement; discrimination; preference; superiority; rank; note; eminence.

Distinctive

Dis*tinc"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. distinctif.]

1. Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

The distinctive character and institutions of New England. Bancroft.

2. Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Distinctively

Dis*tinc"tive*ly, adv. With distinction; plainly.

Distinctiveness

Dis*tinc"tive*ness, n. State of being distinctive.

Distinctly

Dis*tinct"ly (?), adv.

1. With distinctness; not confusedly; without the blending of one part or thing another; clearly; plainly; as, to see distinctly.

2. With meaning; significantly. [Obs.]

Thou dost snore distinctly; There's meaning in thy snores. Shak.
Syn. -- Separately; clearly; plainly; obviously.

Distinctness

Dis*tinct"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.

The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth.

2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated his arguments with great distinctness. Syn. -- Plainness; clearness; precision; perspicuity.

Distincture

Dis*tinc"ture (?), n. Distinctness. [R.]

Distinguish

Dis*tin"guish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distinguished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distinguishing.] [F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. Extinguish.]

1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

Not more distinguished by her purple vest, Than by the charming features of her face. Dryden.
Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine. Nares.

2. To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.

Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth. T. Burnet.

3. To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.

We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood. Watts.
Nor more can you distinguish of a man, Than of his outward show. Shak.

4. To constitute a difference; to make to differ.

Who distinguisheth thee? 1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version).

5. To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for."To distinguish themselves by means never tried before." Johnson. Syn. -- To mark; discriminate; differentiate; characterize; discern; perceive; signalize; honor; glorify.

Distinguish

Dis*tin"guish, v. i.

1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle.

2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible. [R.]

The little embryo . . . first distinguishes into a little knot. Jer. Taylor.

Distinguishable

Dis*tin"guish*a*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub.

A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas. Locke.

2. Worthy of note or special regard. Swift.

Distinguishableness

Dis*tin"guish*a*ble*ness (?), n. The quality of being distinguishable.

Distinguishably

Dis*tin"guish*a*bly, adv. So as to be distinguished.

Distinguished

Dis*tin"guished (?), a.

1. Marked; special.

The most distinguished politeness. Mad. D' Arblay.

2. Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds. Syn. -- Marked; noted; famous; conspicuous; celebrated; transcendent; eminent; illustrious; extraordinary; prominent. -- Distinguished, Eminent, Conspicuous, Celebrated, Illustrious. A man is eminent, when he stands high as compared with those around him; conspicuous, when he is so elevated as to be seen and observed; distinguished, when he has something which makes him stand apart from others in the public view; celebrated, when he is widely spoken of with honor and respect; illustrious, when a splendor is thrown around him which confers the highest dignity.

Distinguishedly

Dis*tin"guish*ed*ly (?), adv. In a distinguished manner. [R.] Swift.

Distinguisher

Dis*tin"guish*er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne.

2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden.

Distinguishing

Dis*tin"guish*ing, a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic.
The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke.
Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds.

Distinguishingly

Dis*tin"guish*ing*ly, adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope.

Distinguishment

Dis*tin"guish*ment (?), n. Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt.

Distitle

Dis*ti"tle (?), v. t. To deprive of title or right. [R.] B. Jonson.

Distoma

Dis"to*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of parasitic, trematode worms, having two suckers for attaching themselves to the part they infest. See 1st Fluke,

2.

Distort

Dis*tort" (?), a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See Torsion.] Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]
Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. Spenser.

Distort

Dis*tort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distorting.]

1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

Whose face was distorted with pain. Thackeray.

2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to twist aside mentally or morally.

Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and distort the understandings of men. Tillotson.

3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort passages of Scripture, or their meaning. Syn. -- To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

Distorter

Dis*tort"er (?), n. One who, or that which, distorts.

Distortion

Dis*tor"tion (?), n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]

1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

2. A wresting from the true meaning. Bp. Wren.

3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.

Distortive

Dis*tort"ive (?), a. Causing distortion.

Distract

Dis*tract" (?), a. [L. distractus, p. p. of distrahere to draw asunder; dis- + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Distraught.]

1. Separated; drawn asunder. [Obs.]

2. Insane; mad. [Obs.] Drayton.

Distract

Dis*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p. p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]

1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.

A city . . . distracted from itself. Fuller.

2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the eye; to distract the attention.

Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination. Goldsmith.

3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.

Horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts. Milton.

4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to madden; -- most frequently used in the participle, distracted.

A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her. Shak.

Distracted

Dis*tract"ed, a. Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad.
My distracted mind. Pope.

Distractedly

Dis*tract"ed*ly, adv. Disjointedly; madly. Shak.

Distractedness

Dis*tract"ed*ness, n. A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.

Distracter

Dis*tract"er (?), n. One who, or that which, distracts away.

Distractful

Dis*tract"ful (?), a. Distracting. [R.] Heywood.

Distractible

Dis*tract"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being drawn aside or distracted.

Distractile

Dis*tract"ile (?), a. (Bot.) Tending or serving to draw apart.

Distracting

Dis*tract"ing, a. Tending or serving to distract.

Distraction

Dis*trac"tion (?), n. [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.]

1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.

To create distractions among us. Bp. Burnet.

2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." G. Eliot.

3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]

His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. Shak.

4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.

That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 1 Cor. vii. 3

5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.

Never was known a night of such distraction. Dryden.

6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.

The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. Tatler.

7. Derangement of the mind; madness. Atterbury. Syn. -- Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness.

Distractious

Dis*trac"tious (?), a. Distractive. [Obs.]

Distractive

Dis*trac"tive (?), a. Causing perplexity; distracting. "Distractive thoughts." Bp. Hall.

Distrain

Dis*train" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distraining.] [OE. destreinen to force, OF. destreindre to press, oppress, force, fr. L. distringere, districtum, to draw asunder, hinder, molest, LL., to punish severely; di- = stringere to draw tight, press together. See Strain, and cf. Distress, District, Distraint.]

1. To press heavily upon; to bear down upon with violence; hence, to constrain or compel; to bind; to distress, torment, or afflict. [Obs.] "Distrained with chains." Chaucer.

2. To rend; to tear. [Obs.]

Neither guile nor force might it [a net] distrain. Spenser.

3. (Law) (a) To seize, as a pledge or indemnification; to take possession of as security for nonpayment of rent, the reparation of an injury done, etc.; to take by distress; as, to distrain goods for rent, or of an amercement. (b) To subject to distress; to coerce; as, to distrain a person by his goods and chattels.

Distrain

Dis*train", v. i. To levy a distress.
Upon whom I can distrain for debt. Camden.

Distrainable

Dis*train"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, distrained. Blackstone.

Distrainer

Dis*train"er (?), n. Same as Distrainor.

Distrainor

Dis*train"or (?), n. (Law) One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels. Blackstone.

Distraint

Dis*traint" (?), n. [OF. destrainte distress, force.] (Law) The act or proceeding of seizing personal property by distress. Abbott.

Distrait

Dis`trait" (?), a. [F. See Distract.] Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted.

Distraught

Dis*traught" (?), p. p. & a. [OE. distract, distrauht. See Distract, a.]

1. Torn asunder; separated. [Obs.] "His greedy throat . . . distraught." Spenser.

2. Distracted; perplexed. "Distraught twixt fear and pity." Spenser.

As if thou wert distraught and mad with terror. Shak.
To doubt betwixt our senses and our souls Which are the most distraught and full of pain. Mrs. Browning.

Distraughted

Dis*traught"ed, a. Distracted. [Obs.] Spenser.

Distream

Dis*tream" (?), v. i. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream.] To flow. [Poetic]
Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone.

Distress

Dis*tress" (?), n. [OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. d\'82tresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See Distrain, and cf. Stress.]

1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress. Shak.

2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. Burns.

3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.

4. (Law) (a) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc. (b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Bouvier. Kent. Burrill.

If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle. Spenser.
The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. Blackstone.
Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse. Syn. -- Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment; anguish; grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble; adversity. See Affliction.

Distress

Dis*tress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Distressing.] [Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n.]

1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. 2 Cor. iv. 8.

2. To compel by pain or suffering.

Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. A. Hamilton.

3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain. Syn. -- To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy.

Distressedness

Dis*tress"ed*ness, n. A state of being distressed or greatly pained.

Distressful

Dis*tress"ful (?), a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. "Some distressful stroke." Shak. "Distressful cries." Pope. -- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv.
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Distressing

Dis*tress"ing (?), a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

Distressing

Dis*tress"ing, adv. In a distressing manner.

Distributable

Dis*trib"u*ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being distributed. Sir W. Jones.

Distributary

Dis*trib"u*ta*ry (?), a. Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.

Distribute

Dis*trib"ute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Distributing.] [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis- + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See Tribute.]

1. To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

She did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred. Judith xvi. 24.

2. To dispense; to administer; as, to distribute justice. Shak.

3. To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

4. (Printing) (a) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases. (b) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.

5. (Logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.

A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to. Whately.
Syn. -- To dispense; deal out; apportion; allot; share; assign; divide.

Distribute

Dis*trib"ute, v. i. To make distribution.
Distributing to the necessity of saints. Rom. xii. 13.

Distributer

Dis*trib"u*ter (?), n. One who, or that which, distributes or deals out anything; a dispenser. Addison.

Distributing

Dis*trib"u*ting, a. That distributes; dealing out. Distributing past office, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded.

Distribution

Dis`tri*bu"tion (?), n. [L. distributio: cf. F. distribution.]

1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.

The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly analogous to those of geography. A. R. Wallace.

2. Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.

3. That which is distributed. "Our charitable distributions." Atterbury.

4. (Logic) A resolving a whole into its parts.

5. (Print.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

6. (Steam Engine) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission. Geographical distribution, the natural arrangements of animals and plants in particular regions or districts. Syn. -- Apportionments; allotment; dispensation; disposal; dispersion; classification; arrangement.

Distributional

Dis`tri*bu"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to distribution. Huxley.

Distributionist

Dis`tri*bu"tion*ist, n. A distributer. [R.] Dickens.

Distributive

Dis*trib"u*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. distributif.]

1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. "Distributive justice." Swift.

2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general term.

3. (Gram.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two). Distributive operation (Math.), any operation which either consists of two or more parts, or works upon two or more things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a × (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) × c = ac + bc. -- Distributive proportion. (Math.) See Fellowship.

Distributive

Dis*trib"u*tive, n. (Gram.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.

Distributively

Dis*trib"u*tive*ly, adv. By distribution; singly; not collectively; in a distributive manner.

Distributiveness

Dis*trib"u*tive*ness, n. Quality of being distributive.

District

Dis"trict (?), a. [L. districtus, p. p.] Rigorous; stringent; harsh. [Obs.]
Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe.

District

Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See Distrain.]

1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing.

2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state, town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral, or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial district, land district, school district, etc.

To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such district not exceeding ten miles square. The Constitution of the United States.

3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a country; a tract.

These districts which between the tropics lie. Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional. -- District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or district court. -- District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases within a judicial district. -- District judge, one who presides over a district court. -- District school, a public school for the children within a school district. [U.S.] Syn. -- Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region; country.

District

Dis"trict, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Districted; p. pr. & vb. n. Districting.] To divide into districts or limited portions of territory; as, legislatures district States for the choice of representatives.

Distriction

Dis*tric"tion (?), n. [L. districtio a stretching out.] Sudden display; flash; glitter. [R.]
A smile . . . breaks out with the brightest distriction. Collier.

Districtly

Dis"trict*ly (?), adv. Strictly. [Obs.] Foxe.

Distringas

Dis*trin"gas (?), n. [L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See Distrain.] (Law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him.

Distrouble

Dis*trou"ble (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + trouble.] To trouble. [Obs.] Spenser.

Distrust

Dis*trust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting.] [Cf. Mistrust.] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.
Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22.
To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden.
He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall.
Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins.
&hand; Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant.

Distrust

Dis*trust", n.

1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.

2. Suspicion of evil designs.

Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.

3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton.

Distruster

Dis*trust"er (?), n. One who distrusts.

Distrustful

Dis*trust"ful (?), a.

1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers.

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope.

2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle. -- Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n.

Distrusting

Dis*trust"ing, a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv.

Distrustless

Dis*trust"less, a. Free from distrust. Shenstone.

Distune

Dis*tune" (?), v. t. To put out of tune. [Obs.]

Disturb

Dis*turb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disturbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing.] [OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid.]

1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest.

Preparing to disturb With all-cofounding war the realms above. Cowper.
The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. Spenser.
The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. Burke.

2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy.

3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [Obs.]

And disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim. Milton.
Syn. -- To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle.

Disturb

Dis*turb", n. Disturbance. [Obs.] Milton.

Disturbance

Dis*turb"ance (?), n. [OF. destorbance.]

1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current.

2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness.

Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation. Burke.

3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult.

The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. Bancroft.

4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone. Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance.

Disturbation

Dis`tur*ba"tion (?), n. [L. disturbatio.] Act of disturbing; disturbance. [Obs.] Daniel.

Disturber

Dis*turb"er (?), n. [Cf. OF. destorbeor.]

1. One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler.

A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. Hooker.

2. (Law) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right.

Disturn

Dis*turn" (?), v. t. [OF. destourner, F. d\'82tourner. See Detour.] To turn aside. [Obs.] Daniel.

Distyle

Dis"tyle (?), a. [Gr. distyle.] (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like. Distyle in antis, having columns between two ant\'91. See Anta.

Disulphate

Di*sul"phate (?), n. [Pref. di- + sulphate.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of disulphuric or pyrosulphuric acid; a pyrosulphate. (b) An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.

Disulphide

Di*sul"phide (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.

Disulphuret

Di*sul"phu*ret (?), n. [Pref. di- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) See Disulphide.

Disulphuric

Di`sul*phu"ric (?), a. [Pref. di- + sulphuric.] (Chem.) Applied to an acid having in each molecule two atoms of sulphur in the higher state of oxidation. Disulphuric acid, a thick oily liquid, H2S2O7, called also Nordhausen acid (from Nordhausen in the Harts, where it was originally manufactured), fuming sulphuric acid, and especially pyrosulphuric acid. See under Pyrosulphuric.

Disuniform

Dis*u"ni*form (?), a. Not uniform. [Obs.]

Disunion

Dis*un"ion (?), n. [Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. d\'82sunion.]

1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation.

Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clouClarendon.

3. The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States.

I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion. D. Webster.

Disunionist

Dis*un"ion*ist, n. An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States.

Disunite

Dis`u*nite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disuniting.]

1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of.

Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! Milton.

Disunite

Dis`u*nite", v. i. To part; to fall asunder; to become separated.
The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South.

Disuniter

Dis`u*nit"er (?), n. One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.

Disunity

Dis*u"ni*ty (?), n. A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. Dr. H. More.

Disusage

Dis*us"age (?), n. Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [R.] Hooker.

Disuse

Dis*use" (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.]

1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.

Disuse

Dis*use" (?), n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. Addison.
Church discipline then fell into disuse. Southey.

Disutilize

Dis*u"til*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Disvaluation

Dis*val`u*a"tion (?), n. Disesteem; depreciation; disrepute. Bacon.

Disvalue

Dis*val"ue (?; see Dis-), v. t. To undervalue; to depreciate. Shak.

Disvalue

Dis*val"ue, n. Disesteem; disregard. B. Jonson.

Disvantageous

Dis`van*ta"geous (?), a. [Pref. dis- + vantage.] Disadvantageous. [Obs.] "Disadvantageous ground." Drayton.

Disvelop

Dis*vel"op (?), v. t. To develop. [Obs.]

Disventure

Dis*ven"ture (?; 135), n. A disadventure. [Obs.] Shelton.

Disvouch

Dis*vouch" (?), v. t. To discredit; to contradict. [Obs.] Shak.

Diswarn

Dis*warn" (?), v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + warn.] To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]

Diswitted

Dis*wit"ted (?), a. Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] Drayton.

Diswont

Dis*wont" (?), v. t. To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Disworkmanship

Dis*work"man*ship (?), n. Bad workmanship. [Obs.] Heywood.

Disworship

Dis*wor"ship (?), v. t. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Disworship

Dis*wor"ship, n. A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit. [Obs.] Milton.

Disworth

Dis*worth" (?), v. t. To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] Feltham.

Disyoke

Dis*yoke" (?), v. t. To unyoke; to free from a yoke; to disjoin. [Poetic] R. Browning.

Dit

Dit (?), n. [Ditty.]

1. A word; a decree. [Obs.]

2. A ditty; a song. [Obs.]

Dit

Dit, v. t. [AS. dyttan, akin to Icel. ditta.] To close up. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Ditation

Di*ta"tion (?), n. [L. ditare to enrich, fr. dis, ditis, same as dives, rich.] The act of making rich; enrichment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Ditch

Ditch (?; 224), n.; pl. Ditches (#). [OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike.]

1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse.

2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth.

Ditch

Ditch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ditched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching.]

1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.

2. To surround with a ditch. Shak.

3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.

Ditch

Ditch, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift.

Ditcher

Ditch"er (?), n. One who digs ditches.

Dite

Dite (?), v. t. [See Dight.] To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.]
His hideous club aloft he dites. Spenser.

Diterebene

Di*ter"e*bene (?), n. [Pref. di- + terebene.] (Chem.) See Colophene.

Dithecal, Dithecous

Di*the"cal (?), Di*the"cous (?), a. [Pref. di- + theca.] (Bot.) Having two thec\'91, cells, or compartments.

Ditheism

Di"the*ism (?), n. [Pref. di- + theism: cf. F. dith\'82isme.] The doctrine of those who maintain the existence of two gods or of two original principles (as in Manicheism), one good and one evil; dualism.

Ditheist

Di"the*ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

Ditheistic, Ditheistical

Di`the*is"tic (?), Di`the*is"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.
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Dithionic

Di`thi*on"ic (?), a. [Pref. di- + -thionic.] (Chem.) Containing two equivalents of sulphur; as, dithionic acid. Dithionic acid (Chem.), an unstable substance, H2S2O6, known only in its solutions, and in certain well-defined salts.

Dithyramb

Dith"y*ramb (?), n. [L. dithyrambus, Gr. dithyrambe.] A kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment; hence, in general, a poem written in a wild irregular strain. Bentley.

Dithyrambic

Dith`y*ram"bic (?), a. [L. dithyrambicus, Gr. dithyrambique.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a dithyramb; wild and boisterous. "Dithyrambic sallies." Longfellow. -- n. A dithyrambic poem; a dithyramb.

Dithyrambus

Dith`y*ram"bus (?), n. [L.] See Dithyramb.

Dition

Di"tion (?), n. [L. ditio, dicio: cf. F. dition.] Dominion; rule. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Ditionary

Di"tion*a*ry (?), a. Under rule; subject; tributary. [Obs.] Chapman.

Ditionary

Di"tion*a*ry, n. A subject; a tributary. [Obs.] Eden.

Ditokous

Di"to*kous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having two kinds of young, as certain annelids. (b) Producing only two eggs for a clutch, as certain birds do.

Ditolyl

Di*tol"yl (?), n. [Pref. di- + tolyl.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C14H14, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.

Ditone

Di"tone` (?), n. [Gr. (Mus.) The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).

Ditrichotomous

Di`tri*chot"o*mous (?), a. [Pref. di- + trichotomous.]

1. Divided into twos or threes.

2. (Bot.) Dividing into double or treble ramifications; -- said of a leaf or stem. [R.] Loudon.

Ditrochean

Di`tro*che"an (?), a. (Pros.) Containing two trochees.

Ditrochee

Di*tro"chee (?), n. [L. ditrochaeus, Gr. (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees.

Ditroite

Dit"ro*ite (?), n. [Named from Ditro in Transylvania.] (Min.) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, el\'91olite, and sodalite.

Ditt

Ditt (?), n. See Dit, n.,

2. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dittander

Dit*tan"der (?), n. [See Dittany.] (Bot.) A kind of peppergrass (Lepidium latifolium).

Dittany

Dit"ta*ny (?), n. [OE. dytane, detane, dytan, OF. ditain, F. dictame, L. dictamnum, fr. Gr. Dicte in Crete. Cf. Dittander.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the Mint family (Origanum Dictamnus), a native of Crete. (b) The Dictamnus Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. (c) In America, the Cunila Mariana, a fragrant herb of the Mint family.

Dittied

Dit"tied (?), a. [From Ditty.] Set, sung, or composed as a ditty; -- usually in composition.
Who, with his soft pipe, and smooth-dittied song. Milton.

Ditto

Dit"to (?), n.; pl. Dittos (. [It., detto, ditto, fr. L. dictum. See Dictum.] The aforesaid thing; the same (as before). Often contracted to do., or to two "turned commas" ("), or small marks. Used in bills, books of account, tables of names, etc., to save repetition.
A spacious table in the center, and a variety of smaller dittos in the corners. Dickens.

Ditto

Dit"to, adv. As before, or aforesaid; in the same manner; also.

Dittology

Dit*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. A double reading, or twofold interpretation, as of a Scripture text. [R.]

Ditty

Dit"ty (?), n.; pl. Ditties (#). [OE. dite, OF. diti\'82, fr. L. dictatum, p. p. neut. of dictare to say often, dictate, compose. See Dictate, v. t.]

1. A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.

O, too high ditty for my simple rhyme. Spenser.

2. A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung. "Religious, martial, or civil ditties." Milton.< And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing. Sandys.

Ditty

Dit"ty, v. i. To sing; to warble a little tune.
Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes. Herbert.

Ditty-bag

Dit"ty-bag`, n. A sailor's small bag to hold thread, needles, tape, etc.; -- also called sailor's housewife.

Ditty-box

Dit"ty-box` (?), n. A small box to hold a sailor's thread, needless, comb, etc.

Diureide

Di*u"re*ide (?), n. [Di- + ureide.] (Chem.) One of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as containing two molecules of urea or their radicals, as uric acid or allantoin. Cf. Ureide.

Diuresis

Di`u*re"sis (?), n. [NL. See Diuretic.] (Med.) Free excretion of urine.

Diuretic

Di`u*ret"ic (?), a. [L. diureticus, Gr. diur\'82tique.] (Med.) Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine. -- n. A medicine with diuretic properties. Diuretic salt (Med.), potassium acetate; -- so called because of its diuretic properties.

Diuretical

Di`u*ret"ic*al (?), a. Diuretic. [Obs.] Boyle.

Diureticalness

Di`u*ret"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being diuretical; diuretic property.

Diurna

Di*ur"na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

Diurnal

Di*ur"nal (?), a. [L. diurnalis, fr. dies day. See Deity, and cf. Journal.]

1. Relating to the daytime; belonging to the period of daylight, distinguished from the night; -- opposed to nocturnal; as, diurnal heat; diurnal hours.

2. Daily; recurring every day; performed in a day; going through its changes in a day; constituting the measure of a day; as, a diurnal fever; a diurnal task; diurnal aberration, or diurnal parallax; the diurnal revolution of the earth.

Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring. Shak.

3. (Bot.) Opening during the day, and closing at night; -- said of flowers or leaves.

4. (Zo\'94l.) Active by day; -- applied especially to the eagles and hawks among raptorial birds, and to butterflies (Diurna) among insects. Diurnal aberration (Anat.), the aberration of light arising from the effect of the earth's rotation upon the apparent direction of motion of light. -- Diurnal arc, the arc described by the sun during the daytime or while above the horizon; hence, the arc described by the moon or a star from rising to setting. -- Diurnal circle, the apparent circle described by a celestial body in consequence of the earth's rotation. -- Diurnal motion of the earth, the motion of the earth upon its axis which is described in twentyfour hours. -- Diurnal motion of a heavenly body, that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion. -- Diurnal parallax. See under Parallax. -- Diurnal revolution of a planet, the motion of the planet upon its own axis which constitutes one complete revolution. Syn. -- See Daily.

Diurnal

Di*ur"nal (?), n. [Cf. F. diurnal a prayerbook. See Diurnal, a.]

1. A daybook; a journal. [Obs.] Tatler.

2. (R. C. Ch.) A small volume containing the daily service for the "little hours," viz., prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers, and compline.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A diurnal bird or insect.

Diurnalist

Di*ur"nal*ist, n. A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Diurnally

Di*ur"nal*ly, adv. Daily; every day.

Diurnalness

Di*ur"nal*ness, n. The quality of being diurnal.

Diurnation

Di`ur*na"tion (?), n.

1. Continuance during the day. [Obs.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats.

Diuturnal

Di`u*tur"nal (?), a. [L. diuturnus, fr. diu a long time, by day; akin to dies day.] Of long continuance; lasting. [R.] Milton.

Diuturnity

Di`u*tur"ni*ty (?), n. [L. diuturnitas.] Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Divagation

Di`va*ga"tion (?), n. [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.] A wandering about or going astray; digression.
Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.

Divalent

Div"a*lent (?), a. [Pref. di- + L. valens, valentis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having two units of combining power; bivalent. Cf. Valence.

Divan

Di*van" (?), n. [Per. d\'c6w\'ben a book of many leaves, an account book, a collection of books, a senate, council: cf. Ar. daiw\'ben, F. divan.]

1. A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. [Persia]

2. In Turkey and other Oriental countries: A council of state; a royal court. Also used by the poets for a grand deliberative council or assembly. Pope.

3. A chief officer of state. [India]

4. A saloon or hall where a council is held, in Oriental countries, the state reception room in places, and in the houses of the richer citizens. Cushions on the floor or on benches are ranged round the room.

5. A cushioned seat, or a large, low sofa or couch; especially, one fixed to its place, and not movable.

6. A coffee and smoking saloon. [Colloq.]

Divaricate

Di*var"i*cate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.]

1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.

2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward.

Divaricate

Di*var"i*cate, v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart.

Divaricate

Di*var"i*cate (?), a. [L. divaricatus, p. p.]

1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging.

2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc.

Divaricately

Di*var"i*cate*ly, adv. With divarication.

Divarication

Di*var`i*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. divarication.]

1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne.

3. (Biol.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles.

Divaricator

Di*var`i*ca"tor (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda.

Divast

Di*vast" (?), a. Devastated; laid waste. [Obs.]

Dive

Dive (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dived (?), colloq. Dove (, a relic of the AS. strong forms de\'a0f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d to sink, v. t., fr. d, v. i.; akin to Icel. d, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.]

1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. Whately.
&hand; The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form.
All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. Dr. Hayes.
When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. J. Burroughs.

2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.

Dive

Dive (?), v. t.

1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] Hooker.

2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.]

The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. Denham.
He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. Emerson.

Dive

Dive, n.

1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

2. A place of low resort. [Slang]

The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. J. Hawthorne.

Divedapper

Dive"dap`per (?), n. [See Dive, Didapper.] (Zo\'94l.) A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.

Divel

Di*vel" (?), v. t. [L. divellere; dit- = dis- + vellere to pluck.] To rend apart. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Divellent

Di*vel"lent (?), a. [L. divellens, p. pr.] Drawing asunder. [R.]

Divellicate

Di*vel"li*cate (?), v. t. [L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull.] To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]

Diver

Div"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, dives.

Divers and fishers for pearls. Woodward.

2. Fig.: One who goes deeply into a subject, study, or business. "A diver into causes." Sir H. Wotton.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of certain genera, as Urinator (formerly Colymbus), or the allied genus Colymbus, or Podiceps, remarkable for their agility in diving. &hand; The northern diver (Urinator imber) is the loon; the black diver or velvet scoter (Oidemia fusca) is a sea duck. See Loon, and Scoter.

Diverb

Di"verb (?), n. [L. diverbium the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue; di- = dis- + verbum word.] A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb. [Obs.]
Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes. Burton.

Diverberate

Di*ver"ber*ate (?), v. t. [L. diverberatus, p. p. of diverberare to strike asunder; di- = dis- + verberare. See Verberate.] To strike or sound through. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

Diverberation

Di*ver`ber*a"tion (?), n. A sounding through.

Diverge

Di*verge" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diverged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diverging.] [L. di- = dis- + vergere to bend, incline. See Verge.]

1. To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to turn aside or deviate (as from a given direction); -- opposed to converge; as, rays of light diverge as they proceed from the sun.

2. To differ from a typical form; to vary from a normal condition; to dissent from a creed or position generally held or taken.

Divergement

Di*verge"ment (?), n. Divergence.

Divergence, Divergency

Di*ver"gence (?), Di*ver"gen*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. divergence.]

1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency.

2. Disagreement; difference.

Related with some divergence by other writers. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Divergent

Di*ver"gent (?), a. [Cf. F. divergent. See Diverge.]

1. Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

2. (Optics) Causing divergence of rays; as, a divergent lens.

3. Fig.: Disagreeing from something given; differing; as, a divergent statement. Divergent series. (Math.) See Diverging series, under Diverging.

Diverging

Di*ver"ging, a. Tending in different directions from a common center; spreading apart; divergent. Diverging series (Math.), a series whose terms are larger as the series is extended; a series the sum of whose terms does not approach a finite limit when the series is extended indefinitely; -- opposed to a converging series.

Divergingly

Di*ver"ging*ly (?), adv. In a diverging manner.

Divers

Di"vers (?), a. [F. divers, L. diversus turned in different directions, different, p. p. of divertere. See Divert, and cf. Diverse.]

1. Different in kind or species; diverse. [Obs.]

Every sect of them hath a divers posture. Bacon.
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds. Deut. xxii. 9.

2. Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally.

Divers of Antonio's creditors. Shak.
&hand; Divers is now limited to the plural; as, divers ways (not divers way). Besides plurality it ordinarily implies variety of kind.

Diverse

Di"verse (?; 277), a. [The same word as divers. See Divers.]

1. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

The word . . . is used in a sense very diverse from its original import. J. Edwards.
Our roads are diverse: farewell, love! said she. R. Browning.

2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

Eloquence is a great and diverse thing. B. Jonson.

Diverse

Di*verse" (?), adv. In different directions; diversely.
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Diverse

Di*verse" (?), v. i. To turn aside. [Obs.]
The redcross knight diverst, but forth rode Britomart. Spenser.

Diversely

Di"verse*ly (?), adv.

1. In different ways; differently; variously. "Diversely interpreted." Bacon.

How diversely love doth his pageants play. Spenser.

2. In different directions; to different points.

On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope.

Diverseness

Di*verse"ness (?), n. The quality of being diverse.

Diversifiability

Di*ver`si*fi`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or capacity of being diversifiable. Earle.

Diversifiable

Di*ver"si*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle.

Diversification

Di*ver`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [See Diversify.]

1. The act of making various, or of changing form or quality. Boyle.

2. State of diversity or variation; variegation; modification; change; alternation.

Infinite diversifications of tints may be produced. Adventurer.

Diversified

Di*ver"si*fied (?), a. Distinguished by various forms, or by a variety of aspects or objects; variegated; as, diversified scenery or landscape.

Diversifier

Di*ver"si*fi`er (?), n. One who, or that which, diversifies.

Diversiform

Di*ver"si*form (?), a. [L. diversus diverse + -form.] Of a different form; of varied forms.

Diversify

Di*ver"si*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diversified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Diversifying.] [F. diversifier, LL. diversificare, fr. L. diversus diverse + ficare (in comp.), akin to facere to make. See Diverse.] To make diverse or various in form or quality; to give variety to; to variegate; to distinguish by numerous differences or aspects.
Separated and diversified on from another. Locke.
Its seven colors, that diversify all the face of nature. I. Taylor.

Diversiloquent

Di`ver*sil"o*quent (?), a. [L. diversus diverse + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.] Speaking in different ways. [R.]

Diversion

Di*ver"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]

1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport; play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. "Public diversions." V. Knox.

Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and folly, furnish useful diversion to readers. Addison.

3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts. Syn. -- Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment.

Diversity

Di*ver"si*ty (?), n.; pl. Diversities (#). [F. diversit\'82, L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]

1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.

They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. South.

2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." Shak. "Diversities of opinion." Secker.

3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." Pope. Syn. -- See Variety.

Diversivolent

Di`ver*siv"o*lent (?), a. [L. diversus diverse + volens, -entis, p. pr. of velle to wish.] Desiring different things. [Obs.] Webster (White Devil).

Diversory

Di*ver"so*ry (?), a. Serving or tending to divert; also, distinguishing. [Obs.]

Diversory

Di*ver"so*ry, n. [L. diversorium, deversorium, an inn or lodging.] A wayside inn. [Obs. or R.] Chapman.

Divert

Di*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Diverting.] [F. divertir, fr. L. divertere, diversum, to go different ways, turn aside; di- = dis- + vertere to turn. See Verse, and cf. Divorce.]

1. To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert commerce from its usual course.

That crude apple that diverted Eve. Milton.

2. To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor.

We are amused by a tale, diverted by a comedy. C. J. Smith.
Syn. -- To please; gratify; amuse; entertain; exhilarate; delight; recreate. See Amuse.

Divert

Di*vert", v. i. To turn aside; to digress. [Obs.]
I diverted to see one of the prince's palaces. Evelyn.

Diverter

Di*vert"er (?), n. One who, or that which, diverts, turns off, or pleases.

Divertible

Di*vert"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being diverted.

Diverticle

Di*ver"ti*cle (?), n. [L. diverticulum, deverticulum, a bypath, fr. divertere to turn away.]

1. A turning; a byway; a bypath. [Obs.] Hales.

2. (Anat.) A diverticulum.

Diverticular

Div`er*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a diverticulum.

Diverticulum

Div`er*tic"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Diverticula (#). [L. See Diverticle.] (Anat.) A blind tube branching out of a longer one.

Divertimento

Di*ver`ti*men"to (?), n.; pl. -ti (#). [It.] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition.

Diverting

Di*vert"ing (?), a. Amusing; entertaining. -- Di*vert"ing*ly, adv. -- Di*vert"ing*ness, n.

Divertise

Di*vert"ise (?), v. t. [F. divertir, p. pr. divertissant.] To divert; to entertain. [Obs.] Dryden.

Divertisement

Di*vert"ise*ment (?), n. [Cf. the next word.] Diversion; amusement; recreation. [R.]

Divertissement

Di`ver`tisse`ment" (?), n. [F.] A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.

Divertive

Di*vert"ive (?), a. [From Divert.] Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Things of a pleasant and divertive nature. Rogers.

Dives

Di"ves (?), n. [L., rich.] The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.

Divest

Di*vest" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]

1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.

Wretches divested of every moral feeling. Goldsmith.
The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. Earle.

3. (Law) See Devest. Mozley & W.

Divestible

Di*vest"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being divested.

Divestiture

Di*vest"i*ture (?; 135), n. The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

Divestment

Di*vest"ment (?), n. The act of divesting. [R.]

Divesture

Di*ves"ture (?; 135), n. Divestiture. [Obs.]

Divet

Div"et (?), n. See Divot.

Dividable

Di*vid"a*ble (?), a. [From Divide.]

1. Capable of being divided; divisible.

2. Divided; separated; parted. [Obs.] Shak.

Dividant

Di*vid"ant (?), a. Different; distinct. [Obs.] Shak.

Divide

Di*vide" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divided; p. pr. & vb. n. Dividing.] [L. dividere, divisum; di- = dis- + root signifying to part; cf. Skr. vyadh to pierce; perh. akin to L. vidua widow, and E. widow. Cf. Device, Devise.]

1. To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

Divide the living child in two. 1 Kings iii. 25.

2. To cause to be separate; to keep apart by a partition, or by an imaginary line or limit; as, a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns.

Let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6.

3. To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share.

True justice unto people to divide. Spenser.
Ye shall divide the land by lot. Num. xxxiii. 54.

4. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.

If a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. Mark iii. 24.
Every family became now divided within itself. Prescott.

5. To separate into two parts, in order to ascertain the votes for and against a measure; as, to divide a legislative house upon a question.

6. (Math.) To subject to arithmetical division.

7. (Logic) To separate into species; -- said of a genus or generic term.

8. (Mech.) To mark divisions on; to graduate; as, to divide a sextant.

9. (Music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- To sever; dissever; sunder; cleave; disjoin; disunite; detach; disconnect; part; distribute; share.

Divide

Di*vide", v. i.

1. To be separated; to part; to open; to go asunder. Milton.

The Indo-Germanic family divides into three groups. J. Peile.

2. To cause separation; to disunite.

A gulf, a strait, the sea intervening between islands, divide less than the matted forest. Bancroft.

3. To break friendship; to fall out. Shak.

4. To have a share; to partake. Shak.

5. To vote, as in the British Parliament, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.

The emperors sat, voted, and divided with their equals. Gibbon.

Divide

Di*vide", n. A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams; a watershed.

Divided

Di*vid"ed, a.

1. Parted; disunited; distributed.

2. (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.

Dividedly

Di*vid"ed*ly, adv. Separately; in a divided manner.

Dividend

Div"i*dend (?), n. [L. dividendum thing to be divided, neut. of the gerundive of dividere: cf. F. dividende.]

1. A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate.

2. (Math.) A number or quantity which is to be divided.

Divident

Div"i*dent (?), n. Dividend; share. [Obs.] Foxe.

Divider

Di*vid"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.

2. One who deals out to each his share.

Who made me a judge or a divider over you? Luke xii. 14.

3. One who, or that which, causes division.

Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. Milton.
Money, the great divider of the world. Swift.

4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. &hand; The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.

Dividing

Di*vid"ing (?), a. That divides; separating; marking divisions; graduating. Dividing engine, a machine for graduating circles (as for astronomical instruments) or bars (as for scales); also, for spacing off and cutting teeth in wheels. -- Dividing sinker. (Knitting Mach.). See under Sinker.

Dividingly

Di*vid"ing*ly (?), adv. By division.

Divi-divi

Di"vi-di"vi (?), n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A small tree of tropical America (C\'91salpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

Dividual

Di*vid"u*al (?; 135), a. [See Dividuous.] Divided, shared, or participated in, in common with others. [R.] Milton.

Dividually

Di*vid"u*al*ly, adv. By dividing. [R.]

Dividuous

Di*vid"u*ous (?), a. [L. dividuus divisible, divided, fr. dividere.] Divided; dividual. [R.]
He so often substantiates distinctions into dividuous, selfsubsistent. Coleridge.

Divination

Div`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.]

1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter. Deut. xviii. 10.
&hand; Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc.

2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come. Sir T. North.

Divinator

Div"i*na`tor (?), n. [L. See Divination.] One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.] Burton.

Divinatory

Di*vin"a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. divinatoire.] Professing, or relating to, divination. "A natural divinatory instinct." Cowley.

Divine

Di*vine" (?), a. [Compar. Diviner (; superl. Divinest.] [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. deus, God. See Deity.]

1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.

2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.

3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.

5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." Shak.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10.
But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.

6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]

Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. Milton.

7. Relating to divinity or theology.

Church history and other divine learning. South.
Syn. -- Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; pre\'89minent.

Divine

Di*vine", n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham.

2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. J. Woodbridge.

Divine

Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.]

1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft.

2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.

Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? Shak.

3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]

Living on earth like angel new divined. Spenser.
Syn. -- To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.

Divine

Di*vine", v. i.

1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah iii. 11.

2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.

Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak.

3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Divinely

Di*vine"ly, adv.

1. In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree.

Most divinely fair. Tennyson.

2. By the agency or influence of God.

Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of righteousness. Macaulay.

Divinement

Di*vine"ment (?), n. Divination. [Obs.]

Divineness

Di*vine"ness, n. The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme excellence. Shak.

Diviner

Di*vin"er (?), n.

1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2.

2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. Locke.

Divineress

Di*vin"er*ess, n. A woman who divines. Dryden.
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Diving

Div"ing (?), a. That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zo\'94l.), any beetle of the family Dytiscid\'91, which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger. -- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. -- Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. -- Diving stone, a kind of jasper.

Divinify

Di*vin"i*fy (?), v. t. [L. divinus divine + -fy.] To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." Parth. Sacra (1633).

Divining

Di*vin"ing (?), a. That divines; for divining. Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.

Diviningly

Di*vin"ing*ly, adv. In a divining manner.

Divinistre

Div`i*nis"tre (?), n. A diviner. [Obs.] " I am no divinistre." Chaucer.

Divinity

Di*vin"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Divinities (#). [F. divinit\'82, L. divinitas. See Divine, a.]

1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.

This the divinity that within us. Addison.

3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.

Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. Prior.

4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.

God . . . employing these subservient divinities. Cheyne.

5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.

They say there is divinity in odd numbers. Shak.
There's such divinity doth hedge a king. Shak.

6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.

Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. Coleridge.
, casuistry.

Divinization

Div`i*ni*za"tion (?), n. A making divine. M. Arnold.

Divinize

Div"i*nize (?), v. t. To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] M. Arnold.
Man had divinized all those objects of awe. Milman.

Divisibility

Di*vis`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. divisibilit\'82.] The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.
Divisibility . . . is a primary attribute of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

Divisible

Di*vis"i*ble (?), a. [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf. F. divisible. See Divide.] Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. Sir W. Hamilton.
Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements one of which can be separated from the other. -- Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction. -- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. -- Di*vis"i*bly, adv.

Divisible

Di*vis"i*ble, n. A divisible substance. Glanvill.

Division

Di*vi"sion (?), n. [F. division, L. divisio, from dividere. See Divide.]

1. The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon.

2. That which divides or keeps apart; a partition.

3. The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.

Communities and divisions of men. Addison.

4. Disunion; difference in opinion or feeling; discord; variance; alienation.

There was a division among the people. John vii. 43.

5. Difference of condition; state of distinction; distinction; contrast. Chaucer.

I will put a division between my people and thy people. Ex. viii. 23.

6. Separation of the members of a deliberative body, esp. of the Houses of Parliament, to ascertain the vote.

The motion passed without a division. Macaulay.

7. (Math.) The process of finding how many times one number or quantity is contained in another; the reverse of multiplication; also, the rule by which the operation is performed.

8. (Logic) The separation of a genus into its constituent species.

9. (Mil.) (a) Two or more brigades under the command of a general officer. (b) Two companies of infantry maneuvering as one subdivision of a battalion. (c) One of the larger districts into which a country is divided for administering military affairs.

10. (Naut.) One of the groups into which a fleet is divided.

11. (Mus.) A course of notes so running into each other as to form one series or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.

12. (Rhet.) The distribution of a discourse into parts; a part so distinguished.

13. (Biol.) A grade or rank in classification; a portion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom. Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see also Karyokinesis). At the same time the protoplasm of the cell becomes gradually constricted by a furrow transverse to the long axis of the nuclear spindle, followed, on the completion of the division of the nucleus, by a separation of the cell contents into two masses, called the daughter cells. -- Long division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mostly written down. -- Short division (Math.), the process of division when the operations are mentally performed and only the results written down; -- used principally when the divisor is not greater than ten or twelve. Syn. -- compartment; section; share; allotment; distribution; separation; partition; disjunction; disconnection; difference; variance; discord; disunion.

Divisional

Di*vi"sion*al (?), a. That divides; pas, a divisional line; a divisional general; a divisional surgeon of police. Divisional planes (Geol.), planes of separation between rock masses. They include joints.

Divisionally

Di*vi"sion*al*ly, adv. So as to be divisional.

Divisionary

Di*vi"sion*a*ry (?), a. Divisional.

Divisionor

Di*vi"sion*or (?), n. One who divides or makes division. [Obs.] Sheldon.

Divisive

Di*vi"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. divisif.]

1. Indicating division or distribution. Mede.

2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.

It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity. J. C. Shairp.
-- Di*vi"sive*ly, adv. -- Di*vi"sive*ness, n. Carlyle.

Divisor

Di*vi"sor (?), n. [L., fr. dividere. See Divide.] (Math.) The number by which the dividend is divided. Common divisor. (Math.) See under Common, a.

Divorce

Di*vorce" (?), n. [F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See Divert.]

1. (Law) (a) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony." (b) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (∨ thoro), "from bed board."

2. The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.

3. Separation; disunion of things closely united.

To make divorce of their incorporate league. Shak.

4. That which separates. [Obs.] Shak. Bill of divorce. See under Bill.

Divorce

Di*vorce", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divorced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divorcing.] [Cf. F. divorcer. See Divorce, n.]

1. To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.

2. To separate or disunite; to sunder.

It [a word] was divorced from its old sense. Earle.

3. To make away; to put away.

Nothing but death Shall e'er divorce my dignities. Shak.

Divorceable

Di*vorce"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being divorced.

Divorcee

Di*vor`cee" (?), n. A person divorced.

Divorceless

Di*vorce"less (?), a. Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.

Divorcement

Di*vorce"ment (?), n. Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.
Let him write her a divorcement. Deut. xxiv. 1.
The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. R. Morris.

Divorcer

Di*vor"cer, n. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce. Drummond.

Divorcible

Di*vor"ci*ble (?), a. Divorceable. Milton.

Divorcive

Di*vor"cive (?), a. Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. "This divorcive law." Milton.

Divot

Div"ot (?), n. A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. [Scot.] Simmonds.

Divulgate

Di*vul"gate (?), a. [L. divulgatus, p. p. of divulgare. See Divulge.] Published. [Obs.] Bale.

Divulgate

Di*vul"gate (?), v. t. To divulge. [Obs.] Foxe.

Divulgater

Div"ul*ga`ter (?), n. A divulger. [R.]

Divulgation

Div`ul*ga"tion (?), n. [L. divulgatio: cf. F. divulgation.] The act of divulging or publishing. [R.]
Secrecy hath no use than divulgation. Bp. Hall.

Divulge

Di*vulge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Divulging.] [F. divulguer, L. divulgare; di- = dis- + vulgare to spread among the people, from vulgus the common people. See Vulgar.]

1. To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- said of that which had been confided as a secret, or had been before unknown; as, to divulge a secret.

Divulge not such a love as mine. Cowper.

2. To indicate publicly; to proclaim. [R.]

God . . . marks The just man, and divulges him through heaven. Milton.

3. To impart; to communicate.

Which would not be
To them [animals] made common and divulged. Milton.
Syn. -- To publish; disclose; discover; uncover; reveal; communicate; impart; tell.

Divulge

Di*vulge", v. i. To become publicly known. [R.] "To keep it from divulging." Shak.

Divulsive

Di*vul"sive (?), a. Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting.

Dixie

Dix"ie (?), n. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [U.S.]

Dizen

Diz"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dizening.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. Distaff.]

1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out.

Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. Goldsmith.
To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. Emerson.

Dizz

Dizz (?), v. t. [See Dizzy.] To make dizzy; to astonish; to puzzle. [Obs.] Gayton.

Dizzard

Diz"zard (?), n. [See Dizzy, and cf. Disard.] A blockhead. [Obs.] [Written also dizard, and disard.] -- Diz"zard*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Dizzily

Diz"zi*ly (?), adv. In a dizzy manner or state.

Dizziness

Diz"zi*ness, n. [AS. dysigness folly. See Dizzy.] Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo.

Dizzy

Diz"zy (?), a. [Compar. Dizzier (?); superl. Dizziest.] [OE. dusi, disi, desi, foolish, AS. dysig; akin to LG. d\'81sig dizzy, OD. deuzig, duyzig, OHG. tusig foolish, OFries. dusia to be dizzy; LG. dusel dizziness, duselig, dusselig, D. duizelig, dizzy, Dan. d\'94sig drowsy, slepy, d\'94se to make dull, drowsy, d\'94s dullness, drowsiness, and to AS. dw foolish, G. thor fool. Daze, Doze.]

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling, with a tendency to fall; vertiginous; giddy; hence, confused; indistinct.

Alas! his brain was dizzy. Drayton.

2. Causing, or tending to cause, giddiness or vertigo.

To climb from the brink of Fleet Ditch by a dizzy ladder. Macaulay.

3. Without distinct thought; unreflecting; thoughtless; heedless. "The dizzy multitude." Milton.

Dizzy

Diz"zy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dizzied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dizzying.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse.
If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. Sir W. Scott.

Djereed ∨ Djerrid

Djer*eed" (?)Djer*rid" (
, n. [F. djerid, fr. Ar. See Jereed.] (a) A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries. (b) A game played with it. [Written also jereed, jerrid, etc.]

Djinnee

Djin"nee (?), n.; pl. Jjinn ( or Djinns (. See Jinnee, Jinn.

Do.

Do. (, n. An abbreviation of Ditto.

Do

Do (?), n. (Mus.) A syllable attached to the first tone of the major diatonic scale for the purpose of solmization, or solfeggio. It is the first of the seven syllables used by the Italians as manes of musical tones, and replaced, for the sake of euphony, the syllable Ut, applied to the note C. In England and America the same syllables are used by mane as a scale pattern, while the tones in respect to absolute pitch are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet.

Do

Do (?), v. t. ∨ auxiliary. [imp. Din (#); p. p. Done (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Doing (#). This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (dost , he does (doeth
(doth
(dost. As an independent verb, dost is obsolete or rare, except in poetry. "What dost thou in this world?" Milton. The form doeth is a verb unlimited, doth, formerly so used, now being the auxiliary form. The second pers, sing., imperfect tense, is didst (didest ( [AS. d; akin to D. doen, OS. duan, OHG. tuon, G. thun, Lith. deti, OSlav. d, OIr. d\'82nim I do, Gr. dh\'be, and to E. suffix -dom, and prob. to L. facere to do, E. fact, and perh. to L. -dere in some compounfds, as addere to add, credere to trust. Deed, Deem, Doom, Fact, Creed, Theme.]

1. To place; to put. [Obs.] Tale of a Usurer (about 1330).

2. To cause; to make; -- with an infinitive. [Obs.]

My lord Abbot of Westminster did do shewe to me late certain evidences. W. Caxton.
I shall . . . your cloister do make. Piers Plowman.
A fatal plague which many did to die. Spenser.
We do you to wit [i. e., We make you to know] of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. 2 Cor. viii. 1.
&hand; We have lost the idiom shown by the citations (do used like the French faire or laisser), in which the verb in the infinitive apparently, but not really, has a passive signification, i. e., cause . . . to be made.

3. To bring about; to produce, as an effect or result; to effect; to achieve.

The neglecting it may do much danger. Shak.
He waved indifferently' twixt doing them neither good not harm. Shak.

4. To perform, as an action; to execute; to transact to carry out in action; as, to do a good or a bad act; do our duty; to do what I can.

Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. Ex. xx. 9.
We did not do these things. Ld. Lytton.
You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. Emerson.
Hence: To do homage, honor, favor, justice, etc., to render homage, honor, etc.

5. To bring to an end by action; to perform completely; to finish; to accomplish; -- a sense conveyed by the construction, which is that of the past participle done. "Ere summer half be done." "I have done weeping." Shak.


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6. To make ready for an object, purpose, or use, as food by cooking; to cook completely or sufficiently; as, the meat is done on one side only.

7. To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text.

Done to death by slanderous tongues. Shak.
The ground of the difficulty is done away. Paley.
Suspicions regarding his loyalty were entirely done away. Thackeray.
To do on our own harness, that we may not; but we must do on the armor of God. Latimer.
Then Jason rose and did on him a fair Blue woolen tunic. W. Morris (Jason).
Though the former legal pollution be now done off, yet there is a spiritual contagion in idolatry as much to be shunned. Milton.
It ["Pilgrim's Progress"] has been done into verse: it has been done into modern English. Macaulay.

8. To cheat; to gull; to overreach. [Colloq.]

He was not be done, at his time of life, by frivolous offers of a compromise that might have secured him seventy-five per cent. De Quincey.

9. To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest. [Colloq.]

10. (Stock Exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. &hand; (a) Do and did are much employed as auxiliaries, the verb to which they are joined being an infinitive. As an auxiliary the verb do has no participle. "I do set my bow in the cloud." Gen. ix. 13. [Now archaic or rare except for emphatic assertion.]

Rarely . . . did the wrongs of individuals to the knowledge of the public. Macaulay.
(b) They are often used in emphatic construction. "You don't say so, Mr. Jobson. -- but I do say so." Sir W. Scott. "I did love him, but scorn him now." Latham. (c) In negative and interrogative constructions, do and did are in common use. I do not wish to see them; what do you think? Did C\'91sar cross the Tiber? He did not. "Do you love me?" Shak. (d) Do, as an auxiliary, is supposed to have been first used before imperatives. It expresses entreaty or earnest request; as, do help me. In the imperative mood, but not in the indicative, it may be used with the verb to be; as, do be quiet. Do, did, and done often stand as a general substitute or representative verb, and thus save the repetition of the principal verb. "To live and die is all we have to do." Denham. In the case of do and did as auxiliaries, the sense may be completed by the infinitive (without to) of the verb represented. "When beauty lived and died as flowers do now." Shak. "I . . . chose my wife as she did her wedding gown." Goldsmith.
My brightest hopes giving dark fears a being. As the light does the shadow. Longfellow.
In unemphatic affirmative sentences do is, for the most part, archaic or poetical; as, "This just reproach their virtue does excite." Dryden. To do one's best, To do one's diligence (and the like), to exert one's self; to put forth one's best or most or most diligent efforts. "We will . . . do our best to gain their assent." Jowett (Thucyd.). -- To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. -- To do one shame, to cause one shame. [Obs.] -- To do over. (a) To make over; to perform a second time. (b) To cover; to spread; to smear. "Boats . . . sewed together and done over with a kind of slimy stuff like rosin." De Foe. -- To do to death, to put to death. (See 7.) [Obs.] -- To do up. (a) To put up; to raise. [Obs.] Chaucer. (b) To pack together and envelop; to pack up. (c) To accomplish thoroughly. [Colloq.] (d) To starch and iron. "A rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch." Hawthorne. -- To do way, to put away; to lay aside. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To do with, to dispose of; to make use of; to employ; -- usually preceded by what. "Men are many times brought to that extremity, that were it not for God they would not know what to do with themselves." Tillotson. -- To have to do with, to have concern, business or intercourse with; to deal with. When preceded by what, the notion is usually implied that the affair does not concern the person denoted by the subject of have. "Philology has to do with language in its fullest sense." Earle. "What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? 2 Sam. xvi. 10.

Do

Do (?), v. i.

1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.

They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. 2 Kings xvii. 34.

2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?

3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.

You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. Collier.
To do by. See under By. -- To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. Thackeray.
-- To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do withal." Shak. -- To do without, to get along without; to dispense with. -- To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist. -- To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with. -- Well to do, in easy circumstances.

Do

Do, n.

1. Deed; act; fear. [Obs.] Sir W. Scott.

2. Ado; bustle; stir; to do. [R.]

A great deal of do, and a great deal of trouble. Selden.

3. A cheat; a swindle. [Slang, Eng.]

Doab

Do"ab (?), [Pers. & Hind. do\'beb, prop., two waters.] A tongue or tract of land included between two rivers; as, the doab between the Ganges and the Jumna. [India] Am. Cyc.

Doable

Do"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being done. Carlyle.

Do-all

Do"-all` (?), n. General manager; factotum.
Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller.

Doand

Do"and (?), p. pr. Doing. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Doat

Doat (?), v. i. See Dote.

Dobber

Dob"ber (?), n.

1. (Zo\'94l.) See Dabchick.

2. A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]

Dobbin

Dob"bin (?), n.

1. An old jaded horse. Shak.

2. Sea gravel mixed with sand. [Prov. Eng.]

Dobchick

Dob"chick` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Dabchick.

Dobson

Dob"son (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite.

Dobule

Dob"ule (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European dace.

Docent

Do"cent (?), a. [L. docens, -entis, p. pr. of docere to teach.] Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.]

Docet\'91

Do*ce"t\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. (Eccl. Hist.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.

Docetic

Do*cet"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, held by, or like, the Docet\'91. "Docetic Gnosticism." Plumptre.

Docetism

Doc"e*tism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Docet\'91.

Dochmiac

Doch"mi*ac (?), a. (Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius.

Dochmius

Doch"mi*us (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Pros.) A foot of five syllables (usually

Docibility, Docibleness

Doc`i*bil"i*ty (?), Doc"i*ble*ness (?), n. [L. docibilitas.] Aptness for being taught; teachableness; docility.
To persons of docibility, the real character may be easily taught in a few days. Boyle.
The docibleness of dogs in general. Walton.

Docible

Doc"i*ble (?), a. [L. docibilis, fr. docere to teach.] Easily taught or managed; teachable. Milton.

Docile

Doc"ile (?), a. [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. discere to learn, Gr. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]

1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]

2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child.

The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.

Docility

Do*cil"i*ty (?), n. [L. docilitas, fr. docilis: cf. F. docilit\'82.]

1. teachableness; aptness for being taught; docibleness. [Obs. or R.]

2. Willingness to be taught; tractableness.

The humble docility of little children is, in the New Testament, represented as a necessary preparative to the reception of the Christian faith. Beattie.

Docimacy

Doc"i*ma*cy (?), n. [Gr. docimasie.] The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology.

Docimastic

Doc`i*mas"tic (?), a. [Gr. docimastique.] Proving by experiments or tests. Docimastic art, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.

Docimology

Doc`i*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.

Docity

Doc"i*ty (?), n. Teachableness. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U. S.]

Dock

Dock (?), n. [AS. docce; of uncertain origin; cf. G. docken-bl\'84tter, Gael. dogha burdock, OF. doque; perh. akin to L. daucus, daucum, Gr. Burdock.] (Bot.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination. &hand; Yellow dock is Rumex crispus, with smooth curly leaves and yellow root, which that of other species is used medicinally as an astringent and tonic.

Dock

Dock, n. [Cf. Icel. dockr a short tail, Fries. dok a little bundle or bunch, G. docke bundle, skein, a short and thick column.]

1. The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting. Grew.

2. A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

Dock

Dock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.] [See Dock a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.]

1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.

His top was docked like a priest biforn. Chaucer.

2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.

3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.

Dock

Dock, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr.

1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.

2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.

3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. Balance dock, a kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. -- Dry dock, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc. -- Floating dock, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water. -- Graving dock, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. -- Hydraulic dock, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. -- Naval dock, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. -- Sectional dock, a form of floating dock made in separate sections or caissons. -- Slip dock, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship. -- Wet dock, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin.

Dock

Dock (?), v. t. To draw, law, or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.

Dockage

Dock"age (?), n. A charge for the use of a dock.

Dock-cress

Dock"-cress` (?), n. (Bot.) Nipplewort.

Docket

Dock"et (?), n. [Dock to cut off + dim. suffix -et.]

1. A small piece of paper or parchment, containing the heads of a writing; a summary or digest.

2. A bill tied to goods, containing some direction, as the name of the owner, or the place to which they are to be sent; a label. Bailey.

3. (Law) (a) An abridged entry of a judgment or proceeding in an action, or register or such entries; a book of original, kept by clerks of courts, containing a formal list of the names of parties, and minutes of the proceedings, in each case in court. (b) (U. S.) A list or calendar of causes ready for hearing or trial, prepared for the use of courts by the clerks.

4. A list or calendar of business matters to be acted on in any assembly. On the docket, in hand; in the plan; under consideration; in process of execution or performance. [Colloq.]

Docket

Dock"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Docketing.]

1. To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers. Chesterfield.

2. (Law) (a) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed. (b) To enter or inscribe in a docket, or list of causes for trial.

3. To mark with a ticket; as, to docket goods.

Dockyard

Dock"yard` (?), n. A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.

Docoglossa

Doc`o*glos"sa (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.

Docquet

Doc"quet (?), n. & v. See Docket.

Doctor

Doc"tor (?), n. [OF. doctur, L. doctor, teacher, fr. docere to teach. See Docile.]

1. A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man. [Obs.]

One of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel. Bacon.

2. An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only.

3. One duly licensed to practice medicine; a member of the medical profession; a physician.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too. Shak.

4. Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency; as, the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous coloring matter; the doctor, or auxiliary engine, called also donkey engine.

5. (Zo\'94l.) The friar skate. [Prov. Eng.] Doctors' Commons. See under Commons. -- Doctor's stuff, physic, medicine. G. Eliot. -- Doctor fish (Zo\'94l.), any fish of the genus Acanthurus; the surgeon fish; -- so called from a sharp lancetlike spine on each side of the tail. Also called barber fish. See Surgeon fish.

Doctor

Doc"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doctored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doctoring.]

1. To treat as a physician does; to apply remedies to; to repair; as, to doctor a sick man or a broken cart. [Colloq.]

2. To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.

3. To tamper with and arrange for one's own purposes; to falsify; to adulterate; as, to doctor election returns; to doctor whisky. [Slang]

Doctor

Doc"tor, v. i. To practice physic. [Colloq.]

Doctoral

Doc"tor*al, a. [Cf. F. doctoral.] Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.
Doctoral habit and square cap. Wood.

Doctorally

Doc"tor*al*ly, adv. In the manner of a doctor.[R.]
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Doctorate

Doc"tor*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.

Doctorate

Doc"tor*ate (?), v. t. To make (one) a doctor.
He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller.

Doctoress

Doc"tor*ess, n. A female doctor.[R.]

Doctorly

Doc"tor*ly, a. Like a doctor or learned man. [Obs.] "Doctorly prelates." Foxe.

Doctorship

Doc"tor*ship, n. Doctorate. [R.] Clarendon.

Doctress

Doc"tress (?), n. A female doctor. [R.]

Doctrinable

Doc"tri*na*ble (?), a. Of the nature of, or constituting, doctrine. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Doctrinaire

Doc`tri*naire" (?), n. [F. See Doctrine.] One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. &hand; In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. Am. Cyc.

Doctrinal

Doc"tri*nal (?), a. [LL. doctrinalis, fr. L. doctrina: cf. F. doctrinal. See Doctrine.]

1. Pertaining to, or containing, doctrine or something taught and to be believed; as, a doctrinal observation. "Doctrinal clauses." Macaulay.

2. Pertaining to, or having to do with, teaching.

The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument. Hooker.

Doctrinal

Doc"tri*nal, n. A matter of doctrine; also, a system of doctrines. T. Goodwin. Sir T. Elyot.

Doctrinally

Doc"tri*nal*ly, adv. In a doctrinal manner or for; by way of teaching or positive direction.

Doctrinarian

Doc"tri*na"ri*an (?), n. A doctrinaire. J. H. Newman.

Doctrinarianism

Doc`tri*na"ri*an*ism (?), n. The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires.

Doctrine

Doc"trine (?), n. [F. doctrine, L. doctrina, fr. doctor. See Doctor.]

1. Teaching; instruction.

He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken. Mark iv. 2.

2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or position, or the body of principles, in any branch of knowledge; any tenet or dogma; a principle of faith; as, the doctrine of atoms; the doctrine of chances. "The doctrine of gravitation." I. Watts.

Articles of faith and doctrine. Hooker.
The Monroe doctrine (Politics), a policy enunciated by President Monroe (Message, Dec. 2, 1823), the essential feature of which is that the United States will regard as an unfriendly act any attempt on the part of European powers to extend their systems on this continent, or any interference to oppress, or in any manner control the destiny of, governments whose independence had been acknowledged by the United States. Syn. -- Precept; tenet; principle; maxim; dogma. -- Doctrine, Precept. Doctrine denotes whatever is recommended as a speculative truth to the belief of others. Precept is a rule down to be obeyed. Doctrine supposes a teacher; precept supposes a superior, with a right to command. The doctrines of the Bible; the precepts of our holy religion.
Unpracticed he to fawn or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour. Goldsmith.

Document

Doc"u*ment (?), n. [LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]

1. That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.]

Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. I. Watts.

2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]

They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis, proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most extended sense, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any material substance on which the thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.

Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic. Paley.

Document

Doc"u*ment, v. t.

1. To teach; to school. [Obs.]

I am finely documented by my own daughter. Dryden.

2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

Documental

Doc`u*men"tal (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to instruction. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

2. Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony.

Documentary

Doc`u*men"ta*ry (?), a. Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing. "Documentary evidence." Macaulay.

Dodd, Dod

Dodd, Dod (?), v. t. [OE. dodden.] To cut off, as wool from sheep's tails; to lop or clip off. Halliwell.

Doddart

Dod"dart (?), n. A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.

Dodded

Dod"ded, a. [See Dodd.] Without horns; as, dodded cattle; without beards; as, dodded corn. Halliwell.

Dodder

Dod"der (?), n. [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying at the root. is nourished by the plant that supports it.

Dodder

Dod"der, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive, delude, and E. didder, dudder.] To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast." Thomson.

Doddered

Dod"dered (?), a. Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age." Dryden.

Dodecagon

Do*dec"a*gon (?), n. [Gr. dod\'82cagone.] (Geom.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Dodecagynia

Do*dec`a*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an order of plants having twelve styles.

Dodecagynian, Dodecagynous

Do*dec`a*gyn"i*an (?), Do`de*cag"y*nous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecagynia; having twelve styles.

Dodecahedral

Do*dec`a*he"dral (?), a. Pertaining to, or like, a dodecahedion; consisting of twelve equal sides. Dodecahedral cleavage. See under Cleavage.

Dodecahedron

Do*dec`a*he"dron (?), n. [Gr. dod\'82ca\'8adre.] (Geom. & Crystallog.) A solid having twelve faces. &hand; The regular dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal and regular pentagons; the pyritohedron (see Pyritohedron) is related to it; the rhombic dodecahedron is bounded by twelve equal rhombic faces.

Dodecandria

Do`de*can"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants including all that have any number of stamens between twelve and nineteen.

Dodecandrian, Dodecandrous

Do`de*can"dri*an (?), Do`de*can"drous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

Dodecane

Do"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.

Dodecastyle

Do*dec"a*style (?), a. [Gr. dod\'82castyle.] (Arch.) Having twelve columns in front. -- n. A dodecastyle portico, or building.

Dodecasyllabic

Do*dec`a*syl*lab"ic (?), a. [Gr. syllabic.] Having twelve syllables.

Dodecasyllable

Do*dec"a*syl`la*ble (?), n. A word consisting of twelve syllables.

Dodecatemory

Do*dec`a*tem"o*ry (?), n. [Gr. dod\'82cat\'82morie.] (Astron.) A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Dodge

Dodge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dodged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dodging.] [Of uncertain origin: cf. dodder, v., daddle, dade, or dog, v. t.]

1. To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start. Milton.

2. To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.

Some dodging casuist with more craft than sincerity. Milton.

Dodge

Dodge, v. t.

1. To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown.

2. Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to dodge responsibility. [Colloq.] S. G. Goodrich.

3. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. Coleridge.

Dodge

Dodge, n. The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice. [Colloq.]
Some, who have a taste for good living, have many harmless arts, by which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.

Dodger

Dodg"er (?), n.

1. One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices. Smart.

2. A small handbill. [U. S.]

3. See Corndodger.

Dodgery

Dodg"er*y (?), n. trickery; artifice. [Obs.] Hacket.

Dodipate, Dodipoll

Dod"i*pate (?), Dod"i*poll (?), n. [Perh. fr. OE. dodden to cut off, to shear, and first applied to shaven-polled priests.] A stupid person; a fool; a blockhead.
Some will say, our curate is naught, an ass-head, a dodipoll. Latimer.

Dodkin

Dod"kin (?), n. [D. duitken, dim. of duit. See Doit, and cf. Doitkin.] A doit; a small coin. Shelton.

Dodman

Dod"man (?), n.

1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Nares.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.]

Dodo

Do"do (?), n.; pl. Dodoes (#). [Said to be fr. Pg. doudo silly, foolish (cf. Booby); this is fr. Prov. E. dold, the same word as E. dolt.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.

Doe

Doe (?), n. [AS. d\'be; cf. Dan. daa, daa-dyr, deer, and perh. L. dama. (Zo\'94l.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck.

Doe

Doe (?), n. A feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. Hudibras.

D\'d2glic

D\'d2g"lic (?), a. Pertaining to, or obtained from, the d\'d2gling; as, d\'d2glic acid (Chem.), an oily substance resembling oleic acid.

D\'d2gling

D\'d2g"ling (?), n. [Native name in Faroe Islands.] (Zo\'94l.) The beaked whale (Bal\'91noptera rostrata), from which d\'d2gling oil is obtained.

Doer

Do"er (?), m. [From Do, v. t. & i.]

1. One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

The doers of the law shall be justified. Rom. ii. 13.

2. (Scots Law) An agent or attorney; a factor. Burrill.

Does

Does (?). The 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.

Doeskin

Doe"skin` (?), n.

1. The skin of the doe.

2. A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

Doff

Doff (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doffing.] [Do + off. See Do, v. t., 7.]

1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. Shak.

At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.

2. To strip; to divest; to undress.

Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. Crashaw.

Doff

Doff, v. i. To put off dress; to take off the hat.

Doffer

Doff"er (?), n. (Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton from the cards. Ure.

Dog

Dog (?), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (C. familiaris). The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)

2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. )

3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]

4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. &hand; Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. A dead dog, a thing of no use or value. 1 Sam. xxiv. 14. -- A dog in the manger, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. -- Dog ape (Zo\'94l.), a male ape. -- Dog cabbage, ∨ Dog's cabbage (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region (Thelygonum Cynocrambe). -- Dog cheap, very cheap. See under Cheap. -- Dog ear (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] -- Dog flea (Zo\'94l.), a species of flea (Pulex canis) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See Flea, and Aphaniptera. -- Dog grass (Bot.), a grass (Triticum caninum) of the same genus as wheat. -- Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. -- Dog lichen (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Peltigera canina) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. -- Dog louse (Zo\'94l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. H\'91matopinus piliferus; another species is Trichodectes latus. -- Dog power, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. -- Dog salmon (Zo\'94l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the gorbuscha; -- called also holia, and hone. -- Dog shark. (Zo\'94l.) See Dogfish. -- Dog's meat, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. -- Dog Star. See in the Vocabulary. -- Dog wheat (Bot.), Dog grass. -- Dog whelk (Zo\'94l.), any species of univalve shells of the family Nassid\'91, esp. the Nassa reticulata of England. -- To give, ∨ throw, to the dogs, to throw away as useless. "Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it." Shak. -- To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.


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Dog

Dog (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dogging.] To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.
I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. Pope.
Your sins will dog you, pursue you. Burroughs.
Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. South.

Dogal

Do"gal (?), a. [LL. dogalis for ducalis. See Doge.] Of or pertaining to a doge.[R.]

Dogate

Do"gate (?), n. [Cf. F. dogat, It. dogato. See Doge, and cf. Dogeate.] The office or dignity of a doge.

Dogbane

Dog"bane` (?), n. [Said to be poisonous to dogs. Cf. Apocynaceous.] (Bot.) A small genus of perennial herbaceous plants, with poisonous milky juice, bearing slender pods pods in pairs.

Dog bee

Dog" bee` (?). A male or drone bee. Halliwell.

Dogberry

Dog"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry. Dr. Prior. Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood.

Dogbolt

Dog"bolt` (?), n. (Gun.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon. Knight.

Dog-brier

Dog"-bri`er (?), n. (Bot.) The dog-rose.

Dogcart

Dog"cart` (?), n. A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.

Dog day ∨ Dogday

Dog" day`Dog"day` (?). One of the dog days. Dogday cicada (Zo\'94l.), a large American cicada (C. pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer.

Dog days

Dog" days` (?). A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer. &hand; The conjunction of the rising of the Dog Star with the rising of the sun was regarded by the ancients as one of the causes of the sultry heat of summer, and of the maladies which then prevailed. But as the conjunction does not occur at the same time in all latitudes, and is not constant in the same region for a long period, there has been much variation in calendars regarding the limits of the dog days. The astronomer Roger Long states that in an ancient calendar in Bede (died 735) the beginning of dog days is placed on the 14th of July; that in a calendar prefixed to the Common Prayer, printed in the time of Queen Elizabeth, they were said to begin on the 6th of July and end on the 5th of September; that, from the Restoration (1660) to the beginning of New Style (1752), British almanacs placed the beginning on the 19th of July and the end on the 28th of August; and that after 1752 the beginning was put on the 30th of July, the end on the 7th of September. Some English calendars now put the beginning on July 3d, and the ending on August 11th. A popular American almanac of the present time (1890) places the beginning on the 25th of July, and the end on the 5th of September.

Dogdraw

Dog"draw` (?), n. (Eng. Forest Law) The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog. Cowell.

Doge

Doge (?), n. [It doge, dogio, for duce, duca, fr. L. dux, ducis, a leader, commander. See Duke.] The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa.

Dog-eared

Dog"-eared` (?), a. Having the corners of the leaves turned down and soiled by careless or long-continued usage; -- said of a book.
Statute books before unopened, not dog-eared. Ld. Mansfield.

Dogeate

Doge"ate (?), n. Dogate. Wright.

Dogeless

Doge"less, a. Without a doge. Byron.

Dog-faced

Dog"-faced` (?), a. Having a face resembling that of a dog. Dog-faced baboon (Zo\'94l.), any baboon of the genus Cynocephalus. See Drill.

Dog fancier

Dog" fan`cier (?). One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.

Dogfish

Dog"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.)

1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. &hand; The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked, or horned dogfish (Squalus acanthias) abundant on both sides of the Atlantic.

2. The bowfin (Amia calva). See Bowfin.

3. The burbot of Lake Erie.

Dog-fox

Dog"-fox` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A male fox. See the Note under Dog, n.,

6. Sir W. Scott. (b) The Arctic or blue fox; -- a name also applied to species of the genus Cynalopex.

Dogged

Dog"ged (?), a. [Fron. Dog.]

1. Sullen; morose. [Obs. or R.]

The sulky spite of a temper naturally dogged. Sir W. Scott.

2. Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.

Doggedly

Dog"ged*ly, adv. In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.

Doggedness

Dog"ged*ness, n.

1. Sullenness; moroseness. [R.]

2. Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

Dogger

Dog"ger (?), n. [D., fr. dogger codfish, orig. used in the catching of codfish.] (Naut.) A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

Dogger

Dog"ger, n. A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.

Doggerel

Dog"ger*el (?), a. [OE. dogerel.] Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
This may well be rhyme doggerel, quod he. Chaucer.

Doggerel

Dog"ger*el, n. A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
Doggerel like that of Hudibras. Addison.
The ill-spelt lines of doggerel in which he expressed his reverence for the brave sufferers. Macaulay.

Doggerman

Dog"ger*man (?), n. A sailor belonging to a dogger.

Dogget

Dog"get (?), n. Docket. See Docket. [Obs.]

Doggish

Dog"gish (?), a. Like a dog; having the bad qualities of a dog; churlish; growling; brutal. -- Dog"*gish*ly, adv. -- Dog"gish*ness, n.

Doggrel

Dog"grel (?), a. & n. Same as Doggerel.

Dog-headed

Dog"-head`ed (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a head shaped like that of a dog; -- said of certain baboons.

Dog-hearted

Dog"-heart`ed (?), a. Inhuman; cruel. Shak.

Doghole

Dog"hole` (?), n. A place fit only for dogs; a vile, mean habitation or apartment. Dryden.

dog-legged

dog"-leg`ged (?), a. (Arch) Noting a flight of stairs, consisting of two or more straight portions connected by a platform (landing) or platforms, and running in opposite directions without an intervening wellhole.

Dogma

Dog"ma (?), n.; pl. E. Dogmas (#), L. Dogmata (#). [L. dogma, Gr. pl. , fr. decet it is becoming. Cf. Decent.]

1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine.

The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. Whewell.

2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet.

3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. Syn. -- tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine. -- Dogma, Tenet. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. this is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.

Dogmatic

Dog*mat"ic (?), n. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric.

Dogmatic, Dogmatical

Dog*mat"ic (?), Dog*mat`ic*al (?), a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr. dogmatique.]

1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet.

2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing.

Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. Spectator.
[They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. Glanvill.
Dogmatic theology. Same as Dogmatics. Syn. -- Magisterial; arrogant. See Magisterial.

Dogmatically

Dog*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially.

Dogmaticalness

Dog*mat"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness.

Dogmatician

Dog`ma*ti"cian (?), n. A dogmatist.

Dogmatics

Dog*mat"ics (?), n. The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology.

Dogmatism

Dog"ma*tism (?), n. The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion.
The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation. Sir W. Scott.

Dogmatist

Dog"ma*tist (?), n. [L. dogmatistes, Gr. One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles.
I expect but little success of all this upon the dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to argument. Glanvill.

Dogmatize

Dog"ma*tize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dogmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dogmatizing.] [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. dogmatiser. See Dogma.] To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance.
The pride of dogmatizing schools. Blackmore.

Dogmatize

Dog"ma*tize, v. t. To deliver as a dogma. [R.]

Dogmatizer

Dog"ma*ti`zer (?), n. One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher. Hammond.

Dog-rose

Dog"-rose` (?), n. (Bot.) A common European wild rose, with single pink or white flowers.

Dog's-bane

Dog's"-bane` (?), n. (Bot.) See Dogbane.

Dog's-ear

Dog's"-ear` (?), n. The corner of a leaf, in a book, turned down like the ear of a dog. Gray. -- Dog's"-eared` (#), a. Cowper.

Dogship

Dog"ship (?), n. The character, or individuality, of a dog.

Dogshore

Dog"shore` (?), n. (Naut.) One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.

Dogsick

Dog"sick` (?), a. Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]

Dogskin

Dog"skin (?), n. The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.

Dogsleep

Dog"sleep` (?), n.

1. Pretended sleep. Addison.

2. (Naut.) The fitful naps taken when all hands are kept up by stress.

Dog's-tail grass

Dog's"-tail grass` (?), n. (Bot.) A hardy species of British grass (Cynosurus cristatus) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also goldseed.

Dog Star

Dog" Star` (?). Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, α Canis Majoris. See Dog days.

Dog's-tongue

Dog's"-tongue` (?), n. (Bot.) Hound's-tongue.

Dogtie

Dog"tie` (?), n. (Arch.) A cramp.

Dogtooth

Dog"tooth` (?), n.; pl. Dogteeth (.

1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.

2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. -- Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]

Dogtrick

Dog"trick` (?), n. A gentle trot, like that of a dog.

Dogvane

Dog"vane` (?), n. (Naut.) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. Totten.

Dogwatch

Dog"watch` (?), n. (Naut.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p.m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, P. M. Totten.

Dog-weary

Dog"-wea`ry (?), a. Extremely weary. Shak.

Dogwood

Dog"wood` (?), n. [So named from skewers (dags) being made of it. Dr. Prior. See Dag, and Dagger.] (Bot.) The Cornus, a genus of large shrubs or small trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard, and serviceable for many purposes. &hand; There are several species, one of which, Cornus mascula, called also cornelian cherry, bears a red acid berry. C. florida is the flowering dogwood, a small American tree with very showy blossoms. Dogwood tree. (a) The dogwood or Cornus. (b) A papilionaceous tree (Piscidia erythring) growing in Jamaica. It has narcotic properties; -- called also Jamaica dogwood.

Dohtren

Doh"tren (?), n. pl. Daughters. [Obs.]

Doily

Doi"ly (?), n. [So called from the name of the dealer.]

1. A kind of woolen stuff. [Obs.] "Some doily petticoats." Dryden.

A fool and a doily stuff, would now and then find days of grace, and be worn for variety. Congreve.

2. A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.

Doing

Do"ing (?), n.; pl. Doings (. Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
To render an account of his doings. Barrow.

Doit

Doit (?), n. [D. duit, Icel. pveit, prop., a piece cut off. See Thwaite a piece of ground, Thwite.]

1. A small Dutch coin, worth about half a farthing; also, a similar small coin once used in Scotland; hence, any small piece of money. Shak.

2. A thing of small value; as, I care not a doit.

Doitkin

Doit"kin (?), n. A very small coin; a doit.

Dokimastic

Dok`i*mas"tic (?), a. Docimastic.

Doko

Do"ko (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Lepidosiren.

Dolabra

Do*la"bra (?), n. [L., fr. dolare to hew.] A rude ancient ax or hatchet, seen in museums.

Dolabriform

Do*lab"ri*form (?), a. [L. dolabra a mattock + -form.] Shaped like the head of an ax or hatchet, as some leaves, and also certain organs of some shellfish.

Dolce, Dolcemente

Dol"ce (?), Dol`ce*men"te (?), adv. [It., fr. L. dulcis sweet, soft.] (Mus.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

Dolcino, ∨ Dulcino

Dol*ci"no (?), ∨ Dul*ci"no (
, n. [Cf. It. dolcigno sweetish.] (Mus.) A small bassoon, formerly much used. Simmonds.

Doldrums

Dol"drums, n. pl. [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation?] A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium.

Dole

Dole (?), n. [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.] grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic]
And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. Tennyson.

Dole

Dole, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law) See Dolus.

Dole

Dole, n. [AS. d\'bel portion; same word as d. See Deal.]

1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.

At her general dole, Each receives his ancient soul. Cleveland.

2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.


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3. Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.

So sure the dole, so ready at their call, They stood prepared to see the manna fall. Dryden.
Heaven has in store a precious dole. Keble.

4. A boundary; a landmark. Halliwell.

5. A void space left in tillage. [Prov. Eng.] Dole beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.

Dole

Dole (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. De Quincey.

Doleful

Dole"ful (?), a. Full of dole or grief; expressing or exciting sorrow; sorrowful; sad; dismal.
With screwed face and doleful whine. South.
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades. Milton.
Syn. -- Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy; dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - Dole"ful*ly, adv. -- Dole"ful*ness, n.

Dolent

Do"lent (?), a. [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See Dole sorrow.] Sorrowful. [Obs.] Ford.

Dolente

Do*len"te (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Plaintively. See Doloroso.

Dolerite

Dol"er*ite (?), n. [Gr. (Geol. & Min.) A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

Doleritic

Dol`er*it"ic (?), a. Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava. Dana.

Dolesome

Dole"some, a. Doleful; dismal; gloomy; sorrowful. -- Dole"some*ly, adv. -- Dole"some*ness, n.

Dolf

Dolf (?), imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dolichocephalic, Dolichocephalous

Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic (?), Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Gr. (Anat.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. -- Dol`i*cho*ceph"al (#), a. & n.

Dolichocephaly, Dolichocephalism

Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*ly (?), Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lism (?), n. [Cf. F. dolichc\'82phalie.] The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.

Dolioform

Do"li*o*form (?), a. [L. dolium large jar + -form.] (Biol.) Barrel-shaped, or like a cask in form.

Doliolum

Do*li"o*lum (?), n. [L. doliolum a small cask.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of freeswimming oceanic tunicates, allied to Salpa, and having alternate generations.

Do-little

Do"-lit`tle (?), n. One who performs little though professing much. [Colloq.]
Great talkers are commonly dolittles. Bp. Richardson.

Dolium

Do"li*um (?), n. [L. large jar.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of large univalve mollusks, including the partridge shell and tun shells.

Doll

Doll (?), n. [A contraction of Dorothy; or less prob. an abbreviation of idol; or cf. OD. dol a whipping top, D. dollen to rave, and E. dull.] A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.

Dollar

Dol"lar (?), n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]

1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. &hand; Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar.

2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries.

3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. -- Dollar fish (Zo\'94l.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. -- Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy. <-- dollar bill. A paper note printed by the Treasury, or by on of the Federal Reserve Banks under authority of the treasury, having the value of one dollar. Five dollar bill, ten dollar bill, etc. Notes with the value of five, ten, etc. dollars. See dolar bill. Prior to 1964 such notes could be redemed for the equivalent dollar value of silver coins, but in that year the backing of the currency with silver was discontinued. Such notes not convertible into precious metals at a fixed rate are called "fiat money", receiving their value solely from the good faith of the issuing government. -->

Dollardee

Dol`lar*dee" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of sunfish (Lepomis pallidus), common in the United States; -- called also blue sunfish, and copper-nosed bream.

Dollman

Doll"man (?), n. See Dolman.

Dolly

Dol"ly (?), n.; pl. Dollies (.

1. (Mining) A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

2. (Mach.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. Knight.

3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

Dolly

Dol"ly (?), n. A child's mane for a doll. Dolly shop, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. [England]

Dolly Varden

Dol"ly Var"den (?).

1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. Dolly Varden trout (Zo\'94l.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.

Dolman

Dol"man (?), n. [Turk. d: cf. F. doliman.]

1. A long robe or outer garment, with long sleeves, worn by the Turks. [Written also doliman.]

2. A cloak of a peculiar fashion worn by women.

Dolmen

Dol"men (?), n. [Armor. taol, tol, table + mean, maen, men, stone: cf. F. dolmen.] A cromlech. See Cromlech. [Written also tolmen.]

Dolomite

Dol"o*mite (?), n. [After the French geologist Dolomieu.] (Geol. & Min.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

Dolomitic

Dol`o*mit"ic (?), a. Pertaining to dolomite.

Dolomize

Dol"o*mize (?), v. t. To convert into dolomite. -- Dol`o*mi*za"tion (#), n.

Dolor

Do"lor (?), n. [OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole.] Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [Written also dolour.] [Poetic]
Of death and dolor telling sad tidings. Spenser.

Doloriferous

Dol`or*if"er*ous (?), a. [L. dolor pain + -ferous.] Producing pain. Whitaker.

Dolorific, Dolorifical

Dol`or*if"ic (?), Dol`or*if"ic*al (?), a. [LL. dolorificus; L. dolor pain + facere to make.] Causing pain or grief. Arbuthnot.

Doloroso

Do`lo*ro"so (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction.

Dolorous

Dol"or*ous (?), a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor.]

1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.

You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. Shak.

2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.

Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. Dr. H. More.
-- Dol"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Dol"or*ous*ness, n.

Dolphin

Dol"phin (?), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin, Delphine.]

1. (Zool.) (a) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin. (b) The Coryph\'91na hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryph\'91noid. &hand; The dolphin of the ancients (D. delphis) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet.

2. [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel.

3. (Naut.) (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. R. H. Dana. (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted.

5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n.,

2. Dolphin fly (Zo\'94l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. -- Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit.

Dolphinet

Dol"phin*et (?), n. A female dolphin. [R.] Spenser.

Dolt

Dolt (?), n. [OE. dulte, prop. p. p. of dullen to dull. See Dull.] A heavy, stupid fellow; a blockhead; a numskull; an ignoramus; a dunce; a dullard.
This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt. Drayton.

Dolt

Dolt, v. i. To behave foolishly. [Obs.]

Doltish

Dolt"ish, a. Doltlike; dull in intellect; stupid; blockish; as, a doltish clown. -- Dolt"ish*ly, adv. -- Dolt"ish*ness, n.

Dolus

Do"lus (?), n. [L., deceit; akin to Gr. (Law) Evil intent, embracing both malice and fraud. See Culpa. Wharton.

Dolven

Dolv"en (?), p. p. of Delve. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

-dom

-dom (. A suffix denoting: (a) Jurisdiction or property and jurisdiction, dominion, as in kingdom earldom. (b) State, condition, or quality of being, as in wisdom, freedom. It is from the same root as doom meaning authority and judgment. . See Doom.

Dom

Dom (?), n. [Pg. See Don.]

1. A title anciently given to the pope, and later to other church dignitaries and some monastic orders. See Don, and Dan.

2. In Portugal and Brazil, the title given to a member of the higher classes.

Domable

Dom"a*ble (?), a. [L. domabilis, fr. domare to tame.] Capable of being tamed; tamable.

Domableness

Dom"a*ble*ness, n. Tamableness.

Domage

Dom"age (?), n. [See Damage.]

1. Damage; hurt. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. Subjugation. [Obs.] Hobbes.

Domain

Do*main" (?), n. [F. domaine, OF. demaine, L. dominium, property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, owner. See Dame, and cf Demesne, Dungeon.]

1. Dominion; empire; authority.

2. The territory over which dominion or authority is exerted; the possessions of a sovereign or commonwealth, or the like. Also used figuratively.

The domain of authentic history. E. Everett.
The domain over which the poetic spirit ranges. J. C. Shairp.

3. Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. Shenstone.

4. (Law) Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership. Public domain, the territory belonging to a State or to the general government; public lands. [U.S.]<-- 2. the situation (status) of intellectual property which is not protected by copyright, patent or other restriction on use. Anything in the public domain may be used by anyone wihout restriction. --> -- Right of eminent domain, that superior dominion of the sovereign power over all the property within the state, including that previously granted by itself, which authorizes it to appropriate any part thereof to a necessary public use, reasonable compensation being made.

Domal

Do"mal (?), a. [L. domus house.] (Astrol.) Pertaining to a house. Addison.

Domanial

Do*ma"ni*al (?), a. Of or relating to a domain or to domains.

Dome

Dome, n. [F. d\'93me, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. timber. See Timber.]

1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.

Approach the dome, the social banquet share. Pope.

2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. &hand; "The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola." Am. Cyc.

3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.

4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form. &hand; If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. Dana.

Dome

Dome, n. [See Doom.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Domebook

Dome"book` (?), n. [Dome doom + book.] (O. Eng. Law) A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. Burrill.

Domed

Domed (?), a. Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome.

Domesday

Domes"day` (?), n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]

Domesman

Domes"man (?), n.; pl. Domesmen (#). [See Doom.] A judge; an umpire. [Obs.]

Domestic

Do*mes"tic (?), a. [L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome.]

1. Of or pertaining to one's house or home, or one's household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants.

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay.

4. Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one's own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions. Shak.

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals.

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.

Domestic

Do*mes"tic, n.

1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant.

The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. V. Knox.

2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [U. S.]


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Domestical

Do*mes"tic*al (?), a. Domestic. [Obs.]
Our private and domestical matter. Sir. P. Sidney.

Domestical

Do*mes"tic*al, n. A family; a household. [Obs.]

Domestically

Do*mes"tic*al*ly, adv. In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs.

Domesticant

Do*mes"ti*cant (?), a. Forming part of the same family. [Obs.] Sir E. Dering.

Domesticate

Do*mes"ti*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating.] [LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a.]

1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self.

2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word.

3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant.

Domestication

Do*mes`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. domestication.] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

Domesticator

Do*mes"ti*ca`tor (?), n. One who domesticates.

Domesticity

Do`mes*tic"i*ty (?), n. [LL. domesticitas: cf. F. domesticit\'82.] The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life.

Domett

Dom"ett (?), n. A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. Blakely.

Domeykite

Do"mey*kite (?), n. [Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili.] (Min.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper.

Domical

Dom"i*cal (?), a. Relating to, or shaped like, a dome.

Domicile

Dom"i*cile (?), n. [L. domicilium; domus house + (prob.) root of celare to conceal: cf. F. domicile. See Dome, and Conceal.]

1. An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

2. (Law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode. Wharton.

Domicile

Dom"i*cile, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciling.] [Cf. F. domicilier. Cf. Domiciliate.] To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. Kent.

Domiciliar

Dom`i*cil"i*ar (?), n. A member of a household; a domestic.

Domicillary

Dom`i*cil"l*a*ry (?), a. [LL. domiciliarius.] Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family.
The personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen scrupulously guarded. Motley.
Domiciliary visit (Law), a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.

Domiciliate

Dom`i*cil"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Domiciliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Domiciliating (?).] [See Domicile.]

1. To establish in a permanent residence; to domicile.

2. To domesticate. Pownall.

Domiciliation

Dom`i*cil`i*a"tion (?), n. The act of domiciliating; permanent residence; inhabitancy. Milman.

Domiculture

Dom"i*cul`ture (?; 135), n. [L. domus house + E. culture. See 1st Dome.] The art of house-keeping, cookery, etc. [R.] R. Park.

Domify

Dom"i*fy (?), v. t. [L. domus + -fy: cf. F. domifier.]

1. (Astrol.) To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See House, in astrological sense. [Obs.]

2. To tame; to domesticate. [Obs.] Johnson.

Domina

Dom"i*na (?), n. [L., lady. See Dame.] (O. Eng. Law) Lady; a lady; -- a title formerly given to noble ladies who held a barony in their own right. Burrill.

Dominance, Dominancy

Dom"i*nance (?), Dom"i*nan*cy (?), n. Predominance; ascendency; authority.

Dominant

Dom"i*nant (?), a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.] Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power.
The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. Macaulay.
Dominant estate ∨ tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. Bouvier. Wharton's Law Dict. -- Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another. Syn. -- Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant.

Dominant

Dom"i*nant, n. (Mus.) The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. Dominant chord (Mus.), the chord based upon the dominant.

Dominate

Dom"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dominated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dominating.] [L. dominatus, p. p. of dominari to dominate, fr. dominus master, lord. See Dame, and cf. Domineer.] To predominate over; to rule; to govern. "A city dominated by the ax." Dickens.
We everywhere meet with Slavonian nations either dominant or dominated. W. Tooke.

Dominate

Dom"i*nate, v. i. To be dominant. Hallam.

Domination

Dom`i*na"tion (?), n. [F. domination, L. dominatio.]

1. The act of dominating; exercise of power in ruling; dominion; supremacy; authority; often, arbitrary or insolent sway.

In such a people, the haugtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom. Burke.

2. A ruling party; a party in power. [R.] Burke.

3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton.

Dominative

Dom"i*na*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dominatif.] Governing; ruling; imperious. Sir E. Sandys.

Dominator

Dom"i*na`tor (?), n. [L.] A ruler or ruling power. "Sole dominator of Navarre." Shak.
Jupiter and Mars are dominators for this northwest part of the world. Camden.

Domine

Dom"i*ne (?), n. [See Dominie.]

1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.

2. [From Sp. domine a schoolmaster.] (Zo\'94l.) A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiurid\'91. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish.

Domineer

Dom`i*neer" (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Domineered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t.] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.
Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak.
His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

Domineering

Dom`i*neer"ing, a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing.
A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.
Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv.

Dominical

Do*min"ic*al (?), a. [LL. dominicalis, for L. dominicus belonging to a master or lord (dominica dies the Lord's day), fr. dominus master or lord: cf. F. dominical. See Dame.]

1. Indicating, or pertaining to, the Lord's day, or Sunday.

2. Relating to, or given by, our Lord; as, the dominical (or Lord's) prayer. Howell.

Some words altered in the dominical Gospels. Fuller.
Dominical altar (Eccl.), the high altar. -- Dominical letter, the letter which, in almanacs, denotes Sunday, or the Lord's day (dies Domini). The first seven letters of the alphabet are used for this purpose, the same letter standing for Sunday during a whole year (except in leap year, when the letter is changed at the end of February). After twenty-eight years the same letters return in the same order. The dominical letters go backwards one day every common year, and two every leap year; e. g., if the dominical letter of a common year be G, F will be the dominical letter for the next year. Called also Sunday letter. Cf. Solar cycle, under Cycle, n.

Dominical

Do*min"ic*al, n. The Lord's day or Sunday; also, the Lord's prayer. [Obs.]

Dominican

Do*min"i*can (?), a. [NL. Dominicanus, fr. Dominicus, Dominic, the founder: cf. F. Dominicain.] Of or pertaining to St. Dominic (Dominic de Guzman), or to the religions communities named from him. Dominican nuns, an order of nuns founded by St. Dominic, and chiefly employed in teaching. -- Dominican tertiaries (the third order of St. Dominic). See Tertiary.

Dominican

Do*min"i*can, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221. The first foundation in the United States was made in 1807. The Master of the Sacred Palace at Rome is always a Dominican friar. The Dominicans are called also preaching friars, friars preachers, black friars (from their black cloak), brothers of St. Mary, and in France, Jacobins.

Dominicide

Do*min"i*cide (?), n. [L. dominus master + caedere to cut down, kill.]

1. The act of killing a master.

2. One who kills his master.

Dominie

Dom"i*nie (?), n. [L. dominus master. See Don, Dame.]

1. A schoolmaster; a pedagogue. [Scot.]

This was Abel Sampson, commonly called, from occupation as a pedagogue, Dominie Sampson. Sir W. Scott.

2. A clergyman. See Domine, 1. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]

Dominion

Do*min"ion (?), n. [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium. See Domain, Dungeon.]

1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy.

I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion. Dan. iv. 34.
To choose between dominion or slavery. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.

Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion over things confused and transient. Dryden.

3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.

4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3. Milton.

By him were all things created . . . whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. Col. i. 16.
Syn. -- Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction; government; territory; district; region.

Domino

Dom"i*no (?), n.; pl. Dominos or (esp. the pieces for a game) Dominoes (#). [F. domino, or It. domin\'95, or Sp. domin\'a2, fr. L. dominus master. The domino was orig. a hood worn by the canons of a cathedral. See Don, Dame.]

1. A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice. Kersey.

2. A mourning veil formerly worn by women.

3. A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling.

4. A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure.

5. A person wearing a domino.

6. pl. A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played Hoyle.

7. One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Hoyle. <-- fall like dominoes. To fall sequentially, as when one object in a line, by falling against the next object, causes it in turn to fall, and that second object causes a third to fall, etc.; the process can be repeated an indefinite number of times. Derived from an entertainment using dominoes arranged in a row, each standing on edge and therefore easily knocked over; when the first is made to fall against the next, it starts a sequence which ends when all have fallen. For amusement, people have arranged such sequences involving thousands of dominoes, arrayed in fanciful patterns. Domino theory. A political theory current in the 1960's, according to which the conversion of one country in South Asia to communism will start a sequential process causing all Asian countries to convert to Communism. The apparent assumption was that an Asian country with a Western orientation was as politically unstable as a domino standing on edge. Used by some as a justification for American involvement in the Vietnam war, 1964-1972. -->

Dominus

Dom"i*nus (?), n.; pl. Domini (#). [L., master. See Dame.] Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell.

Domitable

Dom"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. domitare to tame, fr. domare.] That can be tamed. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Domite

Do"mite (?), n. (Min.) A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de-D\'93me in Auvergne, France, where it is found.

Don

Don (?), n. [Sp. don; akin to Pg. dom, It. donno; fr. L. dominus master. See Dame, and cf. Domine, Dominie, Domino, Dan, Dom.]

1. Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

Don is used in Italy, though not so much as in Spain France talks of Dom Calmet, England of Dom Calmet, England of Dan Lydgate. Oliphant.

2. A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities. [Univ. Cant] "The great dons of wit." Dryden.

Don

Don, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Donning.] [Do + on; -- opposed to doff. See Do, v. t., 7.] To put on; to dress in; to invest one's self with.
Should I don this robe and trouble you. Shak.
At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. Emerson.

Do\'a4a

Do"\'a4a (?), n. [Sp. do\'a4a. See Duenna.] Lady; mistress; madam; -- a title of respect used in Spain, prefixed to the Christian name of a lady.

Donable

Do"na*ble (?), a. [L. donabilis, fr. donare to donate.] Capable of being donated or given. [R.]

Donary

Do"na*ry (?), n. [L. donarium, fr. donare.] A thing given to a sacred use. [R.] Burton.

Donat

Don"at (?), n. [From Donatus, a famous grammarian.] A grammar. [Obs.] [Written also donet.]

Donatary

Don"a*ta*ry (?), n. See Donatory.

Donate

Do"nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

Donation

Do*na"tion (?), n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]

1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

After donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. South.

2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.

And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. Shak.

3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. Bouvier. Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.] Bartlett. Syn. -- Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.

Donatism

Don"a*tism (?), n. [Cf. F. Donatisme.] (Eccl. Hist.) The tenets of the Donatists.

Donatist

Don"a*tist (?), n. [LL. Donatista: cf. F. Donatiste.] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Donatus, the leader of a body of North African schismatics and purists, who greatly disturbed the church in the 4th century. They claimed to be the true church.

Donatistic

Don`a*tis"tic (?), a. Pertaining to Donatism.

Donative

Don"a*tive (?), n. [L. donativum, fr. donare: cf. F. donatif. See Donate.]

1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present. "The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives." Dryden.

2. (Eccl. Law) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n.,

3.

Donative

Don"a*tive, a. Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. Blackstone.

Donator

Do*na"tor (?), n. [L. Cf. Donor.] (Law) One who makes a gift; a donor; a giver.

Donatory

Don"a*to*ry (?), n. (Scots Law) A donee of the crown; one the whom, upon certain condition, escheated property is made over.

Do-naught

Do"-naught` (?), n. [Do + naught.] A lazy, good-for-nothing fellow.

Donax

Do"nax (?), n. [L., reed, also a sea fish, Gr. (Bot.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

Doncella

Don*cel"la (?), n. [Sp., lit., a maid. Cf. Damsel.] (Zo\'94l.) A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

Done

Done (?), p. p. from Do, and formerly the infinitive.

1. Performed; executed; finished.

2. It is done or agreed; let it be a match or bargain; -- used elliptically. Done brown, a phrase in cookery; applied figuratively to one who has been thoroughly deceived, cheated, or fooled. [Colloq.] -- Done for, tired out; used up; collapsed; destroyed; dead; killed. [Colloq.] -- Done up. (a) Wrapped up. (b) Worn out; exhausted. [Colloq.]

Done

Done, a. [Prob. corrupted from OF. don\'82, F. donn\'82, p. p. of OF. doner, F. donner, to give, issue, fr. L. donare to give. See Donate, and cf. Donee.] Given; executed; issued; made public; -- used chiefly in the clause giving the date of a proclamation or public act.

Donee

Do*nee" (?), n. [OF. don\'82, F. donn\'82, p. p. See the preceding word.]

1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

2. (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor.

Donet

Don"et (?), n. Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.

Doni

Do"ni (?), n. [Tamil t.] (Naut.) A clumsy craft, having one mast with a long sail, used for trading purposes on the coasts of Coromandel and Ceylon. [Written also dhony, doney, and done.]
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Doniferous

Do*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. donum gift + -ferous.] Bearing gifts. [R.]

Donjon

Don"jon (?), n. [See Dungeon.] The chief tower, also called the keep; a massive tower in ancient castles, forming the strongest part of the fortifications. See Illust. of Castle.

Donkey

Don"key (?), n.; pl. Donkeys (#). [Prob. dun, in allusion to the color of the animal + a dim. termination.]

1. An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

2. A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass. Donkey engine, a small auxiliary engine not used for propelling, but for pumping water into the boilers, raising heavy weights, and like purposes. -- Donkey pump, a steam pump for feeding boilers, extinguishing fire, etc.; -- usually an auxiliary. -- Donkey's eye (Bot.), the large round seed of the Mucuna pruriens, a tropical leguminous plant.

Donna

Don"na (?), n. [It. donna, L. domina. See Don, Dame.] A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.

Donnat

Don"nat (?), n. [Corrupted from do-naught.] See Do-naught. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Donnism

Don"nism (?), n. [Don, n., 2.] Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng. Universities]

Donor

Do"nor (?), n. [F. donneur, OF. daneor, fr. donner. See Donee, and cf. Donator.]

1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.

2. (Law) One who grants an estate; in later use, one who confers a power; -- the opposite of donee. Kent.

Touching, the parties unto deeds and charters, we are to consider as well the donors and granters as the donees or grantees. Spelman.

Do-nothing

Do"-noth`ing (?), a. Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

Do-nothingism, Do-nothingness

Do"-noth`ing*ism (?), Do"-noth`ing*ness (?), n. Inactivity; habitual sloth; idleness. [Jocular] Carlyle. Miss Austen.

Donship

Don"ship (?), n. The quality or rank of a don, gentleman, or knight. Hudibras.

Donzel

Don"zel (?), n. [Cf. It. donzello, Sp. doncel, OF. danzel. See Damsel, Don, n.] A young squire, or knight's attendant; a page. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Doo

Doo (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A dove. [Scot.]

Doob grass

Doob" grass` (?). [Hind. d.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass (Cynodon dactylon), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also doub grass.]

Doodle

Doo"dle (?), n. [Cf. Dawdle.] A trifler; a simple fellow.

Doodlesack

Doo"dle*sack` (?), n. [Cf. G. dudelsack.] The Scotch bagpipe. [Prov. Eng.]

Doole

Doole (?), n. Sorrow; dole. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dooly

Doo"ly (?), n.; pl. Doolies (#). [Skr. d.] A kind of litter suspended from men's shoulders, for carrying persons or things; a palanquin. [Written also doolee and doolie.] [East Indies]
Having provided doolies, or little bamboo chairs slung on four men's shoulders, in which I put my papers and boxes, we next morning commenced the ascent. J. D. Hooker.

Doom

Doom (?), n. [As. d; akin to OS. d, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d, Goth. d, Gr. do, v. t. Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom.]

1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green.
Now against himself he sounds this doom. Shak.

2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.

Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope.
And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden.

3. Ruin; death.

This is the day of doom for Bassianus. Shak.

4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.]

And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom. Fairfax.
Syn. -- Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.

Doom

Doom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming.]

1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.] Milton.

2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or death.

Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. Dryden.

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? Shak.

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] J. Pickering.

5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.

A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. Macaulay.

Doomage

Doom"age (?), n. A penalty or fine for neglect. [Local, New England]

Doomful

Doom"ful (?), a. Full of condemnation or destructive power. [R.] "That doomful deluge." Drayton.

Doom palm

Doom" palm` (?). [Ar. daum, d\'d4m: cf. F. doume.] (Bot.) A species of palm tree (Hyph\'91ne Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [Written also doum palm.]

Doomsday

Dooms"day` (?), n. [AS. d. See Doom, and Day.]

1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My body's doomsday." Shak.

2. The day of the final judgment.

I could not tell till doomsday. Chaucer.
Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.

Doomsman

Dooms"man, n. [Doom + man.] A judge; an umpire. [Obs.] Hampole.

Doomster

Doom"ster (?), n. Same as Dempster. [Scot.]

Door

Door (?), n. [OE. dore, dure, AS. duru; akin to OS. dura, dor, D. deur, OHG. turi, door, tor gate, G. th\'81r, thor, Icel. dyrr, Dan. d\'94r, Sw. d\'94rr, Goth. daur, Lith. durys, Russ. dvere, Olr. dorus, L. fores, Gr. dur, dv\'bera. . Cf. Foreign.]

1. An opening in the wall of a house or of an apartment, by which to go in and out; an entrance way.

To the same end, men several paths may tread, As many doors into one temple lead. Denham.

2. The frame or barrier of boards, or other material, usually turning on hinges, by which an entrance way into a house or apartment is closed and opened.

At last he came unto an iron door That fast was locked. Spenser.

3. Passage; means of approach or access.

I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved. John x. 9.

4. An entrance way, but taken in the sense of the house or apartment to which it leads.

Martin's office is now the second door in the street. Arbuthnot.
Blank door, Blind door, etc. (Arch.) See under Blank, Blind, etc. -- In doors, ∨ Within doors, within the house. -- Next door to, near to; bordering on.
A riot unpunished is but next door to a tumult. L'Estrange.
-- Out of doors, ∨ Without doors, and, colloquially, Out doors, out of the house; in open air; abroad; away; lost.
His imaginary title of fatherhood is out of doors. Locke.
-- To lay (a fault, misfortune, etc.) at one's door, to charge one with a fault; to blame for. -- To lie at one's door, to be imputable or chargeable to.
If I have failed, the fault lies wholly at my door. Dryden.
&hand; Door is used in an adjectival construction or as the first part of a compound (with or without the hyphen), as, door frame, doorbell or door bell, door knob or doorknob, door latch or doorlatch, door jamb, door handle, door mat, door panel.

Doorcase

Door"case` (?), n. The surrounding frame into which a door shuts.

Doorcheek

Door"cheek` (?), n. The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version).

Doorga

Door"ga (?), n. [Skr. Durg\'be.] (Myth.) A Hindoo divinity, the consort of Siva, represented with ten arms. [Written also Durga.] Malcom.

Dooring

Door"ing (?), n. The frame of a door. Milton.

Doorkeeper

Door"keep`er (?), n. One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.

Doorless

Door"less, a. Without a door.

Doornail

Door"nail` (?), n. The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, "As dead as a doornail."

Doorplane

Door"plane` (?), n. A plane on a door, giving the name, and sometimes the employment, of the occupant.

Doorpost

Door"post` (?), n. The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.

Doorsill

Door"sill` (?), n. The sill or threshold of a door.

Doorstead

Door"stead (?), n. Entrance or place of a door. [Obs. or Local] Bp. Warburton.

Doorstep

Door"step` (?), n. The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

Doorstone

Door"stone` (?), n. The stone forming a threshold.

Doorstop

Door"stop` (?), n. (Carp.) The block or strip of wood or similar material which stops, at the right place, the shutting of a door.

Doorway

Door"way` (?), n. The passage of a door; entrance way into a house or a room.

Dooryard

Door"yard` (?), n. A yard in front of a house or around the door of a house.

Dop, Doop

Dop, Doop (?), n. A little copper cup in which a diamond is held while being cut.

Dop

Dop, v. i. [Cf. Dap, Dip.] To dip. [Obs.] Walton.

Dop

Dop, n. A dip; a low courtesy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dopper

Dop"per (?), n. [D. dooper.] [Written also doper.] An Anabaptist or Baptist. [Contemptuous] B. Jonson.

Dopplerite

Dop"pler*ite (?), n. [Named after the physicist and mathematician Christian Doppler.] (Min.) A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.

Doquet

Doq"uet (?), n. A warrant. See Docket.

Dor

Dor (?), n. [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zo\'94l.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.

Dor

Dor, n. [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.] A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.

Dor

Dor, v. t. To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.

Dorado

Do*ra"do (?), n. [Sp. dorado gilt, fr. dorar to gild, fr. L. deaurare. See 1st Dory, and cf. Fl Dorado.]

1. (Astron.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A large, oceanic fish of the genus Coryph\'91na.

Dorbeetle

Dor"bee`tle (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See 1st Dor.

Doree

Do"ree (?), n. [See Dory.] (Zo\'94l.) A European marine fish (Zeus faber), of a yellow color. See Illust. of John Doree. &hand; The popular name in England is John Doree, or Dory, well known to be a corruption of F. jaune-dor\'82e, i. e., golden-yellow. See 1st Dory.

Doretree

Dore"tree` (?), n. A doorpost. [Obs.] "As dead as a doretree." Piers Plowman.

Dorhawk

Dor"hawk` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [Written also dorrhawk.] Booth.

Dorian

Do"ri*an (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." Milton. Dorian mode (Mus.), the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural. Grove.

Dorian

Do"ri*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.

Doric

Dor"ic (?), a. [L. Doricus, Gr.

1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.

2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. &hand; This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric.

3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.

Doric

Dor"ic, n. The Doric dialect.

Doricism

Dor"i*cism (?), n. A Doric phrase or idiom.

Doris

Do"ris (?), n. [L. Doris, the daughter of Oceanus, and wife of Nereus, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of nudibranchiate mollusks having a wreath of branchi\'91 on the back.

Dorism

Do"rism (?), n. [Gr. A Doric phrase or idiom.

Dorking fowl

Dor"king fowl` (?). [From the town of Dorking in England.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.

Dormancy

Dor"man*cy (?), n. [From Dormant.] The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.

Dormant

Dor"mant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. dr\'be, OSlav. dr.]

1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.

It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. Burke.

2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant. Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also sleeping ∨ silent partner. -- Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer. -- Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dormant

Dor"mant (?), n. [See Dormant, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. Halliwell.

Dormer, ∨ Dormer window

Dor"mer (?), ∨ Dor"mer win"dow (
, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

Dormitive

Dor"mi*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. dormitif, fr. dormire to sleep.] Causing sleep; as, the dormitive properties of opium. Clarke. -- n. (Med.) A medicine to promote sleep; a soporific; an opiate.

Dormitory

Dor"mi*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Dormitories (#). [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.]

1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. Thackeray.

2. A burial place. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. Evelyn.

Dormouse

Dor"mouse (?), n.; pl. Dormice (#). [Perh. fr. F. dormir to sleep (Prov. E. dorm to doze) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse, fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of a dormouse.] (Zo\'94l.) A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

Dorn

Dorn (?), n. [Cf. G. dorn thorn, D. doorn, and G. dornfisch stickleback.] (Zo\'94l.) A British ray; the thornback.
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Dornick, ∨ Dornock

Dor"nick (?), ∨ Dor"nock (?), n. A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson. &hand; Ure says that dornock, a kind of stout figured linen, derives its name from a town in Scotland where it was first manufactured for tablecloths.

Dorp

Dorp (?), n. [LG. & D. dorp. See Thorpe.] A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.

Dorr

Dorr (?), n. The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Dorr

Dorr, v. t.

1. To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.

2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Dorrfly

Dorr"fly` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See 1st Dor.

Dorrhawk

Dorr"hawk` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Dorhawk.

Dorsad

Dor"sad (?), adv. [Dorsum +L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.

Dorsal

Dor"sal (?), a. [F. dorsal, LL. dorsalis, fr. L. dorsualis, fr. dorsum back; cf. Gr. Dorse, Dorsel, Dosel.]

1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.

2. (Bot.) (a) Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf. (b) Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss. Dorsal vessel (Zo\'94l.), a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.

Dorsal

Dor"sal, n. [LL. dorsale, neut. fr. dorsalis. See Dorsal, a.] (Fine Arts) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.

Dorsale

Dor"sale (?), n. Same as Dorsal, n.

Dorsally

Dor"sal*ly (?), adv. (Anat.) On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

Dorse

Dorse (?), n. [Cf. L. dorsum the back. See Dorsel, Dosel.]

1. Same as dorsal, n. [Obs.]

2. The back of a book. [Obs.]

Books, all richly bound, with gilt dorses. Wood.

Dorse

Dorse, n. (Zo\'94l.) The Baltic or variable cod (Gadus callarias), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.

Dorsel

Dor"sel (?), n. [See Dosser.]

1. A pannier.

2. Same as Dorsal, n.

Dorser

Dor"ser (?), n. See Dosser.

dorsibranchiata

dor`si*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. dorsum back + branchiae gills.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of ch\'91topod annelids in which the branchi\'91 are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Ch\'91topoda.]

Dorsibranchiate

Dor`si*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having branchi\'91 along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. -- n. One of the Dorsibranchiata.

Dorsiferous

Dor*sif"er*ous (?),. [Dorsum + -ferous; cf. F. dorsif\'8are.] (Biol.) Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova of which become attached to the skin of the back of the parent, where they develop; dorsiparous.

Dorsimeson

Dor`si*mes"on (?), n. [Dorsum + meson.] (Anat.) See Meson.

Dorsiparous

Dor*sip"a*rous (?), a. [Dorsum + L. parere to bring forth.] (Biol.) Same as Dorsiferous.

Dorsiventral

Dor`si*ven"tral (?), a. [Dorsum + ventral.]

1. (Biol.) Having distinct upper and lower surfaces, as most common leaves. The leaves of the iris are not dorsiventral.

2. (Anat.) See Dorsoventral.

Dorsoventral

Dor`so*ven"tral (?), a. [dorsum + ventral.] (Anat.) From the dorsal to the ventral side of an animal; as, the dorsoventral axis.

Dorsum

Dor"sum (?), n. [L.]

1. The ridge of a hill.

2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.

Dortour, Dorture

Dor"tour (?), Dor"ture (?), n. [F. dortoir, fr. L. dormitorium.] A dormitory. [Obs.] Bacon.

Dory

Do"ry (?), n.; pl. Dories (#). [Named from 1st color, fr. F. dor\'82e gilded, fr. dorer to gild, L. deaurare. See Deaurate, and cf. Aureole.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A European fish. See Doree, and John Doree.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The American wall-eyed perch; -- called also dor\'82. See Pike perch.

Dory

Do"ry, n.; pl. Dories (. A small, strong, flat-bottomed rowboat, with sharp prow and flaring sides.

Doryphora

Do*ryph"o*ra (?), n. [NL. See Doryphoros.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of plant-eating beetles, including the potato beetle. See Potato beetle.

Doryphoros

Do*ryph"o*ros (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Fine Arts) A spear bearer; a statue of a man holding a spear or in the attitude of a spear bearer. Several important sculptures of this subject existed in antiquity, copies of which remain to us.

Dose

Dose (?), n. [F. dose, Gr. dare to give. See Date point of time.]

1. The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

2. A sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive.

3. Anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one.

I am for curing the world by gentle alteratives, not by violent doses. W. Irving.
I dare undertake that as fulsome a dose as you give him, he shall readily take it down. South.

Dose

Dose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. dosing.] [Cf. F. doser. See Dose, n.]

1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.

2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need.

A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him, "secundum artem." South

3. To give anything nauseous to.

Dosel

Dos"el (?), n. [OF. dossel; cf. LL. dorsale. See Dorsal, and cf. Dorse, Dorsel.] Same as Dorsal, n. [R.]

Dosology

Do*sol"o*gy (?), n. [Dose +-logy.] Posology. [R.] Ogilvie.

Dossel

Dos"sel (?), n. [See Dosel, n.] Same as Dorsal, n.

Dosser

Dos"ser (?), n. [LL. dosserum, or F.dossier bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back, fr. L. dorsum back. See Dorsal, and cf. Dosel.] [Written also dorser and dorsel.]

1. A pannier, or basket.

To hire a ripper's mare, and buy new dossers. Beau. & Fl.

2. A hanging tapestry; a dorsal.

Dossil

Dos"sil (?), n. [OE. dosil faucet of a barrel, OF. dosil, duisil, spigot, LL. diciculus, ducillus, fr. L. ducere to lead, draw. See Duct, Duke.]

1. (Surg.) A small ovoid or cylindrical roil or pledget of lint, for keeping a sore, wound, etc., open; a tent.

2. (Printing) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines.

Dost

Dost (?), 2d pers. sing. pres. of Do.

Dot

Dot (?), n. [F., fr. L. dos, dotis, dowry. See Dower, and cf. Dote dowry.] (Law) A marriage portion; dowry. [Louisiana]

Dot

Dot, n. [Cf. AS. dott small spot, speck; of uncertain origin.]

1. A small point or spot, made with a pen or other pointed instrument; a speck, or small mark.

2. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen; as, a dot of a child.

Dot

Dot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dotting.]

1. To mark with dots or small spots; as, to dot a line.

2. To mark or diversify with small detached objects; as, a landscape dotted with cottages.

Dot

Dot, v. i. To make dots or specks.

Dotage

Do"tage (?), n. [From Dote, v. i.]

1. Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind, particularly in old age; the childishness of old age; senility; as, a venerable man, now in his dotage.

Capable of distinguishing between the infancy and the dotage of Greek literature. Macaulay.

2. Foolish utterance; drivel.

The sapless dotages of old Paris and Salamanca. Milton.

3. Excessive fondness; weak and foolish affection.

The dotage of the nation on presbytery. Bp. Burnet.

Dotal

Do"tal (?), a. [L. dotalis, fr. dos, dotis, dowry: cf. F. dotal. See Dot dowry.] Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it. Garth.

Dotant

Do"tant (?), n. A dotard. [Obs.] Shak.

Dotard

Do"tard (?), n. [Dote, v. i.] One whose mind is impaired by age; one in second childhood.
The sickly dotard wants a wife. Prior.

Dotardly

Do"tard*ly, a. Foolish; weak. Dr. H. More.

Dotary

Do"ta*ry (?), n. A dotard's weakness; dotage. [Obs.] Drayton.

Dotation

Do*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. dotatio, fr. L. dotare to endow, fr. dos, dotis, dower: cf. F. dotation. See Dot dowry.]

1. The act of endowing, or bestowing a marriage portion on a woman.

2. Endowment; establishment of funds for support, as of a hospital or eleemosynary corporation. Blackstone.

Dote

Dote (?), n. [See Dot dowry.]

1. A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. Wyatt.

2. pl. Natural endowments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dote

Dote, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doted;p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also doat.]

1. To act foolishly. [Obs.]

He wol make him doten anon right. Chaucer.

2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.

Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. Dryden.
He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.

3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.

Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. Shak.
What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. Pope.

Dote

Dote, n. An imbecile; a dotard. Halliwell.

Doted

Dot"ed (?), a.

1. Stupid; foolish. [Obs.]

Senseless speech and doted ignorance. Spenser.

2. Half-rotten; as, doted wood. [Local, U. S.]

Dotehead

Dote"head` (?), n. A dotard. [R.] Tyndale.

Doter

Dot"er (?), n.

1. One who dotes; a man whose understanding is enfeebled by age; a dotard. Burton.

2. One excessively fond, or weak in love. Shak.

Dotery

Dot"er*y (?), n. The acts or speech of a dotard; drivel. [R.]

Doth

Doth (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Do.

Doting

Dot"ing (?), a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- Dot"ing*ly, adv. -- Dot"ing*ness, n.

Dotish

Dot"ish, a. Foolish; weak; imbecile. Sir W. Scott.

Dottard

Dot"tard (?), n. [For Dotard ?] An old, decayed tree. [R.] Bacon.

Dotted

Dot"ted (?), a. Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. Dotted note (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes. -- Dotted rest, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note. &hand; Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be double-dotted.

Dotterel

Dot"ter*el (?), a. [Cf. Dottard.] Decayed. "Some old dotterel trees." [Obs.] Ascham.

Dotterel

Dot"ter*el, n. [From Dote, v. i.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, ∨ Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler.

In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. Bacon.
&hand; The ringed dotterel (or ring plover) is Charadrius hiaticula.

2. A silly fellow; a dupe; a gull. Barrow.

Dotting pen

Dot"ting pen` (?). See under Pun.

Dottrel

Dot"trel (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Dotterel.

Doty

Do"ty (?), a. [See Dottard.] Half-rotten; as, doty timber. [Local, U. S.]

Douane

Dou`ane" (?), n. [F.] A customhouse.

Douanier

Dou`a"nier" (?), n. [F.] An officer of the French customs. [Anglicized form douaneer.]

Douar

Dou"ar (?), n. [F., fr. Ar. d.] A village composed of Arab tents arranged in streets.

Douay Bible

Dou"ay Bi"ble (?). [From Douay, or Douai, a town in France.] A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulgate by English scholars resident in France. The New Testament portion was published at Rheims, A. D. 1582, the Old Testament at Douai, A. D. 1609-10. Various revised editions have since been published. [Written also Doway Bible. Called also the Rheims and Douay version.]

Doub grass

Doub" grass` (?).(Bot.) Doob grass.

Double

Dou"ble (?), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF. doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr. Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma, Duple.]

1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent; made twice as large or as much, etc.

Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 2 Kings ii. 9.
Darkness and tempest make a double night. Dryden.

2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set together; coupled.

[Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake, Float double, swan and shadow. Wordsworth.

3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.

With a double heart do they speak. Ps. xii. 2.

4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. &hand; Double is often used as the first part of a compound word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number, quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two. Double base, ∨ Double bass (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone. -- Double convex. See under Convex. -- Double counterpoint (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by setting one of them an octave higher or lower. -- Double court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four players, two on each side. -- Double dagger (Print.), a reference mark (&ddagr;) next to the dagger (&dagr;) in order; a diesis. -- Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both ends. -- Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the value of 20 dollars. -- Double entry. See under Bookkeeping. -- Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below. See Illust. of Double-framed floor. -- Double flower. See Double, a., 4. -- Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor having girders into which the binding joists are framed. -- Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects. -- Double letter. (a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature. (b) A mail requiring double postage. -- Double note (Mus.), a note of double the length of the semibreve; a breve. See Breve. -- Double octave (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves, or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth. -- Double pica. See under Pica. -- Double play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put out at the same time. -- Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either of such matters alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. Stephen. -- Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of a curve are called double points, since they possess most of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They are also called acnodes, and those points where the branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes. The extremity of a cusp is also a double point. -- Double quarrel. (Eccl. Law) See Duplex querela, under Duplex. -- Double refraction. (Opt.) See Refraction. -- Double salt. (Chem.) (a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the double carbonate of sodium and potassium, NaKCO3.6H2O. (b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as common alum, which consists of the sulphate of aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium. -- Double shuffle, a low, noisy dance. -- Double standard (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver standard, both of which are made legal tender. -- Double star (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be physically connected so that they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. -- Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick. -- Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.


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Double

Dou"ble (?), adv. Twice; doubly.
I was double their age. Swift.

Double

Dou"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doubled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Doubling (?).] [OE. doblen, dublen, doublen, F. doubler, fr. L. duplare, fr. duplus. See Double, a.]

1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.

Double six thousand, and then treble that. Shak.

2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth.<-- also double over --> Prior.

Then the old man Was wroth, and doubled up his hands. Tennyson.

3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

Thus re\'89nforced, against the adverse fleet, Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way. Dryden.

4. To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.

Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage. Knolles.

5. (Mil.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.

Double

Dou"ble, v. i.

1. To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value; to increase or grow to twice as much.

'T is observed in particular nations, that within the space of three hundred years, notwithstanding all casualties, the number of men doubles. T. Burnet.

2. To return upon one's track; to turn and go back over the same ground, or in an opposite direction.

Doubling and turning like a hunted hare. Dryden.
Doubling and doubling with laborious walk. Wordsworth.

3. To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false.

What penalty and danger you accrue, If you be found to double. J. Webster.

4. (Print.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. To double upon (Mil.), to inclose between two fires.

Double

Dou"ble, n.

1. Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like.

If the thief be found, let him pay double. Ex. xxii. 7.

2. Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet,

2.); among pressmen, a sheet that is twice pulled, and blurred.

3. That which is doubled over or together; a doubling; a plait; a fold.

Rolled up in sevenfold double Of plagues. Marston.

4. A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues; hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice.

These men are too well acquainted with the chase to be flung off by any false steps or doubles. Addison.

5. Something precisely equal or counterpart to another; a counterpart. Hence, a wraith.

My charming friend . . . has, I am almost sure, a double, who preaches his afternoon sermons for him. Atlantic Monthly.

6. A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.

7. Double beer; strong beer.

8. (Eccl.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. Shipley.

9. (Lawn Tennis) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles.

10. (Mus.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites.

Double-acting

Dou"ble-act`ing (?), a. Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.

Double-bank

Dou"ble-bank" (?), v. t. (Naut.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. To double-bank an oar, to set two men to pulling one oar.

Double-banked

Dou"ble-banked` (?), a. Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart.

Double-barreled, ∨ -barrelled

Dou"ble-bar`reled (?), ∨ -bar`relled, a. Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

Double-beat valve

Dou"ble-beat` valve" (?). See under Valve.

Double-breasted

Dou"ble-breast`ed (?), a. Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.

Double-charge

Dou"ble-charge` (?), v. t.

1. To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.

2. To overcharge. Shak.

Double dealer

Dou"ble deal"er (?). One who practices double dealing; a deceitful, trickish person. L'Estrange.

Double dealing

Dou"ble deal"ing (?). False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. Shak.

Double-decker

Dou"ble-deck"er (?), n.

1. (Naut.) A man-of-war having two gun decks.

2. A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. [Colloq.]

Double-dye

Dou"ble-dye` (?), v. t. To dye again or twice over.
To double-dye their robes in scarlet. J. Webster.

Double-dyed

Dou"ble-dyed` (?), a. Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

Double-ender

Dou"ble-end"er (?), n. (a) (Naut.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. (b) (Railroad) A locomotive with pilot at each end. Knight.

Double-entendre

Dou"ble-en*ten"dre (?), n. [F. double double + entendre to mean. This is a barbarous compound of French words. The true French equivalent is double entente.] A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.

Double-eyed

Dou"ble-eyed` (?), a. Having a deceitful look. [R.] "Deceitful meanings is double-eyed." Spenser.

Double-faced

Dou"ble-faced` (?), a.

1. Having two faces designed for use; as, a double-faced hammer.

2. Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. Milton.

Double first

Dou"ble first` (?). (Eng. Universities) (a) A degree of the first class both in classics and mathematics. (b) One who gains at examinations the highest honor both in the classics and the mathematics. Beaconsfield.

Double-handed

Dou"ble-hand"ed (?), a.

1. Having two hands.

2. Deceitful; deceptive. Glanvill.

Double-headed

Dou"ble-head"ed (?), a. Having two heads; bicipital. Double-headed rail (Railroad), a rail whose flanges are duplicates, so that when one is worn the other may be turned uppermost.

Doublehearted

Dou"ble*heart"ed (?), a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.

Double-hung

Dou"ble-hung` (?), a. Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.

Double-lock

Dou"ble-lock` (?), v. t. To lock with two bolts; to fasten with double security. Tatler.

Double-milled

Dou"ble-milled` (?), a. Twice milled or fulled, to render more compact or fine; -- said of cloth; as, double-milled kerseymere.

Doubleminded

Dou"ble*mind"ed (?), a. Having different minds at different times; unsettled; undetermined.
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Jas. i. 8.

Doubleness

Dou"ble*ness (?), n.

1. The state of being double or doubled.

2. Duplicity; insincerity. Chaucer.

Double-quick

Dou"ble-quick` (?), a. (Mil.) Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

Double-quick

Dou"ble-quick`, n. Double-quick time, step, or march. &hand; Double-quick time requires 165 steps, each 33 inches in length, to be taken in one minute. The number of steps may be increased up to 180 per minute.

Double-quick

Dou"ble-quick`, v. i. & t. (Mil.) To move, or cause to move, in double-quick time.

Doubler

Dou"bler (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, doubles.

2. (Elec.) An instrument for augmenting a very small quantity of electricity, so as to render it manifest by sparks or the electroscope.

Double-ripper

Dou"ble-rip"per (?), n. A kind of coasting sled, made of two sleds fastened together with a board, one before the other. [Local, U. S.]

Double-shade

Dou"ble-shade` (?), v. t. To double the natural darkness of (a place). Milton.

Doublet

Doub"let (?), n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See Double, a.]

1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple.

2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time.

3. A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.

4. (Lapidary Work) A counterfeit gem, composed of two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.

5. (Opt.) An arrangement of two lenses for a microscope, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion, thus rendering the image of an object more clear and distinct. W. H. Wollaston.

6. pl. (See No. 1.) Two dice, each of which, when thrown, has the same number of spots on the face lying uppermost; as, to throw doublets.

7. pl. [Cf. Pr. doblier, dobler draughtboard.] A game somewhat like backgammon. Halliwell.

8. One of two or more words in the same language derived by different courses from the same original from; as, crypt and grot are doublets; also, guard and ward; yard and garden; abridge and abbreviate, etc.

Doublethreaded

Dou"ble*thread`ed (?), a.

1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

2. (Mech.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

Double-tongue

Dou"ble-tongue` (?), n. Deceit; duplicity.
Now cometh the sin of double-tongue, such as speak fair before folk and wickedly behind. Chaucer.

Double-tongued

Dou"ble-tongued` (?), a. Making contrary declarations on the same subject; deceitful.
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued. 1 Tim. iii. 8.

Double-tonguing

Dou"ble-tongu`ing (?), n. (Mus.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

Doubletree

Dou"ble*tree` (?), n. The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

Doublets

Doub"lets (?), n. pl. See Doublet, 6 and 7.

Doubling

Dou"bling (?), n.

1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.

2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.

3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor. Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. (Naut.), sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.

Doubloon

Doub*loon" (?), n. [F. doublon, Sp. doblon. See Double, a., and cf. Dupion.] A Spanish gold coin, no longer issued, varying in value at different times from over fifteen dollars to about five. See Doblon in Sup.

Doubly

Dou"bly (?), adv.

1. In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation. Dryden.

2. Deceitfully. "A man that deals doubly." Huloet.

Doubt

Doubt (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dou; p. pr. & vb. n. Doubting.] [OE. duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; akin to dubius doubtful. See Dubious.]

1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.

Even in matters divine, concerning some things, we may lawfully doubt, and suspend our judgment. Hooker.
To try your love and make you doubt of mine. Dryden.

2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive. [Obs.] Syn. -- To waver; vacillate; fluctuate; hesitate; demur; scruple; question.

Doubt

Doubt, v. t.

1. To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it.

To admire superior sense, and doubt their own! Pope.
I doubt not that however changed, you keep So much of what is graceful. Tennyson.
To doubt not but.
I do not doubt but I have been to blame. Dryden.
We doubt not now But every rub is smoothed on our way. Shak.
That is, we have no doubt to prevent us from believing, etc. (or notwithstanding all that may be said to the contrary) -- but having a preventive sense, after verbs of "doubting" and "denying" that convey a notion of hindrance. E. A. Abbott.

2. To suspect; to fear; to be apprehensive of. [Obs.]

Edmond [was a] good man and doubted God. R. of Gloucester.
I doubt some foul play. Shak.
That I of doubted danger had no fear. Spenser.

3. To fill with fear; to affright. [Obs.]

The virtues of the valiant Caratach More doubt me than all Britain. Beau. & Fl.

Doubt

Doubt, n. [OE. dute, doute, F. doute, fr. douter to doubt. See Doubt, v. i.]

1. A fluctuation of mind arising from defect of knowledge or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation.

Doubt is the beginning and the end of our efforts to know. Sir W. Hamilton.
Doubt, in order to be operative in requiring an acquittal, is not the want of perfect certainty (which can never exist in any question of fact) but a defect of proof preventing a reasonable assurance of quilt. Wharton.

2. Uncertainty of condition.

Thy life shall hang in doubt before thee. Deut. xxviii. 66.

3. Suspicion; fear; apprehension; dread. [Obs.]

I stand in doubt of you. Gal. iv. 20.
Nor slack her threatful hand for danger's doubt. Spenser.

4. Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.

To every doubt your answer is the same. Blackmore.
No doubt, undoubtedly; without doubt. -- Out of doubt, beyond doubt. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- Uncertainty; hesitation; suspense; indecision; irresolution; distrust; suspicion; scruple; perplexity; ambiguity; skepticism.

Doubtable

Doubt"a*ble (?), a. [OF. doutable, L. dubitabilis, from dubitare. Cf. Dubitable.]

1. Capable of being doubted; questionable.

2. Worthy of being feared; redoubtable. [Obs.]

Doubtance

Doubt"ance (?), n. [OF. doutance. Cf. Dubitancy.] State of being in doubt; uncertainty; doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Doubter

Doubt"er (?), n. One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples.

Doubtful

Doubt"ful (?), a.

1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure.

Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful. Shak.
With doubtful feet and wavering resolution. Milton.

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2. Admitting of doubt; not obvious, clear, or certain; questionable; not decided; not easy to be defined, classed, or named; as, a doubtful case, hue, claim, title, species, and the like.

Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good. Shak.
Is it a great cruelty to expel from our abode the enemy of our peace, or even the doubtful friend [i. e., one as to whose sincerity there may be doubts]? Bancroft.

3. Characterized by ambiguity; dubious; as, a doubtful expression; a doubtful phrase.

4. Of uncertain issue or event.

We . . . have sustained one day in doubtful fight. Milton.
The strife between the two principles had been long, fierce, and doubtful. Macaulay.

5. Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious. [Obs.]

I am doubtful that you have been conjunct And bosomed with her. Shak.
Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; hesitating; undetermined; distrustful; dubious; uncertain; equivocal; ambiguous; problematical; questionable.

Doubtfully

Doubt"ful*ly (?), adv. In a doubtful manner.
Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.

Doubtfulness

Doubt"ful*ness, n.

1. State of being doubtful.

2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions." Locke.

3. Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon.

Doubting

Doubt"ing, a. That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts. -- Doubt"ing*ly, adv.

Doubtless

Doubt"less, a. Free from fear or suspicion. [Obs.]
Pretty child, sleep doubtless and secure. Shak.

Doubtless

Doubt"less, adv. Undoubtedly; without doubt.

Doubtlessly

Doubt"less*ly, adv. Unquestionably. Beau. & Fl.

Doubtous

Doubt"ous (?), a. [OF. dotos, douteus, F. douteux.] Doubtful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Douc

Douc (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A monkey (Semnopithecus nem\'91us), remarkable for its varied and brilliant colors. It is a native of Cochin China.

Douce

Douce (?), a. [F. doux, masc., douce, fem., sweet, fr. L. duleis sweet.]

1. Sweet; pleasant. [Obs.]

2. Sober; prudent; sedate; modest. [Scot.]

And this is a douce, honest man. Sir W. Scott.

Doucepere

Douce"pere` (?), n. [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction.] One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also douzepere.] [Obs.]
Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. Spenser.

Doucet, Dowset

Dou"cet (?), Dow"set (?), n. [F. doucet sweet, dim. of doux. See Douce.]

1. A custard. [Obs.]

2. A dowcet, or deep's testicle.

Douceur

Dou`ceur" (?), n. [F., fr. doux sweet. See Douce.]

1. Gentleness and sweetness of manner; agreeableness. Chesterfield.

2. A gift for service done or to be done; an honorarium; a present; sometimes, a bribe. Burke.

Douche

Douche (?), n. [F., fr. It. doccia, fr. docciare to flow, pour, fr. an assumed LL. ductiare, fr. L. ducere, ductum, to lead, conduct (water). See Duct.]

1. A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.

2. (Med.) A syringe.

Doucine

Dou"cine (?), n. [F.] (Arch.) Same as Cyma, under Cyma.

Doucker

Douck"er (?), n. [From aouck, for duck. See Duck, v. t.] (Zo\'94l.) A grebe or diver; -- applied also to the golden-eye, pochard, scoter, and other ducks. [Written also ducker.] [Prov. Eng.]

Dough

Dough (?), n. [OE. dagh, dogh, dow, AS. d\'beh; akin to D. deeg, G. teig, Icel. deig, Sw. deg, Dan. deig, Goth. daigs; also, to Goth. deigan to knead, L. fingere to form, shape, Skr. dih to smear; cf. Gr. Feign, Figure, Dairy, Duff.]

1. Paste of bread; a soft mass of moistened flour or meal, kneaded or unkneaded, but not yet baked; as, to knead dough.

2. Anything of the consistency of such paste. To have one's cake dough. See under Cake.

Dough-baked

Dough"-baked` (?), a. Imperfectly baked; hence, not brought to perfection; unfinished; also, of weak or dull understanding. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

Doughbird

Dough"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

Doughface

Dough"face` (?), n. A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded. [Political cant, U. S.]

Dough-faced

Dough"-faced` (?), a. Easily molded; pliable.

Doughfaceism

Dough"face`ism (?), n. The character of a doughface; truckling pliability.

Doughiness

Dough"i*ness, n. The quality or state of being doughy.

Dough-kneaded

Dough"-knead`ed (?), a. Like dough; soft.
He demeans himself . . . like a dough-kneaded thing. Milton.

Doughnut

Dough"nut (?), n. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard.

Doughtily

Dough"ti*ly (?), adv. In a doughty manner.

Doughtiness

Dough"ti*ness, n. The quality of being doughty; valor; bravery.

Doughtren

Dough"tren (?), n. pl. [See Daughter.] Daughters. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Doughty

Dough"ty (?), a. [Compar. Doughtier (?); superl. Doughtiest.] [OE. duhti, dohti, douhti, brave, valiant, fit, useful, AS, dyhtig; akin to G. t\'81chtig, Dan. dygtig, Sw. dygdig virtuous, and fr. AS. dugan to avail, be of use, be strong, akin to D. deugen, OHG. tugan, G. taugen, Icel. & Sw. duga, Dan. due, Goth. dugan, but of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. duh to milk, give milk, draw out, or Gr. Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.
Sir Thopas wex [grew] a doughty swain. Chaucer.
Doughty families, hugging old musty quarrels to their hearts, buffet each other from generation to generation. Motley.
&hand; Now seldom used, except in irony or burlesque.

Doughy

Dough"y (?), a. Like dough; soft and heavy; pasty; crude; flabby and pale; as, a doughy complexion.

Doulocracy

Dou*loc"ra*cy (?), n. [Gr. A government by slaves. [Written also dulocracy.] Hare.

Doum palm

Doum" palm` (d&oomac;m" p&aum;m`). See Doom palm.

Doupe

Doupe (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The carrion crow. [Written also dob.] [Prov. Eng.]

Dour

Dour (?), a. [Cf. F. dur, L. durus.] Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold. [Scot.]
A dour wife, a sour old carlin. C. Reade.

Doura

Dou"ra (?), n. A kind of millet. See Durra.

Douroucouli

Dou`rou*cou"li (?), n. See Durukuli.

Douse

Douse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dousing.] [Cf. Dowse, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]

1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail.

Douse

Douse, v. i. To fall suddenly into water. Hudibras.

Douse

Douse, v. t. [AS. dw\'91scan. (Skeat.)] To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] " To douse the glim." Sir W. Scott.

Dousing-chock

Dous"ing-chock` (?), n. (Shipbuilding) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Dout

Dout (?), v. t. [Do + out. Cf. Doff.] To put out. [Obs.] "It douts the light." Sylvester.

Douter

Dout"er (?), n. An extinguisher for candles. [Obs.]

Dove

Dove (?), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d; akin to OS. d, D. duif, OHG. t, G. taube, Icel. d, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d; perh. from the root of E. dive.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous. &hand; The domestic dove, including the varieties called fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is C. turtur or Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of European species, is C. palumbus; the Carolina dove, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or Alle alle). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and Rock pigeon. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.<-- also a symbol of peace -->

2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.

O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. Cant. ii. 14.
Dove tick (Zo\'94l.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests doves and other birds. -- Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang]

Dovecot, Dovecote

Dove"cot` (?), Dove"cote` (?), n. A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.

Dove-eyed

Dove"-eyed` (?), a. Having eyes like a dove; meekeyed; as, dove-eyed Peace.

Dovekie

Dove"kie (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove.

Dovelet

Dove"let (?), n. A young or small dove. Booth.

Dovelike

Dove"like` (?), a. Mild as a dove; gentle; pure and lovable. Longfellow.

Dove plant

Dove" plant` (?). (Bot.) A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant.

Dover's Powder

Do"ver's Pow"der (?). [From Dr. Dover, an English physician.] (Med.) A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic.

Dove's-foot

Dove's"-foot` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) A small annual species of Geranium, native in England; -- so called from the shape of the leaf. (b) The columbine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Doveship

Dove"ship (?), n. The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Dovetail

Dove"tail` (?), n. (Carp.) A flaring tenon, or tongue (shaped like a bird's tail spread), and a mortise, or socket, into which it fits tightly, making an interlocking joint between two pieces which resists pulling a part in all directions except one. Dovetail molding (Arch.), a molding of any convex section arranged in a sort of zigzag, like a series of dovetails. -- Dovetail saw (Carp.), a saw used in dovetailing.

Dovetail

Dove"tail`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dovetailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dovetailing.]

1. (Carp.) (a) To cut to a dovetail. (b) To join by means of dovetails.

2. To fit in or connect strongly, skillfully, or nicely; to fit ingeniously or complexly.

He put together a piece of joinery so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed . . . that it was indeed a very curious show. Burke.

Dovish

Dov"ish (?), a. Like a dove; harmless; innocent. "Joined with dovish simplicity." Latimer.

Dow

Dow (?), n. A kind of vessel. See Dhow.

Dow

Dow, v. t. [F. douer. See Dower.] To furnish with a dower; to endow. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Dowable

Dow"a*ble (?), a. [From Dow, v. t.] Capable of being endowed; entitled to dower. Blackstone.

Dowager

Dow"a*ger (?), n. [OF. douagiere, fr. douage dower. See Dower.]

1. (Eng. Law) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease. Blount. Burrill.

2. A title given in England to a widow, to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir bearing the same name; -- chiefly applied to widows of personages of rank.

With prudes for proctors, dowagers for deans. Tennyson.
Queen dowager, the widow of a king.

Dowagerism

Dow"a*ger*ism (?), n. The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively.
Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray.

Dowcet

Dow"cet (?), n. [See Doucet.] One of the testicles of a hart or stag. [Spelt also doucet.] B. Jonson.

Dowdy

Dow"dy (?), a. [Compar. Dowdier (?); superl. Dowdiest.] [Scot. dawdie slovenly, daw, da sluggard, drab, Prov. E. dowd flat, dead.] Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking. -- Dow"di*ly (#), adv. -- Dow"di*ness, n.

Dowdy

Dow"dy, n.; pl. Dowdies (. An awkward, vulgarly dressed, inelegant woman. Shak. Dryden.

Dowdyish

Dow"dy*ish, a. Like a dowdy.

Dowel

Dow"el (?), n. [Cf. G. d\'94bel peg, F. douelle state of a cask, surface of an arch, douille socket, little pipe, cartridge.] (Mech.)

1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.

2. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it. Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels. -- Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n.,

1.

Dowel

Dow"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doweled (?)Dowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doweling or Dowelling.] To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask.

Dower

Dow"er (?), n. [F. douaire, LL. dotarium, from L. dotare to endow, portion, fr. dos dower; akin to Gr. dare to give. See 1st Date, and cf. Dot dowry, Dotation.]

1. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.

How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower! Sir J. Davies.
Man in his primeval dower arrayed. Wordsworth.

2. The property with which a woman is endowed; especially: (a) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. [Obs.]

His wife brought in dower Cilicia's crown. Dryden.
(b) (Law) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband. Blackstone. &hand; Dower, in modern use, is and should be distinguished from dowry. The former is a provision for a widow on her husband's death; the latter is a bride's portion on her marriage. Abbott. Assignment of dower. See under Assignment.

Dowered

Dow"ered (?), p. a. Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion. Shak.

Dowerless

Dow"er*less, a. Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion. Shak.

Dowery

Dow"er*y (?), n. See Dower.

Dowitcher

Dow"itch*er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback.

Dowl

Dowl (?), n. Same as Dowle.

Dowlas

Dow"las (?), n. [Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.] A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.

Dowle

Dowle (?), n. [Cf. OF. douille soft. Cf. Ductile.] Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak.
No feather, or dowle of a feather. De Quincey.

Down

Down (?), n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.]

1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo\'94l.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets. (b) (Bot.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle. (c) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.

And the first down begins to shade his face. Dryden.

2. That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down

When in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath. Tennyson.
Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares! Southern.

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Down tree (Bot.), a tree of Central America (Ochroma Lagopus), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable wool.

Down

Down (?), v. t. To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down. [R.] Young.

Down

Down, n. [OE. dun, doun, AS. d; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. d hill, fortified hill, Gael. dun heap, hillock, hill, W. din a fortified hill or mount; akin to E. town. See Town, and cf. Down, adv. & prep., Dune.]

1. A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

Hills afford prospects, as they must needs acknowledge who have been on the downs of Sussex. Ray.
She went by dale, and she went by down. Tennyson.

2. A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural. [Eng.]

Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his downs. Sandys.

3. pl. A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.

On the 11th [June, 1771] we run up the channel . . . at noon we were abreast of Dover, and about three came to an anchor in the Downs, and went ashore at Deal. Cook (First Voyage).

4. pl. [From the adverb.] A state of depression; low state; abasement. [Colloq.]

It the downs of life too much outnumber the ups. M. Arnold.

Down

Down, adv. [For older adown, AS. ad, ad, prop., from or off the hill. See 3d Down, and cf. Adown, and cf. Adown.]

1. In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

2. Hence, in many derived uses, as: (a) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion.

It will be rain to-night. Let it come down. Shak.
I sit me down beside the hazel grove. Tennyson.
And that drags down his life. Tennyson.
There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down. Addison.
The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English. Shak.
(b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
I was down and out of breath. Shak.
The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. Shak.
He that is down needs fear no fall. Bunyan.

3. From a remoter or higher antiquity.

Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. D. Webster.

4. From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions. Arbuthnot. &hand; Down is sometimes used elliptically, standing for go down, come down, tear down, take down, put down, haul down, pay down, and the like, especially in command or exclamation.

Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. Shak.
If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alone will down. Locke.
Down is also used intensively; as, to be loaded down; to fall down; to hang down; to drop down; to pay down.
The temple of Her\'8a at Argos was burnt down. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Down, as well as up, is sometimes used in a conventional sense; as, down East.
Persons in London say down to Scotland, etc., and those in the provinces, up to London. Stormonth.
Down helm (Naut.), an order to the helmsman to put the helm to leeward. -- Down on ∨ upon (joined with a verb indicating motion, as go, come, pounce), to attack, implying the idea of threatening power.
Come down upon us with a mighty power. Shak.
-- Down with, take down, throw down, put down; -- used in energetic command. "Down with the palace; fire it." Dryden. -- To be down on, to dislike and treat harshly. [Slang, U.S.] -- To cry down. See under Cry, v. t. -- To cut down. See under Cut, v. t. -- Up and down, with rising and falling motion; to and fro; hither and thither; everywhere. "Let them wander up and down." Ps. lix. 15.

Down

Down, prep. [From Down, adv.]

1. In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.

2. Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound. Down the country, toward the sea, or toward the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. -- Down the sound, in the direction of the ebbing tide; toward the sea.

Down

Down, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Downed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Downing.] To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down. [Archaic or Colloq.] "To down proud hearts." Sir P. Sidney.
I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the wits, once at our house. Madame D'Arblay.

Down

Down, v. i. To go down; to descend. Locke.

Down

Down, a.

1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.]

2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. -- Down in the mouth, chopfallen; dejected. <-- = down at the mouth -->

Downbear

Down"bear` (?), v. t. To bear down; to depress.

Downcast

Down"cast` (?), a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden.
- Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.

Downcast

Down"cast`, n.

1. Downcast or melancholy look.

That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl.

2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Downcome

Down"come` (?), n.

1. Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow. Milton.

2. (Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.

Downfall

Down"fall` (?), n.

1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. Holland.
Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. Dryden.

2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.

Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place. Motley.

Downfallen

Down"fall`en (?), a. Fallen; ruined. Carew.

Downfalling

Down"fall`ing, a. Falling down.

Downgyved

Down"gyved` (?), a. Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [Poetic & Rare] Shak.

Downhaul

Down"haul` (?), n. (Naut.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.

Downhearted

Down"heart`ed (?), a. Dejected; low-spirited.

Downhill

Down"hill` (?), adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

Downhill

Down"hill`, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

Downhill

Down"hill`, n. Declivity; descent; slope.
On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. Du Bartas (Trans. ).

Downiness

Down"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being downy.

Downlooked

Down"looked` (?), a. Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.] Dryden.

Downlying

Down"ly`ing (?), n. The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]

Downpour

Down"pour` (?), n. A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.

Downright

Down"right` (?), adv.

1. Straight down; perpendicularly.

2. In plain terms; without ceremony.

We shall chide downright, id I longer stay. Shak.

3. Without delay; at once; completely. [Obs.]

She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot.

Downright

Down"right`, a.

1. Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way.

A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott.

2. Open; artless; undisguised; absolute; unmixed; as, downright atheism.

The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South.
Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott.
-- Down"right`ly, adv. -- Down"right`ness, n.

Down-share

Down"-share` (?), n. A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] Knight.

Downsitting

Down"sit`ting (?), n. The act of sitting down; repose; a resting.
Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising. Ps. cxxxix. 2.

Downstairs

Down"stairs (?), adv. Down the stairs; to a lower floor. -- a. Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.

Downsteepy

Down"steep`y (?), a. Very steep. [Obs.] Florio.

Downstream

Down"stream` (?), adv. Down the stream; as, floating downstream.

Downstroke

Down"stroke` (?), n. (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

Downthrow

Down"throw` (?), n. (Geol.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.

Downtrod, Downtrodden

Down"trod` (?), Down"trod`den (?), a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.

Downward, Downwards

Down"ward (?), Down"wards (?), adv. [AS. ad. See Down, adv., and -ward.]

1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." Pope.

Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.

2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.

And downward fell into a groveling swine. Milton.

3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak.

Downward

Down"ward, a.

1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.

2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts. Sir P. Sidney.

Downweed

Down"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.

Downweigh

Down`weigh" (?), v. t. To weigh or press down.
A different sin downweighs them to the bottom. Longfellow.

Downy

Down"y (?), a.

1. Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." Shak.

Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. Bacon.

2. Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." Keble. "Downy pillow." Pope.

Time steals on with downy feet. Young.

3. Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] Latham.

Dowral

Dow"ral (?), a. Of or relating to a dower. [R.]

Dowress

Dow"ress, n. A woman entitled to dower. Bouvier.

Dowry

Dow"ry (?), n.; pl. Dowries (#). [Contr. from dowery; cf. LL. dotarium. See Dower.]

1. A gift; endowment. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower. Shak. Dryden.

3. A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give . . .; but give me the damsel to wife. Gen. xxxiv. 12.

Dowse

Dowse (?), v. t. [Cf. 1st Douse.]

1. To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.

2. [Cf. OD. doesen to strike, Norw. dusa to break.] To beat or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dowse

Dowse, v. i. To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully for more than a hundred wells. Eng. Cyc.

Dowse

Dowse, n. A blow on the face. [Low] Colman.

Dowser

Dows"er (?), n.

1. A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod. [Colloq.]

2. One who uses the dowser or divining rod. Eng. Cyc.

Dowst

Dowst (?), n. A dowse. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Dowve

Dow"ve (?), n. A dove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Doxological

Dox`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell.

Doxologize

Dox*ol"o*gize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doxologized; p. pr. & vb. n. Doxologizing.] To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies.

Doxology

Dox*ol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Doxologies (#). [LL. doxologia, Gr. doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend.] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.
David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. South.

Doxy

Dox"y (?), n.; pl. Doxies (#). [See Duck a pet.] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. Shak.

Doyly

Doy"ly (?), n. See Doily.

Doze

Doze (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dozed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dozing.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d to doze, Dan. d\'94se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d\'94s dullness, drowsiness, d\'94sig drowsy, AS. dw dull, stupid, foolish. Dizzy.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy.
If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. L'Estrange.

Doze

Doze, v. t.

1. To pass or spend in drowsiness; as, to doze away one's time.

2. To make dull; to stupefy. [Obs.]

I was an hour . . . in casting up about twenty sums, being dozed with much work. Pepys.
They left for a long time dozed and benumbed. South.

Doze

Doze, n. A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson.

Dozen

Doz"en (?), n.; pl. Dozen (before another noun), Dozens (. [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See Two, Ten, and cf. Duodecimal.]

1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. "Some six or seven dozen of Scots." "A dozen of shirts to your back." "A dozen sons." "Half a dozen friends." Shak.

2. An indefinite small number. Milton. A baker's dozen, thirteen; -- called also a long dozen.

Dozenth

Doz"enth (?), a. Twelfth. [R.]

Dozer

Doz"er (?), n. One who dozes or drowses.

Doziness

Doz"i*ness (?), n. The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

Dozy

Doz"y (?), a. Drowsy; inclined to doze; sleepy; sluggish; as, a dozy head. Dryden.

Dozzled

Doz"zled (?), a. [ Stupid; heavy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Drab

Drab (?), n. [AS. drabbe dregs, lees; akin to D. drab, drabbe, dregs, G. treber; for sense 1, cf. also Gael. drabag a slattern, drabach slovenly. Cf. Draff.]

1. A low, sluttish woman. King.

2. A lewd wench; a strumpet. Shak.

3. A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.

Drab

Drab, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drabbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbing.] To associate with strumpets; to wench. Beau. & Fl.

Drab

Drab, n. [F. drap cloth: LL. drappus, trapus, perh. orig., a firm, solid stuff, cf. F. draper to drape, also to full cloth; prob. of German origin; cf. Icel. drepa to beat, strike, AS. drepan, G. treffen; perh. akin to E. drub. Cf. Drape, Trappings.]

1. A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.

2. A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color.

Drab

Drab, a. Of a color between gray and brown. -- n. A drab color.

Drabber

Drab"ber (?), n. One who associates with drabs; a wencher. Massinger.

Drabbet

Drab"bet (?), n. A coarse linen fabric, or duck.

Drabbish

Drab"bish, a. Somewhat drab in color.

Drabbish

Drab"bish (?), a. Having the character of a drab or low wench. "The drabbish sorceress." Drant.

Drabble

Drab"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drabbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drabbling (?).] [Drab, Draff.] To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak. Halliwell.
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Drabble

Drab"ble (?), v. i. To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.

Drabbler

Drab"bler (?), n. (Naut.) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth, or more drop.

Drabble-tail

Drab"ble-tail` (?), n. A draggle-tail; a slattern. Halliwell.

Drac\'91na

Dra*c\'91"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. &hand; Drac\'91na Draco, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size.

Dracanth

Dra"canth (?), n. A kind of gum; -- called also gum tragacanth, or tragacanth. See Tragacanth.

Drachm

Drachm (?), n. [See Drachma.]

1. A drachma.

2. Same as Dram.

Drachma

Drach"ma (?), n.; pl. E. Drachmas (#), L. Drachm\'91 (#). [L., fr. Gr. Dram.]

1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents.

2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

Drachme

Drach"me (?), n. [F.] See Drachma.

Dracin

Dra"cin (?), n.[Cf. F. dracine.] (Chem.) See Draconin.

Draco

Dra"co (?), n. [L. See Dragon.]

1. (Astron.) The Dragon, a northern constellation within which is the north pole of the ecliptic.

2. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of lizards. See Dragon, 6.

Draconian

Dra*co"ni*an (?), a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Draconian code, ∨ Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.

Draconic

Dra*con"ic (?), a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Draconin

Dra*co"nin (?), n. [Cf. F. draconine. See Draco.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also dracin.

Dracontic

Dra*con"tic (?), a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See Dragon's head, under Dragon. [Obs.] "Dracontic month." Crabb.

Dracontine

Dra*con"tine (?), a. [L. draco dragon.] Belonging to a dragon. Southey.

Dracunculus

Dra*cun"cu*lus (?), n.; pl. Dracunculi (#). [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis).

Drad

Drad (?), p. p. & a. Dreaded. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dradde

Drad"de (?), imp. of Dread. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dradge

Dradge (?), n. (Min.) Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. Raymond.

Draff

Draff (?), n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st Drab.] Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and husks. Shak.
The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle.
Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.

Draffish

Draff"ish, a. Worthless; draffy. Bale.

Draffy

Draff"y (?), a. Dreggy; waste; worthless.
The dregs and draffy part. Beau. & Fl.

Draff

Draff (?), n. [The same word as draught. OE. draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See Draw, and cf. Draught.]

1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as Draught.

Everything available for draft burden. S. G. Goodrich.

2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.

Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by drafts to serve for the year. Marshall.

3. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.

I thought it most prudent to deter the drafts till advice was received of the progress of the loan. A. Hamilton.

4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross veight of goods. Simmonds.

5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation. See Draught.

6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught.

7. (Masonry) (a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face. (b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter.

8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See Draught.

10. A current of air. Same as Draught.

Draft

Draft, a.

1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught. &hand; The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use. Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net, Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, Draught engine, etc. See under Draught.

Draft

Draft (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.]

1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.

2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.

3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select.

Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. Holwell.

4. To transfer by draft.

All her rents been drafted to London. Fielding.

Draftsman

Drafts"man (?), n. See Draughtsman.

Drag

Drag (?), n. [See 3d Dredge.] A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drag

Drag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dragging (?).] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. Draw.]

1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.

Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. Denham.
The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson.
A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.

2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.

Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. Tennyson.

3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Have dragged a lingering life. Dryden.
To drag an anchor (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship. Syn. -- See Draw.

Drag

Drag, v. i.

1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun. Byron.
Long, open panegyric drags at best. Gay.

3. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. Russell.

4. To fish with a dragnet.

Drag

Drag, n. [See Drag, v. t., and cf. Dray a cart, and 1st Dredge.]

1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] Thackeray.

5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. J. D. Forbes.

7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." Hazlitt.

8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3. Drag sail (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also drift sail, drag sheet, drag anchor, sea anchor, floating anchor, etc. -- Drag twist (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.

Dragantine

Dra*gan"tine (?), n. [See Dracanth.] A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gun tragacanth.

Dragbar

Drag"bar` (?), n. Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. [U. S.]

Dragbolt

Drag"bolt` (?), n. A coupling pin. See under Coupling. [U. S.]

Drag\'82es

Dra`g\'82es" (?), n. pl. [F. See 3d Dredge.] (Pharmacy) Sugar-coated medicines.

Draggle

Drag"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Draggling (?).] [Freq. of drag. Drawl.] To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail. Gray.
With draggled nets down-hanging to the tide. Trench.

Draggle

Drag"gle, v. i. To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. Hudibras.

Draggle-tail

Drag"gle-tail` (?), n. A slattern who suffers her gown to trail in the mire; a drabble-tail.

Draggle-tailed

Drag"gle-tailed` (?), a. Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. W. Irving.

Draglink

Drag"link` (?), n. (Mach.) (a) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts. (b) A drawbar.

Dragman

Drag"man (?), n.; pl. Dragmen (. A fisherman who uses a dragnet. Sir M. Hale.

Dragnet

Drag"net` (?), n. [Cf. AS. dr\'91gnet.] A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

Dragoman

Drag"o*man (?), n.; pl. Dragomans (#). [From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. tarjum\'ben, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. Drogman, Truchman.] An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.

Dragon

Drag"on (?), n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. dar to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. Drake a dragon, Dragoon.]

1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious.

The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. Fairholt.
&hand; In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan.
Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Ps. lxxiv. 13.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Ps. xci. 13.
He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. Rev. xx. 2.

2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. Johnson.

3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent.

5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. Fairholt.

6. (Zo\'94l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also flying lizard.

7. (Zo\'94l.) A variety of carrier pigeon.

8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. &hand; Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. Dragon arum (Bot.), the name of several species of Aris\'91ma, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See Dragon root(below). -- Dragon fish (Zo\'94l.), the dragonet. -- Dragon fly (Zo\'94l.), any insect of the family Libellulid\'91. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also mosquito hawks. Their larv\'91 are aquatic and insectivorous. -- Dragon root (Bot.), an American aroid plant (Aris\'91ma Dracontium); green dragon. -- Dragon's blood, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of Calamus, esp. from C. Rotang and C. Draco, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from Drac\'91na Draco; also from Pterocarpus Draco, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also Cinnabar Gr\'91corum. -- Dragon's head. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Dracocephalum. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol Encyc. Brit. -- Dragon shell (Zo\'94l.), a species of limpet. -- Dragon's skin, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. Stormonth. -- Dragon's tail (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol Dragon's head (above). -- Dragon's wort (Bot.), a plant of the genus Artemisia (A. dracunculus). -- Dragon tree (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree (Drac\'91na Draco), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See Drac\'91na. -- Dragon water, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. "Dragon water may do good upon him." Randolph (1640). -- Flying dragon, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide.

Dragonet

Drag"on*et (?), n.

1. A little dragon. Spenser.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A small British marine fish (Callionymuslyra); -- called also yellow sculpin, fox, and gowdie.

Dragonish

Drag"on*ish, a. resembling a dragon. Shak.

Dragonlike

Drag"on*like` (?), a. Like a dragon. Shak.
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Dragonnade

Drag`on*nade" (?), n. [F., fr. dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.] The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade.
He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. C. Kingsley.

Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, Dragon's tail

Drag"on's blood, Drag"on's head, Drag"on's tail. See Dragon's blood, Dragon's head, etc., under Dragon.

Dragoon

Dra*goon" (?), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See Dragon.]

1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

2. A variety of pigeon. Clarke. Dragoon bird (Zo\'94l.), the umbrella bird.

Dragoon

Dra*goon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dragooning.]

1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.

2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.

The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. Price.
Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. Macaulay.

Dragoonade

Drag`oon*ade" (?), n. See Dragonnade.

Dragooner

Dra*goon"er (?), n. A dragoon. [Obs.]

Drail

Drail (?), v. t. & i. [ To trail; to draggle. [Obs.] South.

Drain

Drain (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Draining.] [AS. drehnigean to drain, strain; perh. akin to E. draw.]

1. To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent. Bacon.
But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry. Motley.

2. To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.

Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, Filled the capacious deep and formed the main. Roscommon.

3. To filter.

Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh. Bacon.

Drain

Drain, v. i.

1. To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.

2. To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.

Drain

Drain, n.

1. The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.

2. That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

3. pl. The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains. [Eng.] Halliwell. Box drain, Counter drain. See under Box, Counter. -- Right of drain (Law), an easement or servitude by which one man has a right to convey water in pipes through or over the estate of another. Kent.

Drainable

Drain"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being drained.

Drainage

Drain"age (?), n.

1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.

2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.

3. (Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.

4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. Latham.

5. (Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc. Drainage tube (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.

Draine

Draine (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The missel thrush.

Drainer

Drain"er (?), n. One who, or that which, drains.

Draining

Drain"ing, vb. n. of Drain, v. t. (Agric.) The art of carrying off surplus water, as from land. Draining tile. Same as Draintile.

Drainpipe

Drain"pipe` (?), n. A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.

Draintile

Drain"tile` (?), n. A hollow tile used in making drains; -- called also draining tile.

Draintrap

Drain"trap` (?), n. See 4th Trap, 5.

Drake

Drake (?), n. [Akin to LG. drake, OHG. antrache, anetrecho, G. enterich, Icel. andriki, Dan. andrik, OSw. andrak, andrage, masc., and fr. AS. ened, fem., duck; akin to D. eend, G. ente, Icel. \'94nd, Dan. and, Sw. and, Lith. antis, L. anas, Gr. \'beti a water fowl. rich. Cf. Gulaund.]

1. The male of the duck kind.

2. [Cf. Dragon fly, under Dragon.] The drake fly.

The drake will mount steeple height into the air. Walton.
Drake fly, a kind of fly, sometimes used in angling.
The dark drake fly, good in August. Walton.

Drake

Drake, n. [AS. draca dragon, L. draco. See Dragon.]

1. A dragon. [Obs.]

Beowulf resolves to kill the drake. J. A. Harrison (Beowulf).

2. A small piece of artillery. [Obs.]

Two or three shots, made at them by a couple of drakes, made them stagger. Clarendon.

Drake

Drake, n. [Cf. F. dravik, W. drewg, darnel, cockle, etc.] Wild oats, brome grass, or darnel grass; -- called also drawk, dravick, and drank. [Prov. Eng.] Dr. Prior.

Drakestone

Drake"stone (?), n. A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.
Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey.

Dram

Dram (?), n. [OF. drame, F. drachme, L. drachma, drachm, drachma, fr. Gr. Drachm, Drachma.]

1. A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.

2. A minute quantity; a mite.

Were I the chooser, a dram of well-doing should be preferred before many times as mush the forcible hindrance of evildoing. Milton.

3. As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison. Shak.

4. (Numis.) A Persian daric. Ezra ii. 69. Fluid dram, ∨ Fluid drachm. See under Fluid.

Dram

Dram, v. i. & t. To drink drams; to ply with drams. [Low] Johnson. Thackeray.

Drama

Dra"ma (?; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. daryti.]

1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.

A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. Milton.

2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest. "The drama of war." Thackeray.

Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. Berkeley.
The drama and contrivances of God's providence. Sharp.

3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. &hand; The principal species of the drama are tragedy and comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy, melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces. The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage. J. A. Symonds.

Dramatic, Dramatical

Dra*mat"ic (?), Dra*mat"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. dramatique.] Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.
The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.

Dramatically

Dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.

Dramatis person\'91

Dram"a*tis per*so"n\'91 (?). [L.] The actors in a drama or play.

Dramatist

Dram"a*tist (?), n. [Cf. F. dramatiste.] The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

Dramatizable

Dram"a*ti`za*ble (?), a. Capable of being dramatized.

Dramatization

Dram`a*ti*za"tion (?), n. Act of dramatizing.

Dramatize

Dram"a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dramatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dramatizing (?).] [Cf. F. dramatiser.] To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley.

Dramaturgic

Dram`a*tur"gic (?), a. Relating to dramaturgy.

Dramaturgist

Dram"a*tur`gist (?), n. One versed in dramaturgy. Carlyle.

Dramaturgy

Dram"a*tur`gy (?), n. [Gr. work: cf. F. dramaturgie.] The art of dramatic composition and representation.

Dramming

Dram"ming (?), n. The practice of drinking drams.

Dramseller

Dram"sell`er (?), n. One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.

Dramshop

Dram"shop` (?), n. A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram.

Drank

Drank (?), imp. of Drink.

Drank

Drank, n. [Cf. 3d Drake.] Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Drap d'\'82t\'82

Drap` d'\'82*t\'82" (?). [F., clot of summer.] A thin woolen fabric, twilled like merino.

Drape

Drape (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Draping (?).] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d Drab.]

1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey.
These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay.

2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Drape

Drape, v. i.

1. To make cloth. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

Draper

Dra"per (?), n. [F. drapier.] One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.

Draperied

Dra"per*ied (?), a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [R.] Byron.

Drapery

Dra"per*y (?), n.; pl. Draperies (#). [F. draperie.]

1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth. Bacon.

2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.

People who ought to be weighing out grocery or measuring out drapery. Macaulay.

3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.

Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.
All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. Burke.
Casting of draperies. See under Casting.
The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most important of an artist's studies. Fairholt.

Drapet

Dra"pet (?), n. [Dim. of drap.] Cloth. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drastic

Dras"tic (?), a. [Gr. drastique. See Drama.] (Med.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives. -- n. (Med.) A violent purgative. See Cathartic.

Drasty

Dras"ty (?), a. [AS. d\'91rstan, dresten, dregs.] Filthy; worthless. [Obs.] "Drasty ryming." Chaucer.

Draugh

Draugh (?), n. See Draft. [Obs.]

Draught

Draught (?), n. [The same as draft, the spelling with gh indicating an older pronunciation. See Draft, n., Draw.]

1. The act of drawing or pulling; as: (a) The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.

A general custom of using oxen for all sort of draught would be, perhaps, the greatest improvement. Sir W. Temple.
(b) The drawing of a bowstring. [Obs.]
She sent an arrow forth with mighty draught. Spenser.
(c) Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
Upon the draught of a pond, not one fish was left. Sir M. Hale.
(d) The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
In his hands he took the goblet, but a while the draught forbore. Trench.
(e) A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy. [Obs.]
By drawing sudden draughts upon the enemy when he looketh not for you. Spenser.
(f) (Mil.) The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2) (g) The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation. Dryden.

2. That which is drawn; as: (a) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.

Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. Luke v. 4.
He laid down his pipe, and cast his net, which brought him a very great draught. L'Estrange.
(b) (Mil.) The force drawn; a detachment; -- in this sense usually written draft. (c) The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation.
Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery, . . . still thou art a bitter draught. Sterne.
Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired. Goldsmith.
(d) A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation.
A draught of a Toleration Act was offered to the Parliament by a private member. Macaulay.
No picture or draught of these things from the report of the eye. South.
(e) (Com.) An order for the payment of money; -- in this sense almost always written draft. (f) A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney. Thackeray.
He preferred to go and sit upon the stairs, in . . . a strong draught of air, until he was again sent for. Dickens.

3. That which draws; as: (a) A team of oxen or horses. Blackstone. (b) A sink or drain; a privy. Shak. Matt. xv. 17. (c) pl. (Med.) A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet.

4. Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction.

The Hertfordshire wheel plow . . . is of the easiest draught. Mortimer.

5. (Naut.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught.

6. (Com.) An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft,

4.

7. A move, as at chess or checkers. [Obs.] Chaucer.

8. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.

9. (Masonry) See Draft, n.,

7. Angle of draught, the angle made with the plane over which a body is drawn by the line in which the pulling force acts, when the latter has the direction best adapted to overcome the obstacles of friction and the weight of the body. -- Black draught. See under Black, a. -- Blast draught, ∨ Forced draught, the draught produced by a blower, as by blowing in air beneath a fire or drawing out the gases from above it. -- Natural draught, the draught produced by the atmosphere flowing, by its own weight, into a chimney wherein the air is rarefied by heat. -- On draught, so as to be drawn from the wood (as a cask, barrel, etc.) in distinction from being bottled; as, ale on draught. -- Sheer draught. See under Sheer.

Draught

Draught, a.

1. Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks.

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.

3. Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses.

4. Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; -- said of ale, cider, and the like. &hand; This word, especially in the first and second meanings, is often written draft, a spelling which is approved by many authorities. Draught box. See Draught tube, below. -- Draught engine (Mining), an engine used for pumping, raising heavy weights, and the like. -- Draught hook (Mil.), one of the hooks on a cannon carriage, used in drawing the gun backward and forward. -- Draught horse, a horse employed in drawing loads, plowing, etc., as distinguished from a saddle horse or carriage horse. -- Draught net, a seine or hauling net. -- Draught ox, an ox employed in hauling loads, plowing, etc. -- Draught tube (Water Wheels), an airtight pipe extending downward into the tailrace from a turbine wheel located above it, to make whole fall available; -- called also draught box.


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Draught

Draught (dr&adot;ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draughted; p. pr. & vb. n. Draughting.]

1. To draw out; to call forth. See Draft. Addison.

2. To diminish or exhaust by drawing. [R.]

The Parliament so often draughted and drained. Sir W. Scott.

3. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. Draughting room, a room draughtsmen to work in, and where plans are kept.

Draughtboard

Draught"board` (?), n. A checkered board on which draughts are played. See Checkerboard.

Draughthouse

Draught"house` (?), n. A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [Obs.] 2 Kings x. 27.

Draughts

Draughts (?), n. pl. A mild vesicatory. See Draught, n., 3 (c).

Draughts

Draughts, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers. &hand; Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. Am. Cyc.

Draughtsman

Draughts"man (?), n.; pl. Draughtsmen (.

1. One who draws pleadings or other writings.

2. One who draws plans and sketches of machinery, structures, and places; also, more generally, one who makes drawings of any kind.

3. A "man" or piece used in the game of draughts.

4. One who drinks drams; a tippler. [Obs.] Tatler.

Draughtsmanship

Draughts"man*ship, n. The office, art, or work of a draughtsman.

Draughty

Draught"y (?), a. Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly, comfortless room.

Drave

Drave (?), old imp. of Drive. [Obs.]

Dravida

Dra"vi*da (?), n. pl. [Skr. Dr\'bevi, prob. meaning, Tamil.] (Ethnol.) A race Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.

Dravidian

Dra*vid"i*an (?), a. [From Skr. Dr\'bevi, the name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida. Dravidian languages, a group of languages of Southern India, which seem to have been the idioms of the natives, before the invasion of tribes speaking Sanskrit. Of these languages, the Tamil is the most important.

Draw

Draw (?), v. t. [imp. Drew (?); p. p. Drawn (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drawing.] [OE. dra, drahen, draien, drawen, AS. dragan; akin to Icel. & Sw. draga, Dan. drage to draw, carry, and prob. to OS. dragan to bear, carry, D. dragen, G. tragen, Goth. dragan; cf. Skr. dhraj to move along, glide; and perh. akin to Skr. dhar to hold, bear. Drag, Dray a cart, 1st Dredge.]

1. To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

He cast him down to ground, and all along Drew him through dirt and mire without remorse. Spenser.
He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. Sir W. Scott.
Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? James ii. 6.
The arrow is now drawn to the head. Atterbury.

2. To influence to move or tend toward one's self; to exercise an attracting force upon; to call towards itself; to attract; hence, to entice; to allure; to induce.

The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.
All eyes you draw, and with the eyes the heart. Dryden.

3. To cause to come out for one's use or benefit; to extract; to educe; to bring forth; as: (a) To bring or take out, or to let out, from some receptacle, as a stick or post from a hole, water from a cask or well, etc.

The drew out the staves of the ark. 2 Chron. v. 9.
Draw thee waters for the siege. Nahum iii. 14.
I opened the tumor by the point of a lancet without drawing one drop of blood. Wiseman.
(b) To pull from a sheath, as a sword.
I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. Ex. xv. 9.
(c) To extract; to force out; to elicit; to derive.
Spirits, by distillations, may be drawn out of vegetable juices, which shall flame and fume of themselves. Cheyne.
Until you had drawn oaths from him. Shak.
(d) To obtain from some cause or origin; to infer from evidence or reasons; to deduce from premises; to derive.
We do not draw the moral lessons we might from history. Burke.
(e) To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank. (f) To take from a box or wheel, as a lottery ticket; to receive from a lottery by the drawing out of the numbers for prizes or blanks; hence, to obtain by good fortune; to win; to gain; as, he drew a prize. (g) To select by the drawing of lots.
Provided magistracies were filled by men freely chosen or drawn. Freeman.

4. To remove the contents of; as: (a) To drain by emptying; to suck dry.

Sucking and drawing the breast dischargeth the milk as fast as it can generated. Wiseman.
(b) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal.
In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. King.

5. To take into the lungs; to inhale; to inspire; hence, also, to utter or produce by an inhalation; to heave. "Where I first drew air." Milton.

Drew, or seemed to draw, a dying groan. Dryden.

6. To extend in length; to lengthen; to protract; to stretch; to extend, as a mass of metal into wire.

How long her face is drawn! Shak.
And the huge Offa's dike which he drew from the mouth of Wye to that of Dee. J. R. Green.

7. To run, extend, or produce, as a line on any surface; hence, also, to form by marking; to make by an instrument of delineation; to produce, as a sketch, figure, or picture.

8. To represent by lines drawn; to form a sketch or a picture of; to represent by a picture; to delineate; hence, to represent by words; to depict; to describe.

A flattering painter who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Goldsmith.
Can I, untouched, the fair one's passions move, Or thou draw beauty and not feel its power? Prior.

9. To write in due form; to prepare a draught of; as, to draw a memorial, a deed, or bill of exchange.

Clerk, draw a deed of gift. Shak.

10. To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water.

11. To withdraw. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Go wash thy face, and draw the action. Shak.

12. To trace by scent; to track; -- a hunting term. &hand; Draw, in most of its uses, retains some shade of its original sense, to pull, to move forward by the application of force in advance, or to extend in length, and usually expresses an action as gradual or continuous, and leisurely. We pour liquid quickly, but we draw it in a continued stream. We force compliance by threats, but we draw it by gradual prevalence. We may write a letter with haste, but we draw a bill with slow caution and regard to a precise form. We draw a bar of metal by continued beating. To draw a bow, to bend the bow by drawing the string for discharging the arrow. -- To draw a cover, to clear a cover of the game it contains. -- To draw a curtain, to cause a curtain to slide or move, either closing or unclosing. "Night draws the curtain, which the sun withdraws." Herbert. -- To draw a line, to fix a limit or boundary. -- To draw back, to receive back, as duties on goods for exportation. -- To draw breath, to breathe. Shak. -- To draw cuts ∨ lots. See under Cut, n. -- To draw in. (a) To bring or pull in; to collect. (b) To entice; to inveigle. -- To draw interest, to produce or gain interest. -- To draw off, to withdraw; to abstract. Addison. -- To draw on, to bring on; to occasion; to cause. "War which either his negligence drew on, or his practices procured." Hayward. -- To draw (one) out, to elicit cunningly the thoughts and feelings of another. -- To draw out, to stretch or extend; to protract; to spread out. -- "Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?" Ps. lxxxv. 5. "Linked sweetness long drawn out." Milton. -- To draw over, to cause to come over, to induce to leave one part or side for the opposite one. -- To draw the longbow, to exaggerate; to tell preposterous tales. -- To draw (one) to ∨ on to (something), to move, to incite, to induce. "How many actions most ridiculous hast thou been drawn to by thy fantasy?" Shak. -- To draw up. (a) To compose in due form; to draught; to form in writing. (b) To arrange in order, as a body of troops; to array. "Drawn up in battle to receive the charge." Dryden. Syn. -- To Draw, Drag. Draw differs from drag in this, that drag implies a natural inaptitude for drawing, or positive resistance; it is applied to things pulled or hauled along the ground, or moved with toil or difficulty. Draw is applied to all bodies moved by force in advance, whatever may be the degree of force; it commonly implies that some kind of aptitude or provision exists for drawing. Draw is the more general or generic term, and drag the more specific. We say, the horses draw a coach or wagon, but they drag it through mire; yet draw is properly used in both cases.

Draw

Draw (?), v. i.

1. To pull; to exert strength in drawing anything; to have force to move anything by pulling; as, a horse draws well; the sails of a ship draw well. &hand; A sail is said to draw when it is filled with wind.

2. To draw a liquid from some receptacle, as water from a well.

The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.

3. To exert an attractive force; to act as an inducement or enticement.

Keep a watch upon the particular bias of their minds, that it may not draw too much. Addison.

4. (Med.) To have efficiency as an epispastic; to act as a sinapism; -- said of a blister, poultice, etc.

5. To have draught, as a chimney, flue, or the like; to furnish transmission to smoke, gases, etc.

6. To unsheathe a weapon, especially a sword.

So soon as ever thou seest him, draw; and as thou drawest, swear horrible. Shak.

7. To perform the act, or practice the art, of delineation; to sketch; to form figures or pictures. "Skill in drawing." Locke.

8. To become contracted; to shrink. "To draw into less room." Bacon.

9. To move; to come or go; literally, to draw one's self; -- with prepositions and adverbs; as, to draw away, to move off, esp. in racing, to get in front; to obtain the lead or increase it; to draw back, to retreat; to draw level, to move up even (with another); to come up to or overtake another; to draw off, to retire or retreat; to draw on, to advance; to draw up, to form in array; to draw near, nigh, or towards, to approach; to draw together, to come together, to collect.

10. To make a draft or written demand for payment of money deposited or due; -- usually with on or upon.

You may draw on me for the expenses of your journey. Jay.

11. To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

12. To sink in water; to require a depth for floating. "Greater hulks draw deep." Shak. To draw to a head. (a) (Med.) To begin to suppurate; to ripen, as a boil. (b) Fig.: To ripen, to approach the time for action; as, the plot draws to a head.

Draw

Draw, n.

1. The act of drawing; draught.

2. A lot or chance to be drawn.

3. A drawn game or battle, etc. [Colloq.]

4. That part of a bridge which may be raised, swung round, or drawn aside; the movable part of a drawbridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. [U.S.]

Drawable

Draw"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being drawn.

Drawback

Draw"back` (?), n.

1. A lose of advantage, or deduction from profit, value, success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance; objectionable feature.

The avaridrawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. Hallam.

2. (Com.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the government, on the exportation of the commodities on which they were levied. M

Drawbar

Draw"bar` (?), n. (Railroad) (a) An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train. (b) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

Drawbench

Draw"bench` (?), n. (Med.) A machine in which strips of metal are drawn through a drawplate; especially, one in which wire is thus made; -- also called drawing bench.

Drawbolt

Draw"bolt` (?), n. (Engin.) A coupling pin. See under Coupling.

Drawbore

Draw"bore` (?), n. (Joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together. Weale.

Drawbore

Draw"bore`, v. t.

1. To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon.

2. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

Drawboy

Draw"boy` (?), n. (Weaving) A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

Drawbridge

Draw"bridge` (?), n. A bridge of which either the whole or a part is made to be raised up, let down, or drawn or turned aside, to admit or hinder communication at pleasure, as before the gate of a town or castle, or over a navigable river or canal. &hand; The movable portion, or draw, is called, specifically, a bascule, balance, or lifting bridge, a turning, swivel, or swing bridge, or a rolling bridge, according as it turns on a hinge vertically, or on a pivot horizontally, or is pushed on rollers.

Drawcansir

Draw"can*sir (?), n. [From the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George Villiers called "The Rehearsal."] A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully.
The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. Addison.

Draw-cut

Draw"-cut` (?), n. A single cut with a knife.

Drawee

Draw*ee" (?), n. (Law) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer.

Drawer

Draw"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, draws; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer. (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.

2. That which is drawn; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. Chest of drawers. See under Chest.

Drawfiling

Draw"fil`ing (?), n. The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

Drawgear

Draw"gear` (?), n.

1. A harness for draught horses.

2. (Railroad) The means or parts by which cars are connected to be drawn.

Drawgloves

Draw"gloves` (?), n. pl. An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.

Drawhead

Draw"head` (?), n. (Railroad) The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.

Drawing

Draw"ing, n.

1. The act of pulling, or attracting.

2. The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn.

3. The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies.

4. (Textile Manuf.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning.

5. The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. &hand; Drawing is used adjectively or as the first part of compounds in the sense of pertaining to drawing, for drawing (in the sense of pulling, and of pictorial representation); as, drawing master or drawing-master, drawing knife or drawing-knife, drawing machine, drawing board, drawing paper, drawing pen, drawing pencil, etc. A drawing of tea, a small portion of tea for steeping. -- Drawing knife. See in the Vocabulary. -- Drawing paper (Fine Arts), a thick, sized paper for draughtsman and for water-color painting. -- Drawing slate, a soft, slaty substance used in crayon drawing; -- called also black chalk, or drawing chalk. -- Free-hand drawing, a style of drawing made without the use of guiding or measuring instruments, as distinguished from mechanical or geometrical drawing; also, a drawing thus executed.


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Drawing knife, Drawknife

Draw"ing knife" (?), Draw"knife` (?), n.

1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

Drawing-room

Draw"ing-room` (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. withdraw-ing-room.]

1. A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

2. The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.

He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay.
Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.

Drawl

Drawl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drawled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drawling.] [Prob. fr. draw: cf. D. dralen to linger, tarry, Icel. dralla to loiter. See Draw, and cf. Draggle.] To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Drawl

Drawl, v. i. To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.
Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it. Landor.

Drawl

Drawl, n. A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Drawlatch

Draw"latch` (?), n. A housebreaker or thief. [Obs.] Old Play (1631).

Drawling

Drawl"ing (?), n. The act of speaking with a drawl; a drawl. -- Drawl"ing*ly, adv. Bacon.

Drawlink

Draw"link` (?), n. Same as Drawbar (b).

Drawloom

Draw"loom` (?), n.

1. A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.

2. A species of damask made on the drawloom.

Drawn

Drawn (?), p. p. & a. See Draw, v. t. & i. Drawn butter, butter melter and prepared to be used as a sort of gravy. -- Drawn fowl, an eviscerated fowl. -- Drawn game ∨ battle, one in which neither party wins; one equally contested. -- Drawn fox, one driven from cover. Shak. -- Drawn work, ornamental work made by drawing out threads from fine cloth, and uniting the cross threads, to form a pattern.

Drawnet

Draw"net` (?), n. A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet. Crabb.

Drawplate

Draw"plate` (?), n. A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.

Drawrod

Draw"rod` (?), n. (Railroad) A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train.

Drawshave

Draw"shave` (?), n. See Drawing knife.

Drawspring

Draw"spring` (?), n. (Railroad) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.

Dray

Dray (?), n. A squirrel's nest. Cowper.

Dray

Dray, n. [AS. dr\'91ge a dragnet, fr. dragan. . See Draw, and cf. 2d Drag, 1st Dredge.]

1. A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. Addison.

2. A kind of sledge or sled. Halliwell. Dray cart, a dray. -- Dray horse, a heavy, strong horse used in drawing a dray.

Drayage

Dray"age (?), n.

1. Use of a dray.

2. The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray.

Drayman

Dray"man (?), n.; pl. Draymen (. A man who attends a dray.

Drazel

Draz"el (?), n. [Cf. Dross, Drossel.] A slut; a vagabond wench. Same as Drossel. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Dread

Dread (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading.] [AS. dr, in comp.; akin to OS. dr\'bedan, OHG. tr\'betan, both only in comp.] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.
When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.

Dread

Dread, v. i. To be in dread, or great fear.
Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29.

Dread

Dread, n.

1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson.
The dread of something after death. Shak.

2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2.
His scepter shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak.

3. An object of terrified apprehension.

4. A person highly revered. [Obs.] "Una, his dear dread." Spenser.

5. Fury; dreadfulness. [Obs.] Spenser.

6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence.

Dread

Dread, a.

1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.

A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young.

2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.

Dreadable

Dread"a*ble (?), a. Worthy of being dreaded.

Dread-bolted

Dread"-bolt`ed (?), a. Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." [Poetic] Shak.

Dreader

Dread"er (?), n. One who fears, or lives in fear.

Dreadful

Dread"ful (?), a.

1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [Obs.] "With dreadful heart." Chaucer.

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton.

For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth.

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [Obs.] "God's dreadful law." Shak. Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful.

Dreadfully

Dread"ful*ly (?), adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.

Dreadfulness

Dread"ful*ness, n. The quality of being dreadful.

Dreadingly

Dread"ing*ly, adv. With dread. Warner.

Dreadless

Dread"less, a.

1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. "The dreadless angel." Milton.

2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. " safe in his dreadless den." Spenser.

Dreadless

Dread"less, adv. Without doubt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dreadlessness

Dread"less*ness, n. Freedom from dread.

Dreadly

Dread"ly, a. Dreadful. [Obs.] "Dreadly spectacle." Spenser. -- adv. With dread. [Obs.] "Dreadly to shake." Sylvester (Du Bartas).

Dreadnaught

Dread"naught` (?), n.

1. A fearless person.

2. Hence: A garment made of very thick cloth, that can defend against storm and cold; also, the cloth itself; fearnaught.

Dream

Dream (?), n. [Akin to OS. dr, D. droom, G. traum, Icel. draumr, Dan. & Sw. dr\'94m; cf. G. tr\'81gen to deceive, Skr. druh to harm, hurt, try to hurt. AS. dre\'a0m joy, gladness, and OS. dr joy are, perh., different words; cf. Gr.

1. The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. Dryden.
I had a dream which was not all a dream. Byron.

2. A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth.

There sober thought pursued the amusing theme, Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. Pope.
It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp.

Dream

Dream, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dreamed (?) or Dreamt (p. pr. & vb. n.
Dreaming.] [Cf. AS. dr, dr, to rejoice. See Dream, n.]

1. To have ideas or images in the mind while in the state of sleep; to experience sleeping visions; -- often with of; as, to dream of a battle, or of an absent friend.

2. To let the mind run on in idle revery or vagary; to anticipate vaguely as a coming and happy reality; to have a visionary notion or idea; to imagine.

Here may we sit and dream Over the heavenly theme. Keble.
They dream on in a constant course of reading, but not digesting. Locke.

Dream

Dream, v. t. To have a dream of; to see, or have a vision of, in sleep, or in idle fancy; -- often followed by an objective clause.
Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts ii. 17.
At length in sleep their bodies they compose, And dreamt the future fight. Dryden.
And still they dream that they shall still succeed. Cowper.
To dream away, out, through, etc., to pass in revery or inaction; to spend in idle vagaries; as, to dream away an hour; to dream through life. " Why does Antony dream out his hours?" Dryden.

Dreamer

Dream"er (?), n.

1. One who dreams.

2. A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer.

Dreamful

Dream"ful (?), a. Full of dreams. " Dreamful ease." Tennyson. -- Dream"ful*ly, adv.

Dreamily

Dream"i*ly (?), adv. As if in a dream; softly; slowly; languidly. Longfellow.

Dreaminess

Dream"i*ness, n. The state of being dreamy.

Dreamingly

Dream"ing*ly, adv. In a dreamy manner.

Dreamland

Dream"land` (?), n. An unreal, delightful country such as in sometimes pictured in dreams; region of fancies; fairyland.
[He] builds a bridge from dreamland for his lay. Lowell.

Dreamless

Dream"less, a. Free from, or without, dreams. Camden. -- Dream"less*ly, adv.

Dreamy

Dream"y (?), a. [Compar. Dreamier (?); superl. Dreamiest (?).] Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. "The dreamy dells." Tennyson.

Drear

Drear (?), a. [See Dreary.] Dismal; gloomy with solitude. "A drear and dying sound." Milton.

Drear

Drear, n. Sadness; dismalness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drearihead, Drearihood

Drear"i*head (?), Drear"i*hood (?), n. Affliction; dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drearily

Drear"i*ly, adv. Gloomily; dismally.

Dreariment

Drear"i*ment (?), n. Dreariness. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dreariness

Drear"i*ness, n.

1. Sorrow; wretchedness. [Obs.]

2. Dismalness; gloomy solitude.

Drearing

Drear"ing, n. Sorrow. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drearisome

Drear"i*some (?), a. Very dreary. Halliwell.

Dreary

Drear"y (?), a. [Compar. Drearier (?); superl. Dreariest.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre\'a2rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre\'a2san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]

1. Sorrowful; distressful. [Obs.] " Dreary shrieks." Spenser.

2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. " Dreary shades." Dryden. "The dreary ground." Prior.

Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble.
Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay.

Drecche

Drec"che (?), v. t. [AS. dreccan, dreccean.]

1. To vex; to torment; to trouble. [Obs.]

As man that in his dream is drecched sore. Chaucer.

Drecche

Drec"che, v. i. To delay. [Obs.] Gower.

Dredge

Dredge (?), n. [F. dr\'8age, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. Draw.]

1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.

2. (Mining) Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond.

Dredge

Dredge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dredged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dredging.] To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. Dredging machine, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.

Dredge

Dredge, n. [OE. dragge, F. drag\'82e, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr. A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] Kersey.

Dredge

Dredge, v. t. To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl. Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.

Dredger

Dredg"er (?), n.

1. One who fishes with a dredge.

2. A dredging machine.

Dredger

Dredg"er, n. (Cookery) A box with holes in its lid; -- used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; -- called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box.

Dree

Dree (?), v. t. [AS. dre\'a2gan to bear, endure, complete.] To endure; to suffer. [Scot.]

Dree

Dree, v. i. To be able to do or endure. [Obs.]

Dree

Dree, a. Wearisome; tedious. [Prov. Eng.]

Dreg

Dreg (?), n. [Prob. from Icel. dregg; akin to Sw. dr\'84gg, cf. Icel. & Sw. draga to draw. Cf. Draw.] Corrupt or defiling matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society.
We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.
&hand; Used formerly (rarely) in the singular, as by Spenser and Shakespeare, but now chiefly in the plural.

Dregginess

Dreg"gi*ness (?), n. Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence.

Dreggish

Dreg"gish (?), a. Foul with lees; feculent. Harvey.

Dreggy

Dreg"gy (?), a. Containing dregs or lees; muddy; foul; feculent. Boyle.

Drein

Drein (?), v. i. To drain. [Obs.] Congreve.

Dreinte, imp., Dreint

Drein"te (?), imp., Dreint (, p. p. of Drench to drown. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dreissena

Dreis"se*na (?), n. [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian physician.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species (D. polymorpha) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe.

Drench

Drench (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drenched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drenching.] [AS. drencan to give to drink, to drench, the causal of drincan to drink; akin to D. drenken, Sw. dr\'84nka, G. tr\'84nken. See Drink.]

1. To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.

As "to fell," is "to make to fall," and "to lay," to make to lie." so "to drench," is "to make to drink." Trench.

2. To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.

Now dam the ditches and the floods restrain; Their moisture has already drenched the plain. Dryden.

Drench

Drench, n. [AS. drenc. See Drench, v. t.] A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging. "A drench of wine." Dryden.
Give my roan horse a drench. Shak.

Drench

Drench, n. [AS. dreng warrior, soldier, akin to Icel. drengr.] (O. Eng. Law) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book. [Obs.] Burrill.

Drenche

Drench"e (?), v. t. & i. To drown. [Obs.]
In the sea he drenched. Chaucer.

Drencher

Drench"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, west or steeps.

2. One who administers a drench.

Drengage

Dren"gage (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) The tenure by which a drench held land. [Obs.] Burrill.

Drent

Drent (?), p. p. [See Dreinte.] Drenched; drowned. [Obs.] "Condemned to be drent." Spenser.

Dresden ware

Dres"den ware` (?). A superior kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden in Saxony.

Dress

Dress (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dressed (?) or Drest; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser. (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See Right, and cf. Address, Adroit, Direct, Dirge.]

1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.]

At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. Chaucer.
&hand; Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of "to direct one's step; to addresss one's self."
To Grisild again will I me dresse. Chaucer.

2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.

3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.

4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.


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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. Gen. ii. 15.
When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. Ex. xxx. 7.
Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. Dryden.
Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. Tennyson
.
If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. Carlyle.
(b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.
Dressed myself in such humility. Shak.
Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. Shak.
(d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. To dress up ∨ out, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. "You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C\'91sar." Addison. -- To dress a ship (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn. -- To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish.

Dress

Dress, v. i.

1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!

2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. "To dress for a ball." Latham.

To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. Tennyson
. To dress to the right, To dress to the left, To dress on the center (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.

Dress

Dress, n.

1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel. "In your soldier's dress." Shak.

2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.

3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.

Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. Pope.

4. (Milling) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. Knight. Dress circle. See under Circle. -- Dress parade (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.

Dress coat

Dress" coat` (?). A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.

Dresser

Dress"er (?), n.

1. One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

2. (Mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

3. An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.

4. [F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t.] (a) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use. (b) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.

The pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Longfellow.

Dress goods

Dress" goods" (?). A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.

Dressiness

Dress"i*ness (?), n. The state of being dressy.

Dressing

Dress"ing, n.

1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. B. Jonson.

2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. Wiseman.

3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.

4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.

5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.

7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils. -- Dressing forceps, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. -- Dressing gown, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. -- Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. -- Dressing table, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. -- Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.

Dressmaker

Dress"mak`er (?), n. A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker.

Dressmaking

Dress"mak`ing, n. The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

Dressy

Dress"y (?), a. Showy in dress; attentive to dress.
A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook.
A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.

Drest

Drest (?), p. p. of Dress.

Dretch

Dretch (?), v. t. & i. See Drecche. [Obs.]

Dreul

Dreul (?), v. i. To drool. [Obs.]

Drevil

Drev"il (?), n. A fool; a drudge. See Drivel.

Drew

Drew (?), imp. of Draw.

Drey

Drey (?), n. A squirrel's nest. See Dray. [Obs.]

Dreye

Dreye (?), a. Dry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dreynte, imp., Dreynt

Dreyn"te (?), imp., Dreynt (, p. p., of Drench to drown. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drib

Drib (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] [Cf. Drip.] To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate.
He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice.
With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.

Drib

Drib (?), v. t. & i. (Archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Drib

Drib, n. A drop. [Obs.] Swift.

Dribber

Drib"ber (?), n. One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly. [Obs.] Ascham.

Dribble

Drib"ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dribbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing (?).] [Freq. of drib, which is a variant of drip.]

1. To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves.

2. To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel.

3. To fall weakly and slowly. [Obs.] "The dribbling dart of love." Shak. (Meas. for Meas. , i. 3, 2). [Perhaps an error for dribbing.]

Dribble

Drib"ble, v. t. To let fall in drops.
Let the cook . . . dribble it all the way upstairs. Swift.

Dribble

Drib"ble, n. A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. [Colloq.]

Dribbler

Drib"bler (?), n. One who dribbles.

Dribblet, Driblet

Drib"blet (?), Drib"let (?), n. [From Dribble.] A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets.
When made up in dribblets, as they could, their best securities were at an interest of twelve per cent. Burke.

Drie

Drie (?), v. t. [See Dree.] To endure. [Obs.]
So causeless such drede for to drie. Chaucer.

Dried

Dried (?), imp. & p. p.of Day. Also adj.; as, dried apples.

Drier

Dri"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth.

2. (Paint.) Drying oil; a substance mingled with the oil used in oil painting to make it dry quickly.

Drier, compar., Driest

Dri"er, compar., Dri"est, superl., of Dry, a.

Drift

Drift (?), n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See Drive.]

1. A driving; a violent movement.

The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332).

2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose. South.

3. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. "Our drift was south." Hakluyt.

4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.

He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general. Addison.
Now thou knowest my drift. Sir W. Scott.

5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as: (a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless drift." Dryden. (b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.

Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. Pope.
We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice]. Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways). Fuller.

6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] Knight.

7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.

8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.

9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.

10. (Mil.) (a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. (b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

12. (Naut.) (a) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. (b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. (c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. (d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. (e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. &hand; Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first part of a compound. See Drift, a. Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are, whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or not the forest is surcharged. Burrill.

Drift

Drift, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drifting.]

1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.

We drifted o'er the harbor bar. Coleridge.

2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.

3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]

Drift

Drift (?), v. t.

1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. J. H. Newman.

2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.

3. (Mach.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.

Drift

Drift, a. That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. Kane. Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under Drag, n. -- Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch. -- Drift net, a kind of fishing net. -- Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.

Driftage

Drift"age (?), n.

1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

2. Anything that drifts.

Driftbolt

Drift"bolt` (?), n. A bolt for driving out other bolts.

Driftless

Drift"less, a. Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Driftpiece

Drift"piece" (?), n. (Shipbuilding) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.

Driftpin

Drift"pin` (?), n. (Mech.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.

Driftway

Drift"way` (?), n.

1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. Cowell. Burrill.

2. (Mining) Same as Drift, 11.

Driftweed

Drift"weed` (?), n. Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin.

Driftwind

Drift"wind` (?), n. A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps. Beau. & Fl.

Driftwood

Drift"wood` (?), n.

1. Wood drifted or floated by water.

2. Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion of very useless driftwood. New Your Times.

Drifty

Drift"y (?), a. Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.

Drill

Drill (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drilling.] [D. drillen to bore, drill (soldiers); probably akin to AS. pyrlian, pyrelian, to pierce. See Thrill.]

1. To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

2. To train in the military art; to exercise diligently, as soldiers, in military evolutions and exercises; hence, to instruct thoroughly in the rudiments of any art or branch of knowledge; to discipline.

He [Frederic the Great] drilled his people, as he drilled his grenadiers. Macaulay.

Drill

Drill, v. i. To practice an exercise or exercises; to train one's self.

Drill

Drill, n.

1. An instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press.

2. (Mil.) The act or exercise of training soldiers in the military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as, infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.

3. Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea. Bow drill, Breast drill. See under Bow, Breast. -- Cotter drill, ∨ Traverse drill, a machine tool for drilling slots. -- Diamond drill. See under Diamond. -- Drill jig. See under Jig. -- Drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem of the key. -- Drill sergeant (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer whose office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and to train them to military exercises and evolutions. -- Vertical drill, a drill press.

Drill

Drill, v. t. [Cf. Trill to trickle, Trickle, Dribble, and W. rhillio to put in a row, drill.]

1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum. [R.] Thomson.

2. To sow, as seeds, by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row, like a trickling rill of water.

3. To entice; to allure from step; to decoy; -- with on. [Obs.]

See drilled him on to five-fifty. Addison.

4. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees. [Obs.]

This accident hath drilled away the whole summer. Swift.

Drill

Drill, v. i.

1. To trickle. [Obs. or R.] Sandys.

2. To sow in drills.

Drill

Drill, n.

1. A small trickling stream; a rill. [Obs.]

Springs through the pleasant meadows pour their drills. Sandys.

2. (Agr.) (a) An implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made. (b) A light furrow or channel made to put seed into sowing. (c) A row of seed sown in a furrow.


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&hand; Drill is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, drill barrow or drill-barrow; drill husbandry; drill plow or drill-plow. Drill barrow, a wheeled implement for planting seed in drills. -- Drill bow, a small bow used for the purpose of rapidly turning a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn. -- Drill harrow, a harrow used for stirring the ground between rows, or drills. -- Drill plow, ∨ Drill plough, a sort plow for sowing grain in drills.

Drill

Drill (?), n. [Cf. Mandrill.] (Zo\'94l.) A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucoph\'91us).

Drill

Drill, n. [Usually in pl.] (Manuf.) Same as Drilling. Imperial drill, a linen fabric having two threads in the warp and three in the filling.

Driller

Drill"er (?), n. One who, or that which, drills.

Drilling

Drill"ing, n.

1. The act of piercing with a drill.

2. A training by repeated exercises.

Drilling

Drill"ing, n. The act of using a drill in sowing seeds.

Drilling

Drill"ing, n. [G. drillich, fr. L. trilix having three threads, fr. the of tres three + licium a thread of the warm. See Three, and cf. Twill.] (Manuf.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton.

Drillmaster

Drill"mas`ter (?), n. One who teaches drill, especially in the way of gymnastics. Macaulay.

Drill press

Drill" press` . A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw.

Drillstock

Drill"stock` (?), n. (Mech.) A contrivance for holding and turning a drill. Knight.

Drily

Dri"ly (?), adv. See Dryly. Thackeray.

Drimays

Dri"mays (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of magnoliaceous trees. Drimys aromatica furnishes Winter's bark.

Drink

Drink (?), v. i. [imp. Drank (?), formerly Drunk (; & p. p. Drunk, Drunken (; p. pr. & vb. n. Drinking. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank, not infrequently used as a p. p., is not so analogical.] [AS. drincan; akin to OS. drinkan, D. drinken, G. trinken, Icel. drekka, Sw. dricka, Dan. drikke, Goth. drigkan. Cf. Drench, Drunken, Drown.]

1. To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.

Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. Luke xvii. 8.
He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. Job xxi. 20.
Drink of the cup that can not cloy. Keble.

2. To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the Pope.

And they drank, and were merry with him. Gem. xliii. 34.
Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. Thackeray.
To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.
I drink to the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. Shak.

Drink

Drink, v. t.

1. To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water.

There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser.
The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray.

2. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.

And let the purple violets drink the stream. Dryden.

3. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.

To drink the cooler air, Tennyson.
My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. Shak.
Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. Pope.

4. To smoke, as tobacco. [Obs.]

And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. Taylor (1630. )
To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. Shak. -- To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. "Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle." J. C. Shairp. -- To drink off ∨ up, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. -- To drink the health of, ∨ To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

Drink

Drink, n.

1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.

Give me some drink, Titinius. Shak.

2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out. Drink money, ∨ Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity. -- Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service. -- In drink, drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." Shak. -- Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. " Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging." Prov. xx. 1.

Drinkable

Drink"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural. Steele.

Drinkableness

Drink"a*ble*ness, n. State of being drinkable.

Drinker

Drink"er (?), n. One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. Drinker moth (Zo\'94l.), a large British moth (Odonestis potatoria).

Drinking

Drink"ing, n.

1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.

2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.

3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal. &hand; Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc. Drinking horn, a drinking vessel made of a horn.

Drinkless

Drink"less, a. Destitute of drink. Chaucer.

Drip

Drip (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dripped (?) or Dript; p. pr. & vb. n. Dripping.] [Akin to LG. drippen, Dan. dryppe, from a noun. See Drop.]

1. To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.

2. To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips.

The dark round of the dripping wheel. Tennyson.

Drip

Drip, v. t. To let fall in drops.
Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain. Swift.

Drip

Drip, n.

1. A falling or letting fall in drops; a dripping; that which drips, or falls in drops.

The light drip of the suspended oar. Byron.

2. (Arch.) That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw off the rain water. Right of drip (Law), an easement or servitude by which a man has the right to have the water flowing from his house fall on the land of his neighbor.

Dripping

Drip"ping, n.

1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made.

2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting. Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.

Dripple

Drip"ple (?), a. [From Drip, cf. Dribble.] Weak or rare. [Obs.]

Dripstone

Drip"stone` (?), n. (Arch.) A drip, when made of stone. See Drip, 2.

Drive

Drive (?), v. t. [imp. Drove (?), formerly Drave (p. p.
Driven (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr\'c6fan; akin to OS. dr\'c6ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr\'c6ban, G. treiben, Icel. dr\'c6fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]

1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.

A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. Pope.
Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. Pope.

2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.

How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray.

3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to drive one mad." Tennyson.

He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his. Sir P. Sidney.

4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] Bacon.

The trade of life can not be driven without partners. Collier.

5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.

To drive the country, force the swains away. Dryden.

6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Tomlinson.

7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] Chaucer. &hand; Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. "My thrice-driven bed of down." Shak.

Drive

Drive, v. i.

1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.

Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. Dryden.
Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott.
Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Tennyson.

2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. Byron.
The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. Thackeray.

3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.

4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.

Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. South.

5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.] To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me." Shak.

Drive

Drive (?), p. p. Driven. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drive

Drive (?), n.

1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.

2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.

3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.

The Murdstonian drive in business. M. Arnold.

4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.

5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.] Syn. -- See Ride.

Drivebolt

Drive"bolt` (?), n. A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

Drivel

Driv"el (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Driveled (?) or Drivelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Driveling or Drivelling.] [Cf. OE. dravelen, drabelen, drevelen, drivelen, to slaver, and E. drabble. Cf. Drool.]

1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard.

2. [Perh. a different word: cf. Icel. drafa to talk thick.] To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. Shak. Dryden.

Drivel

Driv"el, n.

1. Slaver; saliva flowing from the mouth.

2. Inarticulate or unmeaning utterance; foolish talk; babble.

3. A driveler; a fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

4. A servant; a drudge. [Obs.] Huloet.

Driveler

Driv"el*er (?), n. A slaverer; a slabberer; an idiot; a fool. [Written also driveller.]

Driven

Driv"en (?), p. p. of Drive. Also adj. Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well.

Drivepipe

Drive"pipe` (?), n. A pipe for forcing into the earth.

Driver

Driv"er (?), n. [From Drive.]

1. One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward.

2. The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.

3. An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.

4. (Mach.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically: (a) The driving wheel of a locomotive. (b) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. (c) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.

5. (Naut.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Totten. Driver ant (Zo\'94l.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants (Anomma arcens); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.

Driveway

Drive"way` (, n. A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

Driving

Driv"ing, a.

1. Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.

2. Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive. -- Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive. -- Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through. -- Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. [Eng.] Weale. -- Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.

Driving

Driv"ing, n.

1. The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.

2. Tendency; drift. [R.]

Drizzle

Driz"zle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drizzling (?).] [Prop. freq. of AS. dre\'a2san to fall. See Dreary.] To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain. "Drizzling tears." Spenser.

Drizzle

Driz"zle, v. t. To shed slowly in minute drops or particles. "The air doth drizzle dew." Shak.

Drizzle

Driz"zle, n. Fine rain or mist. Halliwell.

Drizzly

Driz"zly (?), a. Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable. "Winter's drizzly reign." Dryden.

Drock

Drock (?), n. A water course. [Prov. Eng.]

Drofland, Dryfland

Drof"land (?), Dryf"land (?), n. [See Drove.] (Law) An ancient yearly payment made by some tenants to the king, or to their landlords, for the privilege of driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell.

Drogher

Dro"gher (?), n. [Cf. Drag.] A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. [Written also droger.] Ham. Nar. Encyc.
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Drogman, Drogoman

Drog"man (?), Drog"o*man (?), n. See Dragoman.

Drogue

Drogue (?), n. (Naut.) See Drag, n.,

6, and Drag sail, under Drag, n.

Droh

Droh (?), imp. of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Droil

Droil (?), v. i. [D. druilen to mope.] To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod. [Obs.]

Droil

Droil, n. [D. druil sluggard. Cf. Droll.]

1. A drudge. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. Mean labor; toil.[Obs.]

Droit

Droit (?), n. [F. See Direct.] A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right. Abbott. Droit d'aubaine. See under Aubaine. -- Droits of the Admiralty (Eng. Law), rights or perquisites of the Admiralty, arising from seizure of an enemy's ships in port on the breaking out of war, or those coming into port in ignorance of hostilities existing, or from such ships as are taken by noncommissioned captors; also, the proceeds of wrecks, and derelict property at sea. The droits of admiralty are now paid into the Exchequer for the public benefit.

Droitural

Droi"tu*ral (?), a. (O. Eng. Law) relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. [Obs.] Burrill.

Droitzschka

Droitzsch"ka (?), n. See Drosky.

Droll

Droll (?), a. [Compar. Droller (?); superl. Drollest (?).] [F. dr\'93le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr\'94ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn. -- Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable, Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story.

Droll

Droll, n.

1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.

2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.

Droll

Droll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling.] To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.]

Droll

Droll, v. t.

1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.

Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. L'Estrange.

2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.]

This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. W. D. Howells.

Droller

Droll"er, n. A jester; a droll. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Drollery

Droll"er*y (?), n.; pl. Drolleries (#). [F. dr\'93lerie. See Droll.]

1. The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

The rich drollery of "She Stoops to Conquer." Macaulay.

2. Something which serves to raise mirth; as: (a) A puppet show; also, a puppet. [Obs.] Shak. (b) A lively or comic picture. [Obs.]

I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.

Drollingly

Droll"ing*ly, adv. In a jesting manner.

Drollish

Droll"ish, a. Somewhat droll. Sterne.

Drollist

Droll"ist, n. A droll. [R.] Glanvill.

Drom\'91ognathous

Dro`m\'91*og"na*thous (?), a. [NL. dromaius emu + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.

Dromatherium

Drom`a*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Dromedary.] (Paleon.) A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.

Drome

Drome (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. Dromedary.] (Zo\'94l.) The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

Dromedary

Drom"e*da*ry (?), n.; pl. Dromedaries (#). [F. dromadaire, LL. dromedarius, fr. L. dromas (sc. camelus), fr. Gr. dram to run.] (Zo\'94l.) The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps. &hand; In Arabia and Egypt the name is restricted to the better breeds of this species of camel. See Deloul.

Dromond, ∨ Dromon

Drom"ond (?), ∨ Drom"on (?). [OF. dromont, L. dromo, fr. Gr.Dromedary.] In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel. [Hist. or Archaic] Fuller.
The great dromond swinging from the quay. W. Morris.

Drone

Drone (?), n. [OE. drane a dronebee, AS. dr\'ben; akin to OS. dr\'ben, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. Drone, v. i.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.

All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive. Dryden.

2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.

By living as a drone,to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton.

3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.

4. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

The monotonous drone of the wheel. Longfellow.

5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition.

Drone

Drone (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Droned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Droning.] [Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dr\'94hnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dr\'94na to bellow, drone, Dan. dr\'94ne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n.]

1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound.

Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. T. Gray.

2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. "Race of droning kings." Dryden.

Drone bee

Drone" bee` (?). (Zo\'94l.) The male of the honeybee; a drone.

Drone fly

Drone" fly` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis.

Dronepipe

Drone"pipe`, n. One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe.

Drongo

Dron"go (?), n.; pl. Drongos (. (Zo\'94l.) A passerine bird of the family Dicrurid\'91. They are usually black with a deeply forked tail. They are natives of Asia, Africa, and Australia; -- called also drongo shrikes.

Dronish

Dron"ish (?), a. Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke. -- Dron"ish*ly, adv. -- Dron"ish*ness, n.

Dronkelewe

Dron"ke*lewe (?), a. [See Drink.] Given to drink; drunken. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dronte

Dron"te (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The dodo.

Drony

Dron"y (?), a. Like a drone; sluggish; lazy.

Drool

Drool (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drooling.] [Contr. fr. drivel.] To drivel, or drop saliva; as, the child drools.
His mouth drooling with texts. T. Parker.

Droop

Droop (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drooped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drooping.] [Icel. dr; akin to E. drop. See Drop.]

1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like. "The purple flowers droop." "Above her drooped a lamp." Tennyson.

I saw him ten days before he died, and observed he began very much to droop and languish. Swift.

2. To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped.

I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. Addison.

3. To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." Tennyson.

Droop

Droop, v. t. To let droop or sink. [R.] M. Arnold.
Like to a withered vine That droops his sapless branches to the ground. Shak.

Droop

Droop, n. A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.

Drooper

Droop"er (?), n. One who, or that which, droops.

Droopingly

Droop"ing*ly, adv. In a drooping manner.

Drop

Drop (?), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre\'a2pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj. Cf. Drip, Droop.]

1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.

With minute drops from off the eaves. Milton.
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. Shak.
That drop of peace divine. Keble.

2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.

3. (Arch.) (a) Same as Gutta. (b) Any small pendent ornament.

4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself. (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. (e) A drop press or drop hammer. (f) (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.

6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black. -- Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death." Burke. -- Drop curtain. See Drop, n.,

4. (d). -- Drop forging. (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings. -- Drop hammer (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die. -- Drop kick (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands. -- Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. Mollett. -- Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted. -- Drop press (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop. -- Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See Drop, n., 4. (d). -- Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass. -- Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis.

Drop

Drop (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dropped (?) or Dropt; p. pr. & vb. n. Dropping.] [OE. droppen, AS. dropan, v. i. See Drop, n.]

1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. "The trees drop balsam." Creech.

The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. Sterne.

2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.

3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.

They suddenly drop't the pursuit. S. Sharp.
That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. Thackeray.
The connection had been dropped many years. Sir W. Scott.
Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. Tennyson.

4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.

5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.

6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.

7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.

8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.

Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. Milton.
To drop a vessel (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.

Drop

Drop, v. i.

1. To fall in drops.

The kindly dew drops from the higher tree, And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. Spenser.

2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.

Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory. H. Spencer.
When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. Bryant.

3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.

The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God. Ps. lxviii. 8.

4. To fall dead, or to fall in death.

Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us. Digby.

5. To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped. Pope.

6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment. Steele.

Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. Spectator.

7. To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.

8. To fall short of a mark. [R.]

Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. Collier.

9. To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards. To drop astern (Naut.), to go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head. -- To drop down (Naut.), to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea. -- To drop off, to fall asleep gently; also, to die. [Colloq.]

Droplet

Drop"let (?), n. A little drop; a tear. Shak.

Droplight

Drop"light` (?), n. An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.

Dropmeal, Dropmele

Drop"meal`, Drop"mele` (?), adv. [AS. drop-m; dropa drop + m portion. Cf. Piecemeal.] By drops or small portions. [Obs.]
Distilling dropmeal, a little at once. Holland.

Dropper

Drop"per (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.

2. A dropping tube.

3. (Mining) A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, -- formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter.

Dropping

Drop"ping (?), n.

1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling.

2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals. Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel. -- Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms. -- Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

Droppinly

Drop"pin*ly, adv. In drops.

Dropsical

Drop"si*cal (?), a. [From Dropsy.]

1. Diseased with dropsy; hydropical; tending to dropsy; as, a dropsical patient.

2. Of or pertaining to dropsy.

Dropsicalness

Drop"si*cal*ness, n. State of being dropsical.

Dropsied

Drop"sied (?), a. Diseased with drops. Shak.

Dropsy

Drop"sy (?), n.; pl. Dropsies (#). [OE. dropsie, dropesie, OF. idropisie, F. hydropisie, L. hydropisis, fr. Gr. Water, and cf. Hydropsy.] (Med.) An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.

Dropt

Dropt (?), imp. & p. p. of Drop, v. G. Eliot.

Dropwise

Drop"wise` (?), adv. After the manner of a drop; in the form of drops.
Trickling dropwise from the cleft. Tennyson.

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Dropworm

Drop"worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.

Dropwort

Drop"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) An Old World species of Spir\'91a (S. filipendula), with finely cut leaves.

Drosera

Dros"e*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. Gray.

Drosky

Dros"ky (?), n.; pl. Droskies (#). [Russ. drojki, dim. of drogi a kind of carriage, prop. pl. of droga shaft or pole of a carriage.] A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities. [Written also droitzschka, and droschke.]

Drosometer

Dro*som"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. drosom\'82tre.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.

Dross

Dross (?), n. [AS. dros, fr. dre\'a2san to fall. See Dreary.]

1. The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.

2. Rust of metals. [R.] Addison.

3. Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.

All world's glory is but dross unclean. Spenser.
At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coats its ounce of gold. Lowell.

Drossel

Dros"sel (?), n. [Cf. Drazel.] A slut; a hussy; a drazel. [Obs.] Warner.

Drossless

Dross"less, a. Free from dross. Stevens.

Drossy

Dross"y (?), a. [Compar. Drossier (?); superl. Drossiest (?).] Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless. " Drossy gold." Dryden. "Drossy rhymes." Donne. -- Dross"i*ness, n.

Drotchel

Drotch"el (?), n. See Drossel. [Obs.]

Drough

Drough (?), imp. of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drought

Drought (?), n. [OE. droght, drougth, dru, AS. druga, from drugian to dry. See Dry, and cf. Drouth, which shows the original final sound.]

1. Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity.

The drought of March hath pierced to the root. Chaucer.
In a drought the thirsty creatures cry. Dryden.

2. Thirst; want of drink. Johnson.

3. Scarcity; lack.

A drought of Christian writers caused a dearth of all history. Fuller.

Droughtiness

Drought"i*ness (?), n. A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.

Droughty

Drought"y (?), a.

1. Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust.

Droughty and parched countries. Ray.

2. Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.

Thy droughty throat. Philips.

Droumy

Drou"my (?), a. [Cf. Scot. drum, dram, melancholy, Icel prumr a moper, W. trwm heavy, sad.] Troubled; muddy. [Obs.] Bacon.

Drouth

Drouth (?), n. Same as Drought. Sandys.
Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. Bacon.
One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. Milton.
In the dust and drouth of London life. Tennyson.

Drouthy

Drouth"y (?), a. Droughty.

Drove

Drove (?), imp. of Drive.

Drove

Drove, n. [AS. dr\'bef, fr. dr\'c6fan to drive. See Drive.]

1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.

2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove. Milton.

3. A crowd of people in motion.

Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass. Dryden.

4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]

5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land. Simmonds.

6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.

Droven

Dro"ven (?), p. p. of Drive. [Obs.]

Drover

Dro"ver (?), n.

1. One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.

Why, that's spoken like an honest drover; so they sell bullocks. Shak.

2. A boat driven by the tide. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drovy

Dro"vy (?), a. [AS. dr dirty; cf. D. droef, G. tr\'81be, Goth. dr to trouble.] Turbid; muddy; filthy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drow

Drow (?), imp. of Draw. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drown

Drown (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen, druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk, fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.] To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
Methought, what pain it was to drown. Shak.

Drown

Drown, v. t.

1. To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate. "They drown the land." Dryden.

2. To deprive of life by immersion in water or other liquid.

3. To overpower; to overcome; to extinguish; -- said especially of sound.

Most men being in sensual pleasures drowned. Sir J. Davies.
My private voice is drowned amid the senate. Addison.
To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs.] Holland.

Drownage

Drown"age (?), n. The act of drowning. [R.]

Drowner

Drown"er (?), n. One who, or that which, drowns.

Drowse

Drowse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drowsing.] [AS. dr, dr, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dre\'a2san to fall. See Dreary.] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South.
In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.

Drowse

Drowse, v. t. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.

Drowse

Drowse, n. A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.

Drowsihead

Drow"si*head (?), n. Drowsiness. Thomson.

Drowsihed

Drow"si*hed, n. Drowsihead. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drowsily

Drow"si*ly, adv. In a drowsy manner.

Drowsiness

Drow"si*ness, n. State of being drowsy. Milton.

Drowsy

Drow"sy (?), a. [Compar. Drowsier (?); superl. Drowsiest.]

1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." Shak.

Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.
To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell.

2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.

The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. Tennyson.

3. Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." Atterbury. Syn. -- Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.

Drowth

Drowth (?), n. See Drought. Bacon.

Droyle

Droyle (?), v. i. See Droil. [Obs.] Spenser.

Drub

Drub (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Drubbing.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba to hit, beat, Dan. dr\'91be to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit, touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.] To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel. L'Estrange.

Drub

Drub, n. A blow with a cudgel; a thump. Addison.

Drubber

Drub"ber (?), n. One who drubs. Sir W. Scott.

Drudge

Drudge (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drudged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drudging.] [OE. druggen; prob not akin to E. drag, v. t., but fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. drugaire a slave or drudge.] To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
He gradually rose in the estimation of the booksellers for whom he drudged. Macaulay.

Drudge

Drudge, v. t. To consume laboriously; -- with away.
Rise to our toils and drudge away the day. Otway.

Drudge

Drudge, n. One who drudges; one who works hard in servile employment; a mental servant. Milton.

Drudger

Drudg"er (?), n.

1. One who drudges; a drudge.

2. A dredging box.

Drudgery

Drudg"er*y (?), n. The act of drudging; disagreeable and wearisome labor; ignoble or slavish toil.
The drudgery of penning definitions. Macaulay.
Paradise was a place of bliss . . . without drudgery and with out sorrow. Locke.
Syn. -- See Toll.

Drudging box

Drudg"ing box` (?). See Dredging box.

Drudgingly

Drudg"ing*ly, adv. In a drudging manner; laboriously.

Druery

Dru"er*y (?), n. [OF. druerie.] Courtship; gallantry; love; an object of love. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Drug

Drug (?), v. i. [See 1st Drudge.] To drudge; to toil laboriously. [Obs.] "To drugge and draw." Chaucer.

Drug

Drug, n. A drudge (?). Shak. (Timon iv. 3, 253).

Drug

Drug, n. [F. drogue, prob. fr. D. droog; akin to E. dry; thus orig., dry substance, hers, plants, or wares. See Dry.]

1. Any animal, vegetable, or mineral substance used in the composition of medicines; any stuff used in dyeing or in chemical operations.

Whence merchants bring
Their spicy drugs. Milton.

2. Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand. "But sermons are mere drugs." Fielding.

And virtue shall a drug become. Dryden.

Drug

Drug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drugging.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. B. Jonson.

Drug

Drug, v. t.

1. To affect or season with drugs or ingredients; esp., to stupefy by a narcotic drug. Also Fig.

The laboring masses . . . [were] drugged into brutish good humor by a vast system of public spectacles. C. Kingsley.
Drug thy memories, lest thou learn it. Tennyson.

2. To tincture with something offensive or injurious.

Drugged as oft, With hatefullest disrelish writhed their jaws. Milton.

3. To dose to excess with, or as with, drugs.

With pleasure drugged, he almost longed for woe. Byron.

Drugger

Drug"ger (?), n. A druggist. [Obs.] Burton.

Drugget

Drug"get (?), n. [F. droguet, prop. dim. of drogue trash, stuff, perh, the same word as drogue drug, but cf. also W. drwg evil, bad, Ir. & Gael. droch, Arm. droug, drouk. See 3d Drug.] (a) A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets. (b) By extension, any material used for the same purpose.

Druggist

Drug"gist (?), n. [F. droguiste, fr. drogue. See 3d Drug.] One who deals in drugs; especially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary. &hand; The same person often carries on the business of the druggist and the apothecary. See the Note under Apothecary.

Drugster

Drug"ster (?), n. A druggist. [Obs.] Boule.

Druid

Dru"id (?), n. [L. Druides; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. draoi, druidh, magician, Druid, W. derwydd Druid.]

1. One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons. &hand; The Druids superintended the affairs of religion and morality, and exercised judicial functions. They practiced divination and magic, and sacrificed human victims as a part of their worship. They consisted of three classes; the bards, the vates or prophets, and the Druids proper, or priests. Their most sacred rites were performed in the depths of oak forests or of caves.

2. A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries. Druid stones, a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.

Druidess

Dru"id*ess, n. A female Druid; a prophetess.

Druidic, Druidical

Dru*id"ic (?), Dru*id"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids. Druidical circles. See under Circle.

Druidish

Dru"id*ish (?), a. Druidic.

Druidism

Dru"id*ism (?), n. The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the Druids.

Drum

Drum (?), n. [Cf. D. trom, trommel, LG. trumme, G. trommel, Dan. tromme, Sw. trumma, OHG. trumba a trumpet, Icel. pruma a clap of thunder, and as a verb, to thunder, Dan. drum a booming sound, drumme to boom; prob. partly at least of imitative origin; perh. akin to E. trum, or trumpet.]

1. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band.

The drums cry bud-a-dub. Gascoigne.

2. Anything resembling a drum in form; as: (a) A sheet iron radiator, often in the shape of a drum, for warming an apartment by means of heat received from a stovepipe, or a cylindrical receiver for steam, etc. (b) A small cylindrical box in which figs, etc., are packed. (c) (Anat.) The tympanum of the ear; -- often, but incorrectly, applied to the tympanic membrane. (d) (Arch.) One of the cylindrical, or nearly cylindrical, blocks, of which the shaft of a column is composed; also, a vertical wall, whether circular or polygonal in plan, carrying a cupola or dome. (e) (Mach.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.

3. (Zo\'94l.) See Drumfish.

4. A noisy, tumultuous assembly of fashionable people at a private house; a rout. [Archaic]

Not unaptly styled a drum, from the noise and emptiness of the entertainment. Smollett.
&hand; There were also drum major, rout, tempest, and hurricane, differing only in degrees of multitude and uproar, as the significant name of each declares.

5. A tea party; a kettledrum. G. Eliot. Bass drum. See in the Vocabulary. -- Double drum. See under Double.

Drum

Drum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drumming.]

1. To beat a drum with sticks; to beat or play a tune on a drum.

2. To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings.

Drumming with his fingers on the arm of his chair. W. Irving.

3. To throb, as the heart. [R.] Dryden.

4. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for.

Drum

Drum, v. t.

1. To execute on a drum, as a tune.

2. (With out) To expel ignominiously, with beat of drum; as, to drum out a deserter or rogue from a camp, etc.

3. (With up) To assemble by, or as by, beat of drum; to collect; to gather or draw by solicitation; as, to drum up recruits; to drum up customers.

Drumbeat

Drum"beat` (?), n. The sound of a beaten drum; drum music.
Whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. D. Webster.

Drumble

Drum"ble (?), v. i. [See Drumly.]

1. To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To mumble in speaking. [Obs.]

Drumfish

Drum"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) any fish of the family Sci\'91nid\'91, which makes a loud noise by means of its air bladder; -- called also drum.
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&hand; The common drumfish (Pogonias chromis) is a large species, common south of New Jersey. The southern red drum or red horse (Sci\'91na ocellata), and the fresh-water drum or croaker (Aplodionotus grunniens), are related species.

Drumhead

Drum"head` (?), n.

1. The parchment or skin stretched over one end of a drum.

2. The top of a capstan which is pierced with sockets for levers used in turning it. See Illust. of Capstan. Drumhead court-martial (Mil.), a summary court-martial called to try offenses on the battlefield or the line of march, when, sometimes, a drumhead has to do service as a writing table.

Drumlin

Drum"lin (?), n. [Gael. druim the ridge of a hill.] (Geol.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion.

Drumly

Drum"ly, a. [Cf. Droumy.] Turbid; muddy. [Scot. & Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wodroephe (1623). Burns.

Drum major

Drum" ma"jor (?).

1. The chief or first drummer of a regiment; an instructor of drummers.

2. The marching leader of a military band. [U.S.]

3. A noisy gathering. [R.] See under Drum, n.,

4.

Drummer

Drum"mer (?), n.

1. One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching.

2. One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A fish that makes a sound when caught; as: (a) The squeteague. (b) A California sculpin.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call.

Drumming

Drum"ming (?), n. The act of beating upon, or as if upon, a drum; also, the noise which the male of the ruffed grouse makes in spring, by beating his wings upon his sides.

Drummond light

Drum"mond light` (?). [From Thomas Drummond, a British naval officer.] A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition, upon a ball of lime; or a stream of oxygen gas through a flame of alcohol upon a ball or disk of lime; -- called also oxycalcium light, or lime light. &hand; The name is also applied sometimes to a heliostat, invented by Drummond, for rendering visible a distant point, as in geodetic surveying, by reflecting upon it a beam of light from the sun.

Drumstick

Drum"stick` (?), n.

1. A stick with which a drum is beaten.

2. Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.

Drunk

Drunk (?), a. [OE. dronke, drunke, dronken, drunken, AS. druncen. Orig. the same as drunken, p. p. of drink. See Drink.]

1. Intoxicated with, or as with, strong drink; inebriated; drunken; -- never used attributively, but always predicatively; as, the man is drunk (not, a drunk man).

Be not drunk with wine, where in is excess. Eph. v. 18.
Drunk with recent prosperity. Macaulay.

2. Drenched or saturated with moisture or liquid.

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood. Deut. xxxii. 42.

Drunk

Drunk, n. A drunken condition; a spree. [Slang]

Drunkard

Drunk"ard (?), n. [Drunk + -ard.] One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.
The drunkard and glutton shall come to poverty. Prov. xxiii. 21.

Drunken

Drunk"en (?), a. [AS. druncen, prop., that has drunk, p. p. of drincan, taken as active. See Drink, v. i., and cf. Drunk.]

1. Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated.

Drunken men imagine everything turneth round. Bacon.

2. Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched.

Let the earth be drunken with our blood. Shak.

3. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication.

The drunken quarrels of a rake. Swift.

Drunkenhead

Drunk"en*head (?), n. Drunkenness. [Obs.]

Drunkenly

Drunk"en*ly, adv. In a drunken manner. [R.] Shak.

Drunkenness

Drunk"en*ness, n.

1. The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.

The Lacedemonians trained up their children to hate drunkenness by bringing a drunken man into their company. I. Watts.

2. Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.

Passion is the drunkenness of the mind. South.
Syn. -- Intoxication; inebriation; inebriety. -- Drunkenness, Intoxication, Inebriation. Drunkenness refers more to the habit; intoxication and inebriation, to specific acts. The first two words are extensively used in a figurative sense; a person is intoxicated with success, and is drunk with joy. "This plan of empire was not taken up in the first intoxication of unexpected success." Burke.

Drunkenship, Drunkship

Drunk"en*ship, Drunk"ship, n. The state of being drunk; drunkenness. [Obs.] Gower.

Drupaceous

Dru*pa"ceous (?), a. [Cf. F. drupac\'82.] (Bot.) Producing, or pertaining to, drupes; having the form of drupes; as, drupaceous trees or fruits.

Drupal

Drup"al (?), a. (Bot.) Drupaceous.

Drupe

Drupe (?), n. [F. drupe, L. drupa an overripe, wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. (Bot.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.

Drupel, Drupelet

Drup"el (?), Drupe"let (?), n. [Dim. of Drupe.] (Bot.) A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.

Druse

Druse (?), n. [Cf. G. druse bonny, crystallized piece of ore, Bohem. druza. Cf. Dross.] (Min.) A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.

Druse

Druse (?), n. One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
The Druses separated from the Mohammedan Arabs in the 9th century. Their characteristic dogma is the unity of God. Am. Cyc.

Drusy, Drused

Dru"sy (?), Drused (?), a. (Min.) Covered with a large number of minute crystals.

Druxey, Druxy

Drux"ey, Drux"y (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber. Weale.

Dry

Dry (?), a. [Compar. Drier (?); superl. Driest.] [OE. dru, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr\'94ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. Drought, Drouth, 3d Drug.]

1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.

The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. Addison.
(b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.
Give the dry fool drink. Shak
(e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. Prescott.
(f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.

2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.

These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. Pope.

3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.

He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. W. Irving.

4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. -- Dry blow. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. -- Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. -- Dry castor (Zo\'94l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also parchment beaver. -- Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. -- Dry dock. See under Dock. -- Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). -- Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. Bacon.

The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. J. C. Shairp.
-- Dry masonry. See Masonry. -- Dry measure, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. -- Dry pile (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. -- Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. -- Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. -- Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry plates. -- Dry point. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. -- Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. Bouvier. -- Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus (Merulius lacrymans), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post. Hebert. -- Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. Brande & C. -- Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. -- Dry wine, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to sweet wine, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.

Dry

Dry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Drying.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See Dry, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. To dry up. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume.
Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Is. v. 13.
The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. Woodward.
(b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk.
Their sources of revenue were dried up. Jowett (Thucyd. )
-- To dry, ∨ dry up, a cow, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. Tylor.

Dry

Dry, v. i.

1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.

2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.

3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.

And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. I Kings xiii. 4.

Dryad

Dry"ad (?), n. [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. Tree.] (Class. Myth.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

Dryandra

Dry*an"dra (?), n. [NL. Named after J. Dryander.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves.

Dryas

Dry"as (?), n.; pl. Dryades (#). [L. See Dryad.] (Class. Myth.) A dryad.

Dry-beat

Dry"-beat` (?), v. t. To beat severely. Shak.

Dry-boned

Dry"-boned` (?), a. Having dry bones, or bones without flesh.

Dry dock

Dry" dock` (?). (Naut.) See under Dock.

Dryer

Dry"er (?), n. See Drier. Sir W. Temple.

Dry-eyed

Dry"-eyed` (?), a. Not having tears in the eyes.

Dry-fisted

Dry"-fist`ed (?), a. Niggardly.

Dryfoot

Dry"foot (?), n. The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. [Obs.] Shak.

Dry goods

Dry" goods` (?). A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. [U.S.]

Drying

Dry"ing, a.

1. Adapted or tending to exhaust moisture; as, a drying wind or day; a drying room.

2. Having the quality of rapidly becoming dry. Drying oil, an oil which, either naturally or after boiling with oxide of lead, absorbs oxygen from the air and dries up rapidly. Drying oils are used as the bases of many paints and varnishes.

Dryly

Dry"ly, adv. In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.

Dryness

Dry"ness, n. The state of being dry. See Dry.

Dry nurse

Dry" nurse` (?). A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

Drynurse

Dry"nurse`, v. t. To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast. Hudibras.

Dryobalanops

Dry`o*bal"a*nops (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) The genus to which belongs the single species D. Camphora, a lofty resinous tree of Borneo and Sumatra, yielding Borneo camphor and camphor oil.

Dry-rub

Dry"-rub` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dry-rubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dry-rubbing.] To rub and cleanse without wetting. Dodsley.

Drysalter

Dry"salt`er (?), n. A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C.

Drysaltery

Dry"salt`er*y (?), n. The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.

Dry-shod

Dry"-shod` (?), a. Without wetting the feet.

Dry-stone

Dry"-stone` (?), a. Constructed of uncemented stone. "Dry-stone walls." Sir W. Scott.

Dryth, ∨ Drith

Dryth (?), ∨ Drith, n. Drought. [Obs.] Tyndale.

Duad

Du"ad (?), n. [See Dyad.] A union of two; duality. [R.] Harris.

Dual

Du"al (?), a. [L. dualis, fr. duo two. See Two.] Expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two; as, the dual number of nouns, etc. , in Greek.
Here you have one half of our dual truth. Tyndall.

Dualin

Du"a*lin (?), n. (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds. It is inferior to dynamite, and is more liable to explosion.

Dualism

Du"al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. dualisme.] State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction; as: (a) (Philos.) A view of man as constituted of two original and independent elements, as matter and spirit. (Theol.) (b) A system which accepts two gods, or two original principles, one good and the other evil. (c) The doctrine that all mankind are divided by the arbitrary decree of God, and in his eternal foreknowledge, into two classes, the elect and the reprobate. (d) (Physiol.) The theory that each cerebral hemisphere acts independently of the other.
An inevitable dualism bisects nature, so that each thing is a half, and suggests another thing to make it whole. Emerson.

Dualist

Du"al*ist, n. [Cf. F. dualiste.]

1. One who believes in dualism; a ditheist.

2. One who administers two offices. Fuller.

Dualistic

Du`al*is"tic (?), a. Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality. Dualistic system ∨ theory (Chem.), the theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities.

Duality

Du"al"i*ty (?), n. [L. dualitas: cf. F. dualit\'82.] The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual character or usage.

Duan

Du"an (?), n. [Gael. & Ir.] A division of a poem corresponding to a canto; a poem or song. [R.]

Duarchy

Du"ar*chy (?), n. [Gr. -archy.] Government by two persons.

Dub

Dub (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dubbing.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ("dubbade his sunu . . . to r\'c6dere." AS. Chron. an 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.]

1. To confer knight. &hand; The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword.

2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.

A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. Pope.

3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.]

His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. Morte d'Arthure.

4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.


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(b) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap. Halliwell. (c) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it. Tomlinson. (d) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

Dub

Dub (?), v. i. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats. "Now the drum dubs." Beau. & Fl.

Dub

Dub, n. A blow. [R.] Hudibras.

Dub

Dub, n. [Cf. Ir. d\'a2b mire, stream, W. dwvr water.] A pool or puddle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dubb

Dubb (?), n. [Ar.] (Zo\'94l.) The Syrian bear. See under Bear. [Written also dhubb, and dub.]

Dubber

Dub"ber (?), n. One who, or that which, dubs.

Dubber

Dub"ber, n. [Hind. dabbah.] A globular vessel or bottle of leather, used in India to hold ghee, oil, etc. [Also written dupper.] M'Culloch.

Dubbing

Dub"bing (?), n.

1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc.

2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz.

3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.

4. The body substance of an angler's fly. Davy.

Dubiety

Du*bi"e*ty (?), n.; pl. Dubieties (#). [L. dubietas, fr. dubius. See Dubious.] Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt. [R.] Lamb. "The dubiety of his fate." Sir W. Scott.

Dubiosity

Du`bi*os"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Dubiosities (#). [L. dubiosus.] The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. [R.]
Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne.

Dubious

Du"bi*ous (?), a. [L. dubius, dubiosus, fr. duo two. See Two, and cf. Doubt.]

1. Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined. "Dubious policy." Sir T. Scott.

A dubious, agitated state of mind. Thackeray.

2. Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer.

Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more dubious pocket handkerchief. Thackeray.

3. Of uncertain event or issue; as, in dubious battle. Syn. -- Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal; uncertain. Cf. Doubtful.

Dubiously

Du"bi*ous*ly, adv. In a dubious manner.

Dubiousness

Du"bi*ous*ness, n. State of being dubious.

Dubitable

Du"bi*ta*ble (?), a. [L. dubitabilis. Cf. Doubtable.] Liable to be doubted; uncertain. [R.] Dr. H. More. -- Du"bi*ta*bly, adv. [R.]

Dubitancy

Du"bi*tan*cy (?), n. [LL. dubitantia.] Doubt; uncertainty. [R.] Hammond.

Dubitate

Du"bi*tate (?), v. i. [L. dubitatus, p. p. of dubitare. See Doubt.] To doubt. [R.]
If he . . . were to loiter dubitating, and not come. Carlyle.

Dubitation

Du`bi*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dubitatio.] Act of doubting; doubt. [R.] Sir T. Scott.

Dubitative

Du"bi*ta*tive (?), a. [L. dubitativus: cf. F. dubitatif.] Tending to doubt; doubtful. [R.] -- Du"bi*ta*tive*ly, adv. [R.] . Eliot.

Duboisia

Du*bois"i*a (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Duboisine.

Duboisine

Du*bois"ine (?), n. (Med.) An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree (Duboisia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.

Ducal

Du"cal (?), a. [F. ducal. See Duke.] Of or pertaining to a duke.
His ducal cap was to be exchanged for a kingly crown. Motley.

Ducally

Du"cal*ly, adv. In the manner of a duke, or in a manner becoming the rank of a duke.

Ducat

Duc"at (?), n. [F. ducat, It. ducato, LL. ducatus, fr. dux leader or commander. See Duke.] A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke. &hand; The gold ducat is generally of the value of nine shillings and four pence sterling, or somewhat more that two dollars. The silver ducat is of about half this value.

Ducatoon

Duc`a*toon" (?), n. [F. or Sp. ducaton, fr. ducat.] A silver coin of several countries of Europe, and of different values.

Duces tecum

Du"ces te"cum (?). [L., bring with thee.] A judicial process commanding a person to appear in court and bring with him some piece of evidence or other thing to be produced to the court.

Duchess

Duch"ess (?), n. [F. duchesse, fr. duc duke.] The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right.

Duchesse d'Angoul\'88me

Du`chesse" d'An`gou`l\'88me" (?). [F.] (Bot.) A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.

Duchy

Duch"y (?), n.; pl. Duchies (#). [F. duch\'82, OF. duch\'82e, (assumed) LL. ducitas, fr. L. dux. See Duke.] The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

Duck

Duck (?), n. [Cf. Dan. dukke, Sw. docka, OHG. doccha, G. docke. Cf. Doxy.] A pet; a darling. Shak.

Duck

Duck, n. [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d cloth; akin to OHG. tuoh, G. tuch, Sw. duk, Dan. dug.]

1. A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.

2. (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq.]

Duck

Duck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ducked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ducking.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t, MHG. tucken, t\'81cken, t, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th Duck.]

1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. Fielding.

2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy.

3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside. Swift.

Duck

Duck (?), v. i.

1. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.

In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. Dryden.

2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.

The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool. Shak.

Duck

Duck, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]

1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin\'91, family Anatid\'91. &hand; The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.

2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.

Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. Milton.
Bombay duck (Zo\'94l.), a fish. See Bummalo. -- Buffel duck, ∨ Spirit duck. See Buffel duck. -- Duck ant (Zo\'94l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. -- Duck barnacle. (Zo\'94l.) See Goose barnacle. -- Duck hawk. (Zo\'94l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. -- Duck mole (Zo\'94l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole. -- To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets<-- = skipping stones -->; hence: To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably. -- Lame duck. See under Lame.

Duckbill

Duck"bill`, n. (Zo\'94l.) See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

Duck-billed

Duck"-billed` (?), a. Having a bill like that of a duck.<-- duckbilled platypus, see Duck Mole, above -->.

Ducker

Duck"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.

2. A cringing, servile person; a fawner.

Ducking

Duck"ing, n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i. Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. Blackstone. Chambers.

Duck-legged

Duck"-legged` (?), a. Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. Dryden.

Duckling

Duck"ling (?), n. A young or little duck. Gay.

Duckmeat, ∨ Duck's-meat

Duck"meat` (?), ∨ Duck's"-meat` (?), n. (Bot.) Duckweed.

Duck's-bill

Duck's"-bill`, a. Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet (Zo\'94l.), a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; -- so named from its shape.

Duck's-foot

Duck's"-foot` (?), n. (Bot.) The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).

Duckweed

Duck"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.

Duct

Duct (?), n. [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]

1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.

2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.

3. (Bot.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber. &hand; Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.

4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.

Ductible

Duc"ti*ble (?), a. Capable of being drawn out [R.] Feltham.

Ductile

Duc"tile (?), a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See Duct.]

1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. Addison.

Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. Philips.

2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.

Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. Dryden.
-- Duc"tile*ly (#), adv. -- Duc"tile*ness, n.

Ductilimeter

Duc`ti*lim"e*ter (?), n. [Ductile + -meter.] An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.

Ductility

Duc*til"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. ductilit\'82.]

1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.

2. Tractableness; pliableness. South.

Duction

Duc"tion (?), n. [L. ductio, fr. ducere to lead.] Guidance. [Obs.] Feltham.

Ductless

Duct"less (?), a. Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.

Ductor

Duc"tor (?), n. [L., fr. ducere to lead.]

1. One who leads. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Mach.) A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4. Knight. Ductor roller (Printing), the roller which conveys or supplies ink to another roller. Knight.

Ducture

Duc"ture (?), n. Guidance. [Obs.] South.

Dudder

Dud"der (?), v. t. [In Suffolk, Eng., to shiver, shake, tremble; also written dodder.] To confuse or confound with noise. Jennings.

Dudder

Dud"der, v. i. To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf. Ford.

Dudder

Dud"der, n. [From Duds.] A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer. [Eng.]

Duddery

Dud"der*y (?), n. A place where rags are bought and kept for sale. [Eng.]

Dude

Dude (?), n. A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations. [Recent]
The social dude who affects English dress and English drawl. The American.

Dudeen

Du*deen" (?), n. A short tobacco pipe. [Written also dudheen.] [Irish]

Dudgeon

Dudg"eon (?), n.

1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597).

2. The haft of a dagger. Shak.

3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras.

Dudgeon

Dudg"eon, n. [W. dygen anger, grudge.] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure.
I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility.
Sir T. Scott.

Dudgeon

Dudg"eon, a. Homely; rude; coarse. [Obs.]
By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon, I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl.

Dudish

Dud"ish (?), a. Like, or characterized of, a dude.

Duds

Duds (?), n. pl. [Scot. dud rag, pl. duds clothing of inferior quality.]

1. Old or inferior clothes; tattered garments. [Colloq.]

2. Effects, in general.[Slang]

Due

Due (?), a. [OF. deu, F. d\'96, p. p. of devoir to owe, fr. L. debere. See Debt, Habit, and cf. Duty.]

1. Owed, as a debt; that ought to be paid or done to or for another; payable; owing and demandable.

2. Justly claimed as a right or property; proper; suitable; becoming; appropriate; fit.

Her obedience, which is due to me. Shak.
With dirges due, in sad array, Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Gray.

3. Such as (a thing) ought to be; fulfilling obligation; proper; lawful; regular; appointed; sufficient; exact; as, due process of law; due service; in due time.

4. Appointed or required to arrive at a given time; as, the steamer was due yesterday.

5. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.

This effect is due to the attraction of the sun. J. D. Forbes.

Due

Due, adv. Directly; exactly; as, a due east course.

Due

Due, n.

1. That which is owed; debt; that which one contracts to pay, or do, to or for another; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done; a fee; a toll.

He will give the devil his due. Shak.
Yearly little dues of wheat, and wine, and oil. Tennyson.

2. Right; just title or claim.

The key of this infernal pit by due . . . I keep. Milton.

Due

Due, v. t. To endue. [Obs.] Shak.

Duebill

Due"bill` (?), n. (Com.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note. Burrill.

Dueful

Due"ful (?), a. Fit; becoming. [Obs.] Spenser.

Duel

Du"el (?), n. [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.] A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel. <-- NOte: this is the correct spelling of "battel"! -->

Duel

Du"el, v. i. & t. To fight in single combat. [Obs.]

Dueler

Du"el*er, n. One who engages in a duel. [R.] [Written also dueller.] South.

Dueling

Du"el*ing, n. e act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj. [Written also duelling.]

Duelist

Du"el*ist (?), n. [F. duelliste.] One who fights in single combat. [Written also duellist.]
A duelist . . . always values himself upon his courage, his sense of honor, his fidelity and friendship. Hume.

Duelo

Du*e"lo (?), n. [It. See Duel.] A duel; also, the rules of dueling. [Obs.] Shak.

Due\'a4a

Du*e"\'a4a (?), n. [Sp.] See Do\'a4a.
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Dueness

Due"ness (?), n. Quality of being due; debt; what is due or becoming. T. Goodwin.

Duenna

Du*en"na (?), n.; pl. Duennas (#). [Sp. due\'a4a, do\'a4a, fr. L. domina. See Dame.]

1. The chief lady in waiting on the queen of Spain. Brande.

2. An elderly lady holding a station between a governess and companion, and appointed to have charge over the younger ladies in a Spanish or a Portuguese family. Brande & C.

3. Any old woman who is employed to guard a younger one; a governess. Arbuthnot.

Duet

Du*et" (?), n. [Duetto.] (Mus.) A composition for two performers, whether vocal or instrumental.

Duettino

Du`et*ti"no (?), n. [It ., dim. fr. duetto a duet.] A duet of short extent and concise form.

Duetto

Du*et"to (?), n. [It., fr. It & L. duo two. See Two.] See Duet.

Duff

Duff (?), n. [From OE. dagh. . See Dough.]

1. Dough or paste. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

2. A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff.

Duffel

Duf"fel (?), n. [D. duffel, from Duffel, a town not far from Antwerp.] A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze. [Written also duffle.]
Good duffel gray and flannel fine. Wordsworth.

Duffer

Duf"fer (?), n.

1. A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng.] Halliwell.

2. A stupid, awkward, inefficient person.[Slang]

Duffle

Duf"fle (?), n. See Duffel.

Dufrenite

Du*fren"ite (?), n. [From Dufr\'82noy, a French geologist.] (Min.) A mineral of a blackish green color, commonly massive or in nodules. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

Dug

Dug (?), n. [Akin to Sw. d\'84gga to suckle (a child), Dan. d\'91gge, and prob. to Goth. daddjan. A teat, pap, or nipple; -- formerly that of a human mother, now that of a cow or other beast.
With mother's dug between its lips. Shak.

Dug

Dug, imp. & p. p.of Dig.

Dugong

Du*gong" (?), n. [Malayan d, or Javan. duyung.] (Zo\'94l.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal (Halicore dugong), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also duyong.]

Dugout

Dug"out` (?), n.

1. A canoe or boat dug out from a large log. [U.S.]

A man stepped from his slender dugout. G. W. Cable.

2. A place dug out.

3. A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation. [Western U.S.] Bartlett.

Dugway

Dug"way` (?), n. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. [U.S.]

Duke

Duke (?) n. [F. duc, fr. L. dux, ducis, leader, commander, fr. ducere to lead; akin to AS. te\'a2n to draw; cf. AS. heretoga (here army) an army leader, general, G. herzog duke. See Tue, and cf. Doge, Duchess, Ducat, Duct, Adduce, Deduct.]

1. A leader; a chief; a prince. [Obs.]

Hannibal, duke of Carthage. Sir T. Elyot.
All were dukes once, who were "duces" -- captains or leaders of their people. Trench.

2. In England, one of the highest order of nobility after princes and princesses of the royal blood and the four archbishops of England and Ireland.

3. In some European countries, a sovereign prince, without the title of king. Duke's coronet. See Illust. of Coronet. -- To dine with Duke Humphrey, to go without dinner. See under Dine.

Duke

Duke, v. i. To play the duke. [Poetic]
Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence. Shak.

Dukedom

Duke"dom (?), n.

1. The territory of a duke.

2. The title or dignity of a duke. Shak.

Dukeling

Duke"ling, n. A little or insignificant duke. Ford.

Dukeship

Duke"ship, n. The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger.

Dulcamara

Dul`ca*ma"ra (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus bitter.] (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n.,

3 (a).

Dulcamarin

Dul`ca*ma"rin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3(a).

Dulce

Dulce (?), v. t. To make sweet; to soothe. [Obs.]

Dulceness

Dulce"ness, n. Sweetness. [Obs.] Bacon.

Dulcet

Dul"cet (?), a. [OF. doucet, dim. of dous sweet, F. doux, L. dulcis; akin to Gr. Doucet.]

1. Sweet to the taste; luscious. [Obs.]

She tempers dulcet creams. Milton.

2. Sweet to the ear; melodious; harmonious.

Their dainty lays and dulcet melody. Spenser.

Dulciana

Dul`ci*an"a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Mus.) A sweet-toned stop of an organ.

Dulcification

Dul`ci*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. dulcification.] The act of dulcifying or sweetening. Boyle.

Dulcified

Dul"ci*fied (?), a. Sweetened; mollified. Dulcified spirit ∨ spirits, a compound of alcohol with mineral acids; as, dulcified spirits of niter.

Dulcifluous

Dul*cif"lu*ous (?), a. [L. dulcis sweet + fluere to flow.] Flowing sweetly. [R.]

Dulcify

Dul"ci*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dulcified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dulcifying.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F. dulcifier.]

1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony. Wiseman.

2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.

As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of tobacco. Hawthorne.

Dulciloquy

Dul*cil"o*quy (?), n. [L. dulcis sweet + loqui to speak.] A soft manner of speaking.

Dulcimer

Dul"ci*mer (?), n. [It. dolcemele,r Sp. dulcemele, fr. L. dulcis sweet + melos song, melody, Gr. doulcemele. See Dulcet, and Melody.] (Mus.) (a) An instrument, having stretched metallic wires which are beaten with two light hammers held in the hands of the performer. (b) An ancient musical instrument in use among the Jews. Dan. iii. 5. It is supposed to be the same with the psaltery.

Dulcinea

Dul*cin"e*a (?), n. [Sp., from Dulcinea del Toboso the mistress of the affections of Don Quixote.] A mistress; a sweetheart.
I must ever have some Dulcinea in my head. Sterne.

Dulciness

Dul"ci*ness (?), n. See Dulceness. [Obs.]

Dulcite

Dul"cite (?), n. [Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet.] (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.

Dulcino

Dul*ci"no (?), n. (Mus.) See Dolcino.

Dulcitude

Dul"ci*tude (?), n. [L. dulcitudo, fr. dulcis sweet. Sweetness. [R.] Cockeram.

Dulcorate

Dul"co*rate (?), v. t. [L. dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet.] To sweeten; to make less acrimonious. [R.] Bacon.

Dulcoration

Dul`co*ra"tion (?), n. [LL. dulcoratio.] The act of sweetening. [R.] Bacon.

Duledge

Du"ledge (?), n. (Mil.) One of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. Wilhelm.

Dulia

Du*li"a (?), n. [LL., fr. Gr. (R. C. Ch.) An inferior kind of veneration or worship, given to the angels and saints as the servants of God.

Dull

Dull (?), a. [Compar. Duller (?); superl. Dullest.] [AS. dol foolish; akin to gedwelan to err, D. dol mad, dwalen to wander, err, G. toll mad, Goth. dwals foolish, stupid, cf. Gr. dhvr to cause to fall. Cf. Dolt, Dwale, Dwell, Fraud.]

1. Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish. "Dull at classical learning." Thackeray.

She is not bred so dull but she can learn. Shak.

2. Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

This people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing. Matt. xiii. 15.
O, help my weak wit and sharpen my dull tongue. Spenser.

3. Insensible; unfeeling.

Think me not So dull a devil to forget the loss Of such a matchless wife. Beau. & Fl.

4. Not keen in edge or point; lacking sharpness; blunt. "Thy scythe is dull." Herbert.

5. Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror.

6. Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert. "The dull earth." Shak.

As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain. Longfellow.

7. Furnishing little delight, spirit, or variety; uninteresting; tedious; cheerless; gloomy; melancholy; depressing; as, a dull story or sermon; a dull occupation or period; hence, cloudy; overcast; as, a dull day.

Along life's dullest, dreariest walk. Keble.
Syn. -- Lifeless; inanimate; dead; stupid; doltish; heavy; sluggish; sleepy; drowsy; gross; cheerless; tedious; irksome; dismal; dreary; clouded; tarnished; obtuse. See Lifeless.

Dull

Dull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duller (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dulling.]

1. To deprive of sharpness of edge or point. "This . . . dulled their swords." Bacon.

Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Shak.

2. To make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy, as the senses, the feelings, the perceptions, and the like.

Those [drugs] she has Will stupefy and dull the sense a while. Shak.
Use and custom have so dulled our eyes. Trench.

3. To render dim or obscure; to sully; to tarnish. "Dulls the mirror." Bacon.

4. To deprive of liveliness or activity; to render heavy; to make inert; to depress; to weary; to sadden.

Attention of mind . . . wasted or dulled through continuance. Hooker.

Dull

Dull, v. i. To become dull or stupid. Rom. of R.

Dullard

Dull"ard (?), n. [Dull + -ard.] A stupid person; a dunce. Shak. -- a. Stupid. Bp. Hall.

Dull-brained

Dull"-brained` (?), a. Stupid; doltish. Shak.

Dull-browed

Dull"-browed` (?), a. Having a gloomy look.

Duller

Dull"er (?), n. One who, or that which, dulls.

Dull-eyed

Dull"-eyed` (?), a. Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity. Shak.

Dullhead

Dull"head` (?), n. A blockhead; a dolt. Ascham.

Dullish

Dull"ish, a. Somewhat dull; uninteresting; tiresome. "A series of dullish verses." Prof. Wilson.

Dullness

Dull"ness, n. The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also dulness.]
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. Pope.

Dull-sighted

Dull"-sight`ed (?), a. Having poor eyesight.

Dullsome

Dull"some (?), a. Dull. [R.] Gataker.

Dull-witted

Dull"-wit`ted (?), a. Stupid.

Dully

Dul"ly (?), adv. In a dull manner; stupidly; slowly; sluggishly; without life or spirit.
Supinely calm and dully innocent. G. Lyttelton.

Dulocracy

Du*loc"ra*cy (?), n. See Doulocracy.

Dulse

Dulse (?), n. [Cf. Gael. duileasg; duille leaf + uisge water. Cf. Whisky.] (Bot.) A seaweed of a reddish brown color, which is sometimes eaten, as in Scotland. The true dulse is Sarcophyllis edulis; the common is Rhodymenia. [Written also dillisk.]
The crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter. Percival.

Dulwilly

Dul"wil*ly (?), n. [Prob. imitative.] (Zo\'94l.) The ring plover. [Prov. Eng.]

Duly

Du"ly (?), adv. In a due, fit, or becoming manner; as it (anything) ought to be; properly; regularly.

Dumal

Du"mal (?), a. [L. dumus bramble.] Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly. [R.]

Dumb

Dumb (?), a. [AS. dumb; akin to D. dom stupid, dumb, Sw. dumb, Goth. dumbs; cf. Gr. Deaf, and cf. Dummy.]

1. Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.

To unloose the very tongues even of dumb creatures. Hooker.

2. Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.

This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him. Shak.
To pierce into the dumb past. J. C. Shairp.

3. Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color. [R.]

Her stern was painted of a dumb white or dun color. De Foe.
Deaf and dumb. See Deaf-mute. -- Dumb ague, ∨ Dumb chill, a form of intermittent fever which has no well-defined "chill." [U.S.] -- Dumb animal, any animal except man; -- usually restricted to a domestic quadruped; -- so called in contradistinction to man, who is a "speaking animal." -- Dumb cake, a cake made in silence by girls on St. Mark's eve, with certain mystic ceremonies, to discover their future husbands. Halliwell. -- Dumb cane (Bot.), a west Indian plant of the Arum family (Dieffenbachia seguina), which, when chewed, causes the tongue to swell, and destroys temporarily the power of speech. -- Dumb crambo. See under crambo. -- Dumb show. (a) Formerly, a part of a dramatic representation, shown in pantomime. "Inexplicable dumb shows and noise." Shak. (b) Signs and gestures without words; as, to tell a story in dumb show. -- To strike dumb, to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or, it may be, to deprive of the power of speech. Syn. -- Silent; speechless; noiseless. See Mute.

Dumb

Dumb, v. t. To put to silence. [Obs.] Shak.

Dumb-bell

Dumb"-bell` (?), n. A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

Dumbledor

Dum"ble*dor` (?), n. [The first part is prob. of imitative origin. See Dor a beetle.] (Zo\'94l.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer. [Prov. Eng.]

Dumbly

Dumb"ly (?), adv. In silence; mutely.

Dumbness

Dumb"ness, n. The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Dumb-waiter

Dumb"-wait`er (?), n. A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

Dumetose

Du"me*tose` (?), a. [From L. dumetum a thicket.] (Bot.) Dumose.

Dumfound

Dum"found` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumfounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dumfounding.] To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also dumbfound.] Spectator.

Dumfounder

Dum"found`er (?), v. t. To dumfound; to confound. [Written also dumbfounder.]

Dummador

Dum"ma*dor` (?), n. A dumbledor.

Dummerer

Dum"mer*er (?), n. One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.

Dummy

Dum"my (?), a. [See Dumb.]

1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. Dummy car. See under Car.

Dummy

Dum"my, n.; pl. Dummies (.

1. One who is dumb. H. Smith.

2. A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

3. An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, etc.

4. (Drama) One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.

5. A thick-witted person; a dolt. [Colloq.]

6. (Railroad) A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

7. (Card Playing) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.

8. A floating barge connected with a pier. Knight. To play dummy, to play the exposed or dummy hand in cards. The partner of the dummy plays it.

Dumose, Dumous

Du`mose" (?), Du"mous (?), a. [L. dumosus, fr. dumus a thornbush, a bramble.]

1. Abounding with bushes and briers.

2. (Bot.) Having a compact, bushy form.

Dump

Dump (?), n. [See Dumpling.] A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing. [Eng.] Smart.

Dump

Dump, n. [Cf. dial. Sw. dumpin melancholy, Dan.dump dull, low, D. dompig damp, G. dumpf damp, dull, gloomy, and E. damp, or rather perh. dump, v. t. Cf. Damp, or Dump, v. t.]

1. A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural.

March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras.
Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak.
I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan.

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&hand; The ludicrous associations now attached to this word did not originally belong to it. "Holland's translation of Livy represents the Romans as being `in the dumps' after the battle of Cann\'91." Trench.

2. Absence of mind; revery. Locke.

3. A melancholy strain or tune in music; any tune. [Obs.] "Tune a deploring dump." "Play me some merry dump." Shak.

4. An old kind of dance. [Obs.] Nares.

Dump

Dump (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dumping.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness.]

1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] Bartlett. Dumping car ∨ cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also dump car, or dump cart.

Dump

Dump, n.

1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc.

2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.

3. That which is dumped.

4. (Mining) A pile of ore or rock.

Dumpage

Dump"age (?), n.

1. The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter; also, a heap of dumped matter.

2. A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.

Dumpiness

Dump"i*ness (?), n. The state of being dumpy.

Dumpish

Dump"ish, a. Dull; stupid; sad; moping; melancholy. " A . . . dumpish and sour life." Lord Herbert. -- Dump"ish*ly, adv. -- Dump"ish*ness, n.

Dumple

Dum"ple (?), v. t. [See Dumpling.] To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another. [R.]
He was a little man, dumpled up together. Sir W. Scott.

Dumpling

Dump"ling (?), n. [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge into, and E. dump, v. t.] A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.

Dumpy

Dump"y (?), a. [Compar. Dumpier (?); superl. Dumpiest.] [

1. From Dump a short ill-shapen piece.

2. From Dump sadness.]

1. Short and thick; of low stature and disproportionately stout.

2. Sullen or discontented. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dun

Dun (?), n. [See Dune.] A mound or small hill.

Dun

Dun, v. t. To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.

Dun

Dun (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunning (?).] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. Din.] To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
Hath she sent so soon to dun? Swift.

Dun

Dun, n.

1. One who duns; a dunner.

To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. Arbuthnot.

2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.

Dun

Dun, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. Pierpont.
Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. Keble.
Dun crow (Zo\'94l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy. -- Dun diver (Zo\'94l.), the goosander or merganser.

Dunbird

Dun"bird` (?), n. [Named from its color.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck.

Dunce

Dunce (?), n. [From Joannes Duns Scotus, a schoolman called the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308. Originally in the phrase "a Duns man". See Note below.] One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt.
I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift.
&hand; The schoolmen were often called, after their great leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or Duncemen. In the revival of learning they were violently opposed to classical studies; hence, the name of Dunce was applied with scorn and contempt to an opposer of learning, or to one slow at learning, a dullard.

Duncedom

Dunce"dom (?), n. The realm or domain of dunces. [Jocose] Carlyle.

Duncery

Dun"cer*y (?), n. Dullness; stupidity.

Duncical

Dun"ci*cal (?), a. Like a dunce; duncish.
The most dull and duncical commissioner. Fuller.

Duncify

Dun"ci*fy (?), v. t. [Dunce + -fy.] To make stupid in intellect. [R.] Bp. Warburton.

Duncish

Dun"cish (?), a. Somewhat like a dunce. [R.] -- Dun"cish*ness, n. [R.]

Dunder

Dun"der (?), n. [Cf. Sp. redundar to overflow.] The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum. [West Indies]
The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour. B. Edwards.

Dunderhead

Dun"der*head` (?), n. [Prov. Eng. also dunderpoll, from dunder, same as thunder.] A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.

Dunder-headed

Dun"der-head`ed, a. Thick-headed; stupid.

Dunderpate

Dun"der*pate` (?), n. See Dunderhead.

Dune

Dune (?), n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See Down a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.]
Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. Motley.

Dunfish

Dun"fish (?), n. Codfish cured in a particular manner, so as to be of a superior quality.

Dung

Dung (?), n. [AS. dung; akin to G. dung, d\'81nger, OHG. tunga, Sw. dynga; cf. Icel. dyngja heap, Dan. dynge, MHG. tunc underground dwelling place, orig., covered with dung. Cf. Dingy.] The excrement of an animal. Bacon.

Dung

Dung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dunged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dunging.]

1. To manure with dung. Dryden.

2. (Calico Print.) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.

Dung

Dung, v. i. To void excrement. Swift.

Dungaree

Dun`ga*ree" (?), n. A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also dungari.] [India]

Dungeon

Dun"geon (?), n. [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon.] A close, dark prison, commondonjon
or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale.
Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay.

Dungeon

Dun"geon, v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.

Dungfork

Dung"fork` (?), n. A fork for tossing dung.

Dunghill

Dung"hill` (?), n.

1. A heap of dung.

2. Any mean situation or condition; a vile abode.

He . . . lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill. 1. Sam. ii. 8.
Dunghill fowl, a domestic fowl of common breed.

Dungmeer

Dung"meer` (?), n. [Dung + (prob.) meer a pool.] A pit where dung and weeds rot for manure.

Dungy

Dung"y (?), a. Full of dung; filthy; vile; low. Shak.

Dungyard

Dung"yard` (?), n. A yard where dung is collected.

Dunker

Dun"ker (?), n. [G. tunken to dip.] One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also Tunkers, Dunkards, Dippers, and, by themselves, Brethren, and German Baptists. &hand; The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. Seventh-day Dunkers, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath.

Dunlin

Dun"lin (?), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of sandpiper (Tringa alpina); -- called also churr, dorbie, grass bird, and red-backed sandpiper. It is found both in Europe and America.

Dunnage

Dun"nage (?), n. [Cf. Dun a mound.] (Naut.) Fagots, boughs, or loose materials of any kind, laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

Dunner

Dun"ner (?), n. [From Dun to ask payment from.] One employed in soliciting the payment of debts.

Dunnish

Dun"nish (?), a. Inclined to a dun color. Ray.

Dunnock

Dun"nock (?), n. [Cf. Dun,a.] (Zo\'94l.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [Local, Eng.]

Dunny

Dun"ny (?), a. Deaf; stupid.[Prov. Eng.]
My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce know how to manage. Sir W. Scott.

Dunt

Dunt (?), n. [Dint.] A blow. [Obs.] R. of Glouc.

Dunted

Dunt"ed, a. Beaten; hence, blunted. [Obs.]
Fencer's swords . . . having the edge dunted. Fuller.

Dunter

Dun"ter (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A porpoise. [Scott.] Dunter goose (Zo\'94l.) the eider duck. J. Brand.

Duo

Du"o (?), n. [It. duo, fr. L. duo two. See Duet.] (Mus.) A composition for two performers; a duet.

Duodecahedral, a., Duodecahedron

Du`o*dec`a*he"dral (?), a., Du`o*dec`a*he"dron (, n.
See Dodecahedral, and Dodecahedron.

Duodecennial

Du`o*de*cen"ni*al (?), a. [L. duodecennis; duodecim twelve + annus year.] Consisting of twelve years. [R.] Ash.

Duodecimal

Du`o*dec"i*mal (?), a. [L. duodecim twelve. See Dozen.] Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves. -- Du`o*dec"i*mal*ly, adv.

Duodecimal

Du`o*dec"i*mal, n.

1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.

2. pl. (Arch.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work.

Duodecimfid

Du`o*dec"im*fid (?), a. [L. duodecim twelve + findere to cleave.] Divided into twelve parts.

Duodecimo

Du`o*dec"i*mo (?), a. [L. in duodecimo in twelfth, fr. duodecimus twelfth, fr. duodecim twelve. See Dozen.] Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.

Duodecimo

Du*o*dec"i*mo, n.; pl. Duodecimos (. A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; -- usually written 12mo or 12°.

Duodecuple

Du`o*dec"u*ple (?), a. [L. duo two + decuple.] Consisting of twelves. Arbuthnot.

Duodenal

Du`o*de"nal (?), a. [Cf. F. duod\'82nal.] Of or pertaining to the duodenum; as, duodenal digestion.

Duodenary

Du`o*den"a*ry (?), a. [L. duodenarius, fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duod\'82naire.] Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.

Duodenum

Du`o*de"num (?), n. [NL., fr. duodeni twelve each: cf. F. duodenum. So called because its length is about twelve fingers' breadth.] (Anat.) The part of the small intestines between the stomach and the jejunum. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive.

Duoliteral

Du`o*lit"er*al (?), a. [L. duo two + E. literal.] Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. Stuart.

Duomo

Duo"mo (?), n. [It. See Done.] A cathedral. See Dome, 2.
Of tower or duomo, sunny sweet. Tennyson.

Dup

Dup (?), v. t. [Contr. fr. do up, that is, to lift up the latch. Cf. Don, Doff.] To open; as, to dup the door. [Obs.] Shak.

Dupable

Dup"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being duped.

Dupe

Dupe (?), n. [F., prob. from Prov. F. dupe, dube; of unknown origin; equiv. to F. huppe hoopoe, a foolish bird, easily caught. Cf. Armor. houp\'82rik hoopoe, a man easily deceived. Cf. also Gull, Booby.] One who has been deceived or who is easily deceived; a gull; as, the dupe of a schemer.

Dupe

Dupe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Duping.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See Dupe, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery.
Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. Coleridge.

Duper

Dup"er (?), n. One who dupes another.

Dupery

Dup"er*y (?), n. [F. duperie, fr. duper.] The act or practice of duping. [R.]

Dupion

Du"pi*on (?), n. [F. doupion, It. doppione, fr. doppio double, L. duplus. See Double, and cf. Doubloon.] A double cocoon, made by two silkworms.

Duple

Du"ple (?), a. [L. duplus. See Double.] Double. Duple ratio (Math.), that in which the antecedent term is double the consequent, as of 2 to 1, 8 to 4, etc.

Duplex

Du"plex (?), a. [L., fr. duo two + plicare to fold. See Two, and Complex.] Double; twofold. Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement. -- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon. -- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in which two steam cylinders are placed side by side, one operating the valves of the other. -- Duplex querela [L., double complaint] (Eccl. Law), a complaint in the nature of an appeal from the ordinary to his immediate superior, as from a bishop to an archbishop. Mozley & W. -- Duplex telegraphy, a system of telegraphy for sending two messages over the same wire simultaneously. -- Duplex watch, one with a duplex escapement.

Duplicate

Du"pli*cate (?), a. [L. duplicatus, p. p. of duplicare to double, fr. duplex double, twofold. See Duplex.] Double; twofold. Duplicate proportion ∨ ratio (Math.), the proportion or ratio of squares. Thus, in geometrical proportion, the first term to the third is said to be in a duplicate ratio of the first to the second, or as its square is to the square of the second. Thus, in 2, 4, 8, 16, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that of 2 to 4, or as the square of 2 is to the square of 4.

Duplicate

Du"pli*cate, n.

1. That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart.

I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch. Sir W. Temple.

2. (Law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original. Burrill.

Duplicate

Du"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Duplicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Duplicating.]

1. To double; to fold; to render double.

2. To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of. Glanvill.

3. (Biol.) To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves.

Duplication

Du`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. duplicatio: cf. F. duplication.]

1. The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.

2. (Biol.) The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.

Duplicative

Du"pli*ca*tive (?), a.

1. Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

2. (Biol.) Having the quality of subdividing into two by natural growth. "Duplicative subdivision." Carpenter.

Duplicature

Du"pli*ca*ture (?), n. [Cf. F. duplicature.] A doubling; a fold, as of a membrane.

Duplicity

Du*plic"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Duplicities (#). [F. duplicit\'82, L. duplicitas, fr. duplex double. See Duplex.]

1. Doubleness; a twofold state. [Archaic]

Do not affect duplicities nor triplicities, nor any certain number of parts in your division of things. I. Watts.

2. Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith.

Far from the duplicity wickedly charged on him, he acted his part with alacrity and resolution. Burke.

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3. (Law) (a) The use of two or more distinct allegations or answers, where one is sufficient. Blackstone. (b) In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses. Wharton. Syn. -- Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit; guile; deception; falsehood.

Dupper

Dup"per (?), n. See 2d Dubber.

Dur

Dur (?), a. [G., fr. L. durus hard, firm, vigorous.] (Mus.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

Dura

Du"ra (?), n. Short form for Dura mater.

Durability

Du`ra*bil"i*ty, n. [L. durabilitas.] The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.
A Gothic cathedral raises ideas of grandeur in our minds by the size, its height, . . . its antiquity, and its durability. Blair.

Durable

Du"ra*ble (?), a. [L. durabilis, fr. durare to last: cf. F. durable. See Dure.] Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.
Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18.
An interest which from its object and grounds must be so durable. De Quincey.
Syn. -- Lasting; permanent; enduring; firm; stable; continuing; constant; persistent. See Lasting.

Durableness

Du"ra*ble*ness, n. Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.
The durableness of the metal that supports it. Addison.

Durably

Du"ra*bly, adv. In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

Dural

Du"ral (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

Dura mater

Du"ra ma"ter (?). [L., lit., hard mother. The membrane was called mater, or mother, because it was formerly thought to give rise to every membrane of the body.] (Anat.) The tough, fibrous membrane, which lines the cavity of the skull and spinal column, and surrounds the brain and spinal cord; -- frequently abbreviated to dura.

Duramen

Du*ra"men (?), n. [L., hardness, a hardened, i. e., ligneous, vine branch, fr. durare to harden. See Dure.] (Bot.) The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

Durance

Dur"ance (?), n. [OF. durance duration, fr. L. durans, -antis, p. pr. durare to endure, last. See Dure, and cf. Durant.]

1. Continuance; duration. See Endurance. [Archaic]

Of how short durance was this new-made state! Dryden.

2. Imprisonment; restraint of the person; custody by a jailer; duress. Shak. "Durance vile." Burns.

In durance, exile, Bedlam or the mint. Pope.

3. (a) A stout cloth stuff, formerly made in imitation of buff leather and used for garments; a sort of tammy or everlasting.

Where didst thou buy this buff? let me not live but I will give thee a good suit of durance. J. Webster.
(b) In modern manufacture, a worsted of one color used for window blinds and similar purposes.

Durancy

Dur"an*cy (?), n. Duration. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Durant

Dur"ant (?), n. [F. durant, p. pr. of durer to last. Cf. Durance.] See Durance, 3.

Durante

Du*ran"te (?), prep. [L., abl. case of the p. pr. of durare to last.] (Law) During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

Duration

Du*ra"tion (?), n. [OF. duration. See Dure.] The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.
It was proposed that the duration of Parliament should be limited. Macaulay.
Soon shall have passed our own human duration. D. Webster.

Durative

Dur"a*tive (?), a. Continuing; not completed; implying duration.
Its durative tense, which expresses the thought of it as going on. J. Byrne.

Durbar

Dur"bar (?), n. [Hind. darb\'ber, fr. Per dar house, court, hall of audience; dar door, gate + b\'ber court, assembly.] An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India. [India] [Written also darbar.]

Dure

Dure (?), a. [L. durus; akin to Ir. & Gael. dur , stubborn, W. dir certain, sure, cf. Gr. Hard; harsh; severe; rough; toilsome. [R.]
The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude. W. H. Russell.

Dure

Dure, v. i. [F. durer, L. durare to harden, be hardened, to endure, last, fr. durus hard. See Dure, a.] To last; to continue; to endure. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. Matt. xiii. 21.

Dureful

Dure"ful (?), a. Lasting. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dureless

Dure"less, a. Not lasting. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Durene

Du"rene (?), n. [L. durus hard; -- so called because solid at ordinary temperatures.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.

Duress

Du"ress (?), n. [OF. duresse, du, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.]

1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.

The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke.

2. (Law) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.

Duress

Du*ress" (?), v. t. To subject to duress. "The party duressed." Bacon.

Duressor

Du*ress"or (?), n. (Law) One who subjects another to duress Bacon.

Durga

Dur"ga (?), n. (Myth.) Same as Doorga.

Durham

Dur"ham (?), n. One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

Durian, ∨ Durion

Du"ri*an (?), ∨ Du"ri*on (?), n. (Bot.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

During

Dur"ing (?), prep. [Orig., p. pr. of dure.] In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.

Durio

Du"ri*o (?), n. [NL., fr. Malay d thorn.] (Bot.) A fruit tree (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Durity

Du"ri*ty (?), n. [L. duritas, fr. durus hard.] [Obs.]

1. Hardness; firmness. Sir T. Browne.

2. Harshness; cruelty. Cockeram.

Durometer

Du*rom"e*ter (?), n. [L. durus hard + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

Durous

Du"rous (?), a. [L. durus.] Hard. [Obs. & R.]

Durra

Dur"ra (?), n. [Ar. dhorra.] (Bot.) A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn. [Written also dhoorra, dhurra, doura, etc.]

Durst

Durst (?), imp. of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

Durukuli

Du`ru*ku"li (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small, nocturnal, South American monkey (Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). [Written also douroucouli.]

Durylic

Du*ryl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.

Duse

Duse (?), n. A demon or spirit. See Deuce.

Dusk

Dusk (?), a. [OE. dusc, dosc, deosc; cf. dial. Sw. duska to drizzle, dusk a slight shower. Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
A pathless desert, dusk with horrid shades. Milton.

Dusk

Dusk, n.

1. Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

2. A darkish color.

Whose duck set off the whiteness of the skin. Dryden.

Dusk

Dusk, v. t. To make dusk. [Archaic]
After the sun is up, that shadow which dusketh the light of the moon must needs be under the earth. Holland.

Dusk

Dusk, v. i. To grow dusk. [R.] Chaucer.

Dusken

Dusk"en (?), v. t. To make dusk or obscure. [R.]
Not utterly defaced, but only duskened. Nicolls.

Duskily

Dusk"i*ly (?), adv. In a dusky manner. Byron.

Duskiness

Dusk"i*ness, n. The state of being dusky.

Duskish

Dusk"ish, a. Somewhat dusky. " Duskish smoke." Spenser. -- Dusk"ish*ly, adv. -- Dusk"ish*ness, n.

Duskness

Dusk"ness, n. Duskiness. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

Dusky

Dusk"y (?), a.

1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.

Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble.

2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon.

When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky. Dryden.
The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur. Hawthorne.

3. Gloomy; sad; melancholy.

This dusky scene of horror, this melancholy prospect. Bentley.

4. Intellectually clouded.

Though dusky wits dare scorn astrology. Sir P. Sidney.

Dust

Dust (?), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. .]

1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Gen. iii. 19.
Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. Byron.

2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] "To touch a dust of England's ground." Shak.

3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

For now shall sleep in the dust. Job vii. 21.

4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

And you may carve a shrine about my dust. Tennyson.

5. Figuratively, a worthless thing.

And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. Shak.

6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

[God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. 1 Sam. ii. 8.

7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] "My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading." Fuller. -- Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- called also smut. -- Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. -- In dust and ashes. See under Ashes. -- To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t. -- To raise, ∨ kick up, dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.] -- To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.]

Dust

Dust (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dusting.]

1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

2. To sprinkle with dust.

3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. Sprat. To dyst one's jacket, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]

Dustbrush

Dust"brush` (?), n. A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

Duster

Dust"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust. Specifically: (a) (Paper Making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc. (b) (Milling) A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.

2. A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust. [U.S.]

Dustiness

Dust"i*ness (?), n. The state of being dusty.

Dustless

Dust"less, a. Without dust; as a dustless path.

Dustman

Dust"man (?), p.; pl. Dustmen (. One whose employment is to remove dirt and defuse. Gay.

Dustpan

Dust"pan (?), n. A shovel-like utensil for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.

Dust-point

Dust"-point` (?), n. An old rural game.
With any boy at dust-point they shall play. Peacham (1620).

Dusty

Dust"y (?), a. [Compar. Dustier (?); superl. Dustiest (?).] [AS. dystig. See Dust.]

1. Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust.

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

2. Like dust; of the color of dust; as a dusty white. Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

Dutch

Dutch (?), a. [D. duitsch German; or G. deutsch, orig., popular, national, OD. dietsc, MHG. diutsch, tiutsch, OHG. diutisk, fr. diot, diota, a people, a nation; akin to AS. pe\'a2d, OS. thiod, thioda, Goth. piuda; cf. Lith. tauta land, OIr. tuath people, Oscan<-- ??sic --> touto. The English have applied the name especially to the Germanic people living nearest them, the Hollanders. Cf. Derrick, Teutonic.] Pertaining to Holland, or to its inhabitants. Dutch auction. See under Auction. -- Dutch cheese, a small, pound, hard cheese, made from skim milk. -- Dutch clinker, a kind of brick made in Holland. It is yellowish, very hard, and long and narrow in shape. -- Dutch clover (Bot.), common white clover (Trifolium repens), the seed of which was largely imported into England from Holland. -- Dutch concert, a so-called concert in which all the singers sing at the same time different songs. [Slang] -- Dutch courage, the courage of partial intoxication. [Slang] Marryat. -- Dutch door, a door divided into two parts, horizontally, so arranged that the lower part can be shut and fastened, while the upper part remains open. -- Dutch foil, Dutch leaf, ∨ Dutch gold, a kind of brass rich in copper, rolled or beaten into thin sheets, used in Holland to ornament toys and paper; -- called also Dutch mineral, Dutch metal, brass foil, and bronze leaf. -- Dutch liquid (Chem.), a thin, colorless, volatile liquid, C2H4Cl2, of a sweetish taste and a pleasant ethereal odor, produced by the union of chlorine and ethylene or olefiant gas; -- called also Dutch oil. It is so called because discovered (in 1795) by an association of four Hollandish chemists. See Ethylene, and Olefiant.<-- = ethylene chloride --> -- Dutch oven, a tin screen for baking before an open fire or kitchen range; also, in the United States, a shallow iron kettle for baking, with a cover to hold burning coals. -- Dutch pink, chalk, or whiting dyed yellow, and used in distemper, and for paper staining. etc. Weale. -- Dutch rush (Bot.), a species of horsetail rush or Equisetum (E. hyemale) having a rough, siliceous surface, and used for scouring and polishing; -- called also scouring rush, and shave grass. See Equisetum. -- Dutch tile, a glazed and painted ornamental tile, formerly much exported, and used in the jambs of chimneys and the like. &hand; Dutch was formerly used for German.
Germany is slandered to have sent none to this war [the Crusades] at this first voyage; and that other pilgrims, passing through that country, were mocked by the Dutch, and called fools for their pains. Fuller.

Dutch

Dutch, n.

1. pl. The people of Holland; Dutchmen.

2. The language spoken in Holland.

Dutchman

Dutch"man (?), n.; pl. Dutchmen (. A native, or one of the people, of Holland. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. -- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. -- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe.

Duteous

Du"te*ous (?), a. [From Duty.]

1. Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.

2. Subservient; obsequious.

Duteous to the vices of thy mistress. Shak.
-- Du"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Du"te*ous*ness, n.

Dutiable

Du"ti*a*ble (?), a. [From Duty.] Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods. [U.S.]
All kinds of dutiable merchandise. Hawthorne.

Dutied

Du"tied (?), a. Subjected to a duty. Ames.

Dutiful

Du"ti*ful (?), a.

1. Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

2. Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection. Syn. -- Duteous; obedient; reverent; reverential; submissive; docile; respectful; compliant. -- Du"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Du"ti*ful*ness, n.

Duty

Du"ty (?), n.; pl. Duties (#). [From Due.]

1. That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.]

When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty. Tyndale.

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2. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.

Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country. Hallam.

3. Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.

With records sweet of duties done. Keble.
To employ him on the hardest and most imperative duty. Hallam.
Duty is a graver term than obligation. A duty hardly exists to do trivial things; but there may be an obligation to do them. C. J. Smith.

4. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors. Shak.

5. Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. "My duty to you." Shak.

6. (Engin.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).

7. (Com.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods. &hand; An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty, but a direct tax. [U.S.] Ad valorem duty, a duty which is graded according to the cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See Ad valorem. -- Specific duty, a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market. -- On duty, actually engaged in the performance of one's assigned task.

Duumvir

Du*um"vir (?), n.; pl. E. Duumvirs (#), L. Duumviri (#). [L., fr. duo two + vir man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

Duumviral

Du*um"vi*ral (?), a. [L. duumviralis.] Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.

Duumvirate

Du*um"vi*rate (?), n. [L. duumviratus, fr. duumvir.] The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.

Dux

Dux (?), n. [L., leader.] (Mus.) The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.

Duykerbok

Duy"ker*bok (?), n. [D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.] (Zo\'94l.) A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo.

Duyoung

Du*young" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Dugong.

D valve

D" valve` (?). (Mech.) A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide.

Dvergr

Dver"gr (?), n.; pl. Dvergar (#). [See Dwarf.] (Scand. Myth.) A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.

Dwale

Dwale (?), n. [OE. dwale, dwole, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. dwala, dwola, error, doubt; akin to E. dull. See Dull, a.]

1. (Bot.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.

2. (Her.) The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.

3. A sleeping potion; an opiate. Chaucer.

Dwang

Dwang (?), n. [Cf. D. dwingen to force, compel.]

1. (Carp.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.

2. (Mech.) (a) A kind of crowbar. (b) A large wrench. Knight.

Dwarf

Dwarf (?), n.; pl Dwarfs (#). [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS. dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel. dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.] An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being. &hand; During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared the favor of courts and the nobility. Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf honeysuckle. Dwarf elder (Bot.), danewort. -- Dwarf wall (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. Gwilt.

Dwarf

Dwarf, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dwarfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwarfing.] To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt. Addison.
Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. J. C. Shairp.

Dwarf

Dwarf, v. i. To become small; to diminish in size.
Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf. Beaconsfield.

Dwarfish

Dwarf"ish, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- Dwarf"ish*ly, adv. -- Dwarf"ish*ness, n.

Dwarfling

Dwarf"ling (?), n. A diminutive dwarf.

Dwarfy

Dwarf"y (?), a. Much undersized. [R.] Waterhouse.

Dwaul, Dwaule

Dwaul, Dwaule (?), v. i. [See Dull, Dwell.] To be delirious. [Obs.] Junius.

Dwell

Dwell (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwelled (?), usually contracted into Dwelt (p. pr. & vb. n.
Dwelling.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv\'84ljas to dwell, Dan. dv\'91le to linger, and to E. dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale.]

1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]

2. To abide; to remain; to continue.

I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak.
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth.

3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.

The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham.
The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith.
To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. -- To dwell on ∨ upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster.
Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest.

Dwell

Dwell (?), v. t. To inhabit. [R.] Milton.

Dweller

Dwell"er (?), n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. "Dwellers at Jerusalem." Acts i. 19.

Dwelling

Dwell"ing, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33.
God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton.
Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson.
Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. -- Dwelling place, place of residence.

Dwelt

Dwelt (?), imp. & p. p.of Dwell.

Dwindle

Dwin"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling (?).] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dw\'c6nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dv\'c6na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force.] To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

Dwindle

Dwin"dle, v. t.

1. To make less; to bring low.

Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson.

2. To break; to disperse. [R.] Clarendon.

Dwindle

Dwin"dle, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] Johnson.

Dwindlement

Dwin"dle*ment (?), n. The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] Mrs. Oliphant.

Dwine

Dwine (?), v. i. [See Dwindle.] To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower.

Dyad

Dy"ad (?), n. [L. dyas, dyadis, the number two. Gr. dyade. See two, and cf. Duad.]

1. Two units treated as one; a couple; a pair.

2. (Chem.) An element, atom, or radical having a valence or combining power of two.

Dyad

Dy"ad, a. (Chem.) Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen; as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements. See Valence.

Dyadic

Dy*ad"ic (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements. Dyadic arithmetic, the same as binary arithmetic.

Dyaks

Dy"aks (?), n. pl.; sing. Dyak. (Ethnol.) The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices.

Dyas

Dy"as (?), n. [L. dyas the number two.] (Geol.) A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups.

Dye

Dye (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dyeing.] [OE. deyan, dyen, AS. de\'a0gian.] To stain; to color; to give a new and permanent color to, as by the application of dyestuffs.
Cloth to be dyed of divers colors. Trench.
The soul is dyed by its thoughts. Lubbock.
To dye in the grain, To dye in the wool (Fig.), to dye firmly; to imbue thoroughly.
He might truly be termed a legitimate son of the revenue system dyed in the wool. Hawthorne.
Syn. -- See Stain.

Dye

Dye, n.

1. Color produced by dyeing.

2. Material used for dyeing; a dyestuff.

Dye

Dye, n. Same as Die, a lot. Spenser.

Dyehouse

Dye"house` (?), n. A building in which dyeing is carried on.

Dyeing

Dye"ing (?), n. The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

Dyer

Dy"er (?), n. One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

Dyestuff

Dye"stuff` (?), n. A material used for dyeing.

Dyewood

Dye"wood` (?), n. Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

Dying

Dy"ing (?), a.

1. In the act of dying; destined to death; mortal; perishable; as, dying bodies.

2. Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.

Dying

Dy"ing, n. The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.

Dyingly

Dy"ing*ly, adv. In a dying manner; as if at the point of death. Beau. & Fl.

Dyingness

Dy"ing*ness, n. The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment. [R.]
Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see that picture, Foible, -- a swimmingness in the eyes; yes, I'll look so. Congreve.

Dyke

Dyke (?), n. See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

Dynactinometer

Dy*nac`ti*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. actinometer.] An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses.

Dynam

Dy"nam (?), n. [Cf. F. dyname. See Dynamic.] A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound. Whewell.

Dynameter

Dy*nam"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. dynam\'8atre. Cf. Dynamometer.]

1. A dynamometer.

2. (Opt.) An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye end of a telescope for measuring accurately the diameter of the image of the object glass there formed; which measurement, compared with the actual diameter of the glass, gives the magnifying power.

Dynametrical

Dy`na*met"ric*al (?), a. Pertaining to a dynameter.

Dynamic, Dynamical

Dy*nam"ic (?), Dy*nam"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. durus hard, E. dure: cf. F. dynamique.]

1. Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force.

Science, as well as history, has its past to show, -- a past indeed, much larger; but its immensity is dynamic, not divine. J. Martineau.
The vowel is produced by phonetic, not by dynamic, causes. J. Peile.

2. Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology.

As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd.
Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity.

Dynamically

Dy*nam"ic*al*ly, adv. In accordance with the principles of dynamics or moving forces. J. Peile.

Dynamics

Dy*nam"ics (?), n.

1. That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their motion (kinetics). Dynamics is held by some recent writers to include statics and not kinematics.

2. The moving moral, as well as physical, forces of any kind, or the laws which relate to them.

3. (Mus.) That department of musical science which relates to, or treats of, the power of tones.

Dynamism

Dy"na*mism (?), n. [Cf. F. dynamisme. See Dynamics.] The doctrine of Leibnitz, that all substance involves force.

Dynamist

Dy"na*mist (?), n. One who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics.
Those who would resolve matter into centers of force may be said to constitute the school of dynamists. Ward (Dyn. Sociol. ).

Dynamitard

Dy"na*mi`tard (?), n. A political dynamiter. [A form found in some newspapers.]

Dynamite

Dy"na*mite (?), n. [Gr. Dynamic.] (Chem.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

Dynamiter

Dy"na*mi`ter (?), n. One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.

Dynamiting

Dy"na*mi`ting (?), n. Destroying by dynamite, for political ends.
Dynamiting is not the American way. The Century.

Dynamitism

Dy"na*mi`tism (?), n. The work of dynamiters.

Dynamization

Dy"na*mi*za`tion (?), [Gr. Dynamic.] (Homeop.) The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it.

Dynamo

Dy"na*mo (?), n. A dynamo-electric machine.

Dynamo-electric

Dy`na*mo-e*lec"tric (?), a. [Gr. electric. See Dynamic.] Pertaining to the development of electricity, especially electrical currents, by power; producing electricity or electrical currents by mechanical power.

Dynamograph

Dy*nam"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph. See Dynamic.] (Physiol.) A dynamometer to which is attached a device for automatically registering muscular power.

Dynamometer

Dy`na*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Cf. F. dynamom\'8atre. See Dynameter.] An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. &hand; It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by the force applied, combined with an index, or automatic recorder, to show the work performed.

Dynamometric, Dynamometrical

Dy`na*mo*met"ric (?), Dy`na*mo*met"ric*al (?), a. Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.

Dynamometry

Dy`na*mom"e*try (?), n. The art or process of measuring forces doing work.

Dynast

Dy"nast (?), n. [L. dynastes, Gr. dynaste. See Dynamic.]

1. A ruler; a governor; a prince.

2. A dynasty; a government. [Obs.]

Dynasta

Dy*nas"ta (?), n. [NL. See Dynast.] A tyrant. [Obs.] Milton.

Dynastic

Dy*nas"tic (?), a. [Gr. dunastique.] Of or relating to a dynasty or line of kings. Motley.

Dynastical

Dy*nas"tic*al (?), a. Dynastic.

Dynastidan

Dy*nas"ti*dan (?), n. [Gr. Dynast. The name alludes to the immense size of some species.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a group of gigantic, horned beetles, including Dynastus Neptunus, and the Hercules beetle (D. Hercules) of tropical America, which grow to be six inches in length.

Dynasty

Dy"nas*ty (?; 277), n.; pl. Dynasties (#). [Gr. dynastie dynasty. See Dynast.]
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1. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. Johnson.

2. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.

Dyne

Dyne (?), n. [Formed fr. Gr. Dynamic.] (Physics) The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a second, generates a velocity of a centimeter per second.

Dys-

Dys- (?). An inseparable prefix, fr. the Greek ill
, bad, hard, difficult, and the like; cf. the prefixes, Skr. dus-, Goth. tuz-, OHG. zur-, G. zer-, AS. to-, Icel. tor-, Ir. do-.

Dys\'91sthesia

Dys`\'91s*the"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch.

Dyscrasia

Dys*cra"si*a (?), n. [NL. dyscrasia, fr. Gr. dycrasie.] (Med.) An ill habit or state of the constitution; -- formerly regarded as dependent on a morbid condition of the blood and humors.

Dyscrasite

Dys"cra*site (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A mineral consisting of antimony and silver.

Dyscrasy

Dys"cra*sy (?), n.; pl. Discrasies (. Dycrasia.
Sin is a cause of dycrasies and distempers. Jer. Taylor.

Dysenteric, Dysenterical

Dys`en*ter"ic (?), Dys`en*ter"ic*al (?), a. [L. dysentericus, Gr. dysent\'82rigue.] Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient. "Dysenteric symptoms." Copland.

Dysentery

Dys"en*ter*y (?), n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See Dys, and In.] (Med.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood. &hand; When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be communicable through the medium of the alvine discharges.

Dysgenesic

Dys`ge*nes"ic (?), a. Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another. Darwin.

Dysgenesis

Dys*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Pref. dys- + genesis.] (Biol.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race.

Dyslogistic

Dys`lo*gis"tic (?), a. [Gr. Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic.
There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or eulogistic epithets may be found. J. F. Stephen.
The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of common sense, Jeremy Bentham. Fitzed. Hall.

Dysluite

Dys"lu*ite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.

Dyslysin

Dys"ly*sin (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A resinous substance formed in the decomposition of cholic acid of bile; -- so called because it is difficult to solve.

Dysmenorrhea

Dys*men`or*rhe"a (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Difficult and painful menstruation.

Dysnomy

Dys"no*my (?), n. [Gr. Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws. Cockeram.

Dysodile

Dys"o*dile (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning.

Dyspepsia, Dyspepsy

Dys*pep"si*a (?), Dys*pep"sy (?; 277),[L. dyspepsia, Gr. cook: cf. F. dyspepsie. See Dys-, and 3d Cook.] (Med.) A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dunglison.

Dyspeptic, Dyspeptical

Dys*pep"tic (?), Dys*pep"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to dyspepsia; having dyspepsia; as, a dyspeptic or dyspeptical symptom.

Dyspeptic

Dys*pep"tic, n. A person afflicted with dyspepsia.

Dyspeptone

Dys*pep"tone (?), n. [Pref. dys- + peptone.] (Physiol. Chem.) An insoluble albuminous body formed from casein and other proteid substances by the action of gastric juice. Meissner.

Dysphagia, Dysphagy

Dys*pha"gi*a (?), Dys"pha*gy (?), n. [NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing.

Dysphonia, Dysphony

Dys*pho"ni*a (?), Dys"pho*ny (?), n. [NL. dysphonia, Gr. dysphonie.] (Med.) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds; enfeebled or depraved voice.

Dysphoria

Dys*pho"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. dysphorie.] (Med.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets.

Dyspn Dysp*n (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. dyspn\'82e.] (Med.) Difficulty of breathing.

Dyspnoic

Dysp*no"ic (?), a. (Med.) Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn

Dysteleology

Dys*te`le*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Pref. dys- + teleology.] (Biol.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.
To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. Word (Dynamic Sociology).

Dystocia

Dys*to"ci*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Difficult delivery pr parturition.

Dystome

Dys"tome (?), a. [Gr. (Min.) Cleaving with difficulty. &hand; Datolite was called dystome spar by Mohs.

Dysuria, Dysury

Dys*u"ri*a (?), Dys"u*ry (?), n. [L. dysuria, Gr. dysurie.] (Med.) Difficult or painful discharge of urine.

Dysuric

Dys*u"ric (?), a. [Gr. dysurique.] Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dysury.

Dzeren, Dzeron

Dze"ren (?), Dze"ron (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Thibet, and China.

Dziggetai

Dzig"ge*tai (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus). &hand; The name is sometimes applied also to the koulan or onager. See Koulan.

E

E (?).

1. The fifth letter of the English alphabet. It derives its form, name, and value from the Latin, the form and value being further derived from the Greek, into which it came from the Ph\'d2nician, and ultimately, probably, from the Egyptian. Its etymological relations are closest with the vowels i, a, and o, as illustrated by to fall, to fell; man, pl. men; drink, drank, drench; dint, dent; doom, deem; goose, pl. geese; beef, OF. boef, L. bos; and E. cheer, OF. chiere, LL. cara. The letter e has in English several vowel sounds, the two principal being its long or name sound, as in eve, me, and the short, as in end, best. Usually at the end of words it is silent, but serves to indicate that the preceding vowel has its long sound, where otherwise it would be short, as in m\'bene, as in c\'bene, m, which without the final e would be pronounced m, c, m. After c and g, the final e indicates that these letters are to be pronounced as s and j; respectively, as in lace, rage. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 74-97.

2. (Mus.) E is the third tone of the model diatonic scale. E♭ (E flat) is a tone which is intermediate between D and E.

E-

E-. A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.

Each

Each (?), a. ∨ a. pron. [OE. eche, \'91lc, elk, ilk, AS. \'91lc; \'be always + gel\'c6c like; akin to OD. ieg, OHG. , MHG. iegel\'c6ch. Aye, Like, and cf. Either, Every, Ilk.]

1. Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you. "Each of the combatants." Fielding. &hand; To each corresponds other. "Let each esteem other better than himself." Each other, used elliptically for each the other. It is our duty to assist each other; that is, it is our duty, each to assist the other, each being in the nominative and other in the objective case.

It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred. Macaulay.
Let each His adamantine coat gird well. Milton.
In each cheek appears a pretty dimple. Shak.
Then draw we nearer day by day, Each to his brethren, all to God. Keble.
The oak and the elm have each a distinct character. Gilpin.

2. Every; -- sometimes used interchangeably with every. Shak.

I know each lane and every alley green. Milton.
In short each man's happiness depends upon himself. Sterne.
&hand; This use of each for every, though common in Scotland and in America, is now un-English. Fitzed. Hall. Syn. -- See Every.

Eachwhere

Each"where` (?), adv. Everywhere. [Obs.]
The sky eachwhere did show full bright and fair. Spenser.

Eadish

Ead"ish (?), n. See Eddish.

Eager

Ea"ger (?), a. [OE. egre sharp, sour, eager, OF. agre, aigre, F. aigre, fr. L. acer sharp, sour, spirited, zealous; akin to Gr. a point; fr. a root signifying to be sharp. Cf. Acrid, Edge.]

1. Sharp; sour; acid. [Obs.] "Like eager droppings into milk." Shak.

2. Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. [Obs.] "A nipping and an eager air." "Eager words." Shak.

3. Excited by desire in the pursuit of any object; ardent to pursue, perform, or obtain; keenly desirous; hotly longing; earnest; zealous; impetuous; vehement; as, the hounds were eager in the chase.

And gazed for tidings in my eager eyes. Shak.
How eagerly ye follow my disgraces! Shak.
When to her eager lips is brought Her infant's thrilling kiss. Keble.
A crowd of eager and curious schoolboys. Hawthorne.
Conceit and grief an eager combat fight. Shak.

4. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. [Obs.]

Gold will be sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself. Locke.
Syn. -- Earnest; ardent; vehement; hot; impetuous; fervent; intense; impassioned; zealous; forward. See Earnest. -- Eager, Earnest. Eager marks an excited state of desire or passion; thus, a child is eager for a plaything, a hungry man is eager for food, a covetous man is eager for gain. Eagerness is liable to frequent abuses, and is good or bad, as the case may be. It relates to what is praiseworthy or the contrary. Earnest denotes a permanent state of mind, feeling, or sentiment. It is always taken in a good sense; as, a preacher is earnest in his appeals to the conscience; an agent is earnest in his solicitations.

Eager

Ea"ger, n. Same as Eagre.

Eagerly

Ea"ger*ly, adv. In an eager manner.

Eagerness

Ea"ger*ness, n.

1. The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." Addison.

2. Tartness; sourness. [Obs.] Syn. -- Ardor; vehemence; earnestness; impetuosity; heartiness; fervor; fervency; avidity; zeal; craving; heat; passion; greediness.

Eagle

Ea"gle (?), n. [OE. egle, F. aigle, fr. L. aquila; prob. named from its color, fr. aquilus dark-colored, brown; cf. Lith. aklas blind. Cf. Aquiline.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Hali\'91etus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysa\'89tus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik ∨ imperialis); the American bald eagle (Hali\'91etus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.

2. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars.

3. (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.

4. The figure of an eagle borne as an emblem on the standard of the ancient Romans, or so used upon the seal or standard of any people.

Though the Roman eagle shadow thee. Tennyson.
&hand; Some modern nations, as the United States, and France under the Bonapartes, have adopted the eagle as their national emblem. Russia, Austria, and Prussia have for an emblem a double-headed eagle. Bald eagle. See Bald eagle. -- Bold eagle. See under Bold. -- Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States worth twenty dollars. -- Eagle hawk (Zo\'94l.), a large, crested, South American hawk of the genus Morphnus. -- Eagle owl (Zo\'94l.), any large owl of the genus Bubo, and allied genera; as the American great horned owl (Bubo Virginianus), and the allied European species (B. maximus). See Horned owl. -- Eagle ray (Zo\'94l.), any large species of ray of the genus Myliobatis (esp. M. aquila). -- Eagle vulture (Zo\'94l.), a large West African bid (Gypohierax Angolensis), intermediate, in several respects, between the eagles and vultures.

Eagle-eyed

Ea"gle-eyed` (?), a. Sharp-sighted as an eagle. "Inwardly eagle-eyed." Howell.

Eagle-sighted

Ea"gle-sight`ed (?), a. Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak.
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Eagless

Ea"gless (?), n. [Cf. OF. aiglesse.] (Zo\'94l.) A female or hen eagle. [R.] Sherwood.

Eaglestone

Ea"gle*stone (?), n. (Min.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; a\'89tites.

Eaglet

Ea"glet (?), n. [Cf. OF. aiglet.] (Zo\'94l.) A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.

Eagle-winged

Ea"gle-winged` (?), a. Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle. Shak.

Eaglewood

Ea"gle*wood` (?), n. [From Skr. aguru, through Pg. aguila; cf. F. bois d'aigle.] A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.

Eagrass

Ea"grass (?), n. See Eddish. [Obs.]

Eagre

Ea"gre (?), n. [AS. e\'a0gor, , in comp., water, sea, e\'a0gor-stre\'a0m water stream, sea.] A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.

Ealderman, Ealdorman

Eal"der*man, Eal"dor*man (?), n. An alderman. [Obs.]

Eale

Eale (?), n. [See Ale.] Ale. [Obs.] Shak.

Eame

Eame (?), n. [AS. e\'a0m; akin to D. oom, G. ohm, oheim; cf. L. avunculus.] Uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ean

Ean (?), v. t. & i. [AS. e\'a0nian. See Yean.] To bring forth, as young; to yean. "In eaning time." Shak.

Eanling

Ean"ling (?), n. [See Ean, Yeanling.] A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling. Shak.

Ear

Ear (?), n. [AS. e\'a0re; akin to OFries. \'a0re, \'a0r, OS. , D. oor, OHG. , G. ohr, Icel. eyra, Sw. \'94ra, Dan. \'94re, Goth. auso, L. auris, Lith. ausis, Russ. ukho, Gr. audire to hear, Gr. av to favor , protect. Cf. Auricle, Orillon.]

1. The organ of hearing; the external ear. &hand; In man and the higher vertebrates, the organ of hearing is very complicated, and is divisible into three parts: the external ear, which includes the pinna or auricle and meatus or external opening; the middle ear, drum, or tympanum; and the internal ear, or labyrinth. The middle ear is a cavity connected by the Eustachian tube with the pharynx, separated from the opening of the external ear by the tympanic membrane, and containing a chain of three small bones, or ossicles, named malleus, incus, and stapes, which connect this membrane with the internal ear. The essential part of the internal ear where the fibers of the auditory nerve terminate, is the membranous labyrinth, a complicated system of sacs and tubes filled with a fluid (the endolymph), and lodged in a cavity, called the bony labyrinth, in the periotic bone. The membranous labyrinth does not completely fill the bony labyrinth, but is partially suspended in it in a fluid (the perilymph). The bony labyrinth consists of a central cavity, the vestibule, into which three semicircular canals and the canal of the cochlea (spirally coiled in mammals) open. The vestibular portion of the membranous labyrinth consists of two sacs, the utriculus and sacculus, connected by a narrow tube, into the former of which three membranous semicircular canals open, while the latter is connected with a membranous tube in the cochlea containing the organ of Corti. By the help of the external ear the sonorous vibrations of the air are concentrated upon the tympanic membrane and set it vibrating, the chain of bones in the middle ear transmits these vibrations to the internal ear, where they cause certain delicate structures in the organ of Corti, and other parts of the membranous labyrinth, to stimulate the fibers of the auditory nerve to transmit sonorous impulses to the brain.

2. The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.

Songs . . . not all ungrateful to thine ear. Tennyson.

3. That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

4. (Arch.) (a) Same as Acroterium (a). (b) Same as Crossette.

5. Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

Dionysius . . . would give no ear to his suit. Bacon.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. Shak.
About the ears, in close proximity to; near at hand. -- By the ears, in close contest; as, to set by the ears; to fall together by the ears; to be by the ears. -- Button ear (in dogs), an ear which falls forward and completely hides the inside. -- Ear finger, the little finger. -- Ear of Dionysius, a kind of ear trumpet with a flexible tube; -- named from the Sicilian tyrant, who constructed a device to overhear the prisoners in his dungeons. -- Ear sand (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith. -- Ear snail (Zo\'94l.), any snail of the genus Auricula and allied genera. -- Ear stones (Anat.), otoliths. See Otolith. -- Ear trumpet, an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person. -- Ear vesicle (Zo\'94l.), a simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts. -- Rose ear (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside. -- To give ear to, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising. "Give ear unto my song." Goldsmith. -- To have one's ear, to be listened to with favor. -- Up to the ears, deeply submerged; almost overwhelmed; as, to be in trouble up to one's ears. [Colloq.]

Ear

Ear (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Earing.] To take in with the ears; to hear. [Sportive] "I eared her language." Two Noble Kinsmen.

Ear

Ear, n. [AS. ear; akin to D. aar, OHG. ahir, G. \'84hre, Icel., Sw., & Dan. ax, Goth. ahs. . Cf. Awn, Edge.] The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.
First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Mark iv. 28.

Ear

Ear, v. i. To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

Ear

Ear, v. t. [OE. erien, AS. erian; akin to OFries. era, OHG. erran, MHG. eren, ern, Prov. G. aren, \'84ren, Icel. erja, Goth. arjan, Lith. arti, OSlav. orati, L. arare, Gr. Arable.] To plow or till; to cultivate. "To ear the land." Shak.

Earable

Ear"a*ble (?), a. Arable; tillable. [Archaic]

Earache

Ear"ache` (?), n. Ache or pain in the ear.

Earal

Ear"al (?), a. Receiving by the ear. [Obs.] Hewyt.

Ear-bored

Ear"-bored` (?), a. Having the ear perforated.

Earcap

Ear"cap` (?), n. A cap or cover to protect the ear from cold.

Earcockle

Ear"coc`kle (?), n. (Bot.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms.

Eardrop

Ear"drop` (?), n.

1. A pendant for the ear; an earring; as, a pair of eardrops.

2. (Bot.) A species of primrose. See Auricula.

Eardrum

Ear"drum` (?), n. (Anat.) The tympanum. See Illust. of Ear.

Eared

Eared (?), a.

1. Having (such or so many) ears; -- used in composition; as, long-eared-eared; sharp-eared; full-eared; ten-eared.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having external ears; having tufts of feathers resembling ears. Eared owl (Zo\'94l.), an owl having earlike tufts of feathers, as the long-eared owl, and short-eared owl. -- Eared seal (Zo\'94l.), any seal of the family Otariid\'91, including the fur seals and hair seals. See Seal.

Eariness

Ear"i*ness (?), n. [Scotch ery or eiry affected with fear.] Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural. [Written also eiryness.]
The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. De Quincey.

Earing

Ear"ing, n. (Naut.) (a) A line used to fasten the upper corners of a sail to the yard or gaff; -- also called head earing. (b) A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing. (c) A line fastening the corners of an awning to the rigging or stanchions.

Earing

Ear"ing, n. Coming into ear, as corn.

Earing

Ear"ing, n. A plowing of land. [Archaic]
Neither earing nor harvest. Gen. xlv. 6.

Earl

Earl (?), n. [OE. eorl, erl, AS. eorl man, noble; akin to OS. erl boy, man, Icel. jarl nobleman, count, and possibly to Gr. arshan man. Cf. Jarl.] A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

Earl

Earl, n. (Zo\'94l.) The needlefish. [Ireland]

Earlap

Ear"lap` (?), n. The lobe of the ear.

Earldom

Earl"dom (?), n. [AS. eorl-d; eorl man, noble + -d -dom.]

1. The jurisdiction of an earl; the territorial possessions of an earl.

2. The status, title, or dignity of an earl.

He [Pulteney] shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom. Chesterfield.

Earldorman

Earl"dor*man (?), n. Alderman. [Obs.]

Earlduck

Earl"duck` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

Earles penny

Earles" pen`ny (?). [Cf. Arles, 4th Earnest.] Earnest money. Same as Arles penny. [Obs.]

Earless

Ear"less (?), a. Without ears; hence, deaf or unwilling to hear. Pope.

Earlet

Ear"let (?), n. [Ear + -let.] An earring. [Obs.]
The Ismaelites were accustomed to wear golden earlets. Judg. viii. 24 (Douay version).

Earliness

Ear"li*ness (?), n. The state of being early or forward; promptness.

Earl marshal

Earl" mar"shal (?). An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.

Earlock

Ear"lock` (?), n. [AS. e\'a0r-locca.] A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock.

Early

Ear"ly (?), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS. ; sooner + l\'c6c like. See Ere, and Like.] Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17.
You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.

Early

Ear"ly, a. [Compar. Earlier (?); superl. Earliest.] [OE. earlich. Early, adv.]

1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. Burke.
The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. Hawthorne.

2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.

Seen in life's early morning sky. Keble.
The forms of its earlier manhood. Longfellow.
The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. J. C. Shairp.
Early English (Philol.) See the Note under English. -- Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries. Syn. -- Forward; timely; not late; seasonable.

Earmark

Ear"mark` (?), n.

1. A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.

2. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

Money is said to have no earmark. Wharton.
Flying, he [a slave] should be described by the rounding of his head, and his earmark. Robynson (More's Utopia).
A set of intellectual ideas . . . have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor. Burrow.

Earmark

Ear"mark`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earmarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Earmarking.] To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

Earn

Earn (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Ern, n. Sir W. Scott.

Earn

Earn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Earning.] [AS. earnian; akin to OHG. arn to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asneis hireling, AS. esne; cf. Icel. \'94nn working season, work.]

1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

The high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn. Milton.

2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.

I earn that [what] I eat. Shak.
The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. Burke.
Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side. Syn. -- See Obtain.

Earn

Earn (?), v. t. & i. [See 1st Yearn.] To grieve. [Obs.]

Earn

Earn, v. i. [See 4th Yearn.] To long; to yearn. [Obs.]
And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave. Spenser.

Earn

Earn, v. i. [AS. irnan to run. Rennet, and cf. Yearnings.] To curdle, as milk. [Prov. Eng.]

Earnest

Ear"nest (?), n. [AS. eornost, eornest; akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle, perh. akin to Gr. oriri to rise.] Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. Sir P. Sidney.
And given in earnest what I begged in jest. Shak.
In earnest, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly.

Earnest

Ear"nest, a.

1. Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -- used in a good sense; as, earnest prayers.

An earnest advocate to plead for him. Shak.

2. Intent; fixed closely; as, earnest attention.

3. Serious; important. [Obs.]

They whom earnest lets do often hinder. Hooker.
Syn. -- Eager; warm; zealous; ardent; animated; importunate; fervent; sincere; serious; hearty; urgent. See Eager.

Earnest

Ear"nest, v. t. To use in earnest. [R.]
To earnest them [our arms] with men. Pastor Fido (1602).

Earnest

Ear"nest, n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. arrhes, L. arra, arrha, arrhabo, Gr. ; or perh. fr. W. ernes, akin to Gael. earlas, perh. fr. L. arra. Cf. Arles, Earles penny.]

1. Something given, or a part paid beforehand, as a pledge; pledge; handsel; a token of what is to come.

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. i. 22.
And from his coffers Received the golden earnest of our death. Shak.

2. (Law) Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale. Kent. Ayliffe. Benjamin. Earnest money (Law), money paid as earnest, to bind a bargain or to ratify and prove a sale. Syn. -- Earnest, Pledge. These words are here compared as used in their figurative sense. Earnest is not so strong as pledge. An earnest, like first fruits, gives assurance, or at least a high probability, that more is coming of the same kind; a pledge, like money deposited, affords security and ground of reliance for the future. Washington gave earnest of his talent as commander by saving his troops after Braddock's defeat; his fortitude and that of his soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge might rightly be considered a pledge of their ultimate triumph.

Earnestful

Ear"nest*ful (?), a. Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Earnestly

Ear"nest*ly, adv. In an earnest manner.

Earnestness

Ear"nest*ness, n. The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.
An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving.

Earnful

Earn"ful (?), a. [From Earn to yearn.] Full of anxiety or yearning. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.

Earning

Earn"ing, n.; pl. Earnings (. That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings. Burke.

Earpick

Ear"pick` (?), n. An instrument for removing wax from the ear.

Ear-piercer

Ear"-pier`cer (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The earwig.

Earreach

Ear"reach` (?), n. Earshot. Marston.

Earring

Ear"ring` (?), n. An ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant.

Earsh

Earsh (?), n. See Arrish.

Ear-shell

Ear"-shell` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A flattened marine univalve shell of the genus Haliotis; -- called also sea-ear. See Abalone.
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Earshot

Ear"shot` (?), n. Reach of the ear; distance at which words may be heard. Dryden.

Earshrift

Ear"shrift` (?), n. A nickname for auricular confession; shrift. [Obs.] Cartwright.

Earsore

Ear"sore` (?), n. An annoyance to the ear. [R.]

Ear-splitting

Ear"-split`ting (?), a. Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting strains.

Earst

Earst (?), adv. See Erst. [Obs.] Spenser.

Earth

Earth (?), n. [AS. eor; akin to OS. ertha, OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel. j\'94r, Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a\'c6rpa, OHG. ero, Gr. ear to plow.]

1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the dwelling place of spirits.

That law preserves the earth a sphere And guides the planets in their course. S. Rogers.
In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in distinction from the air or water; the dry land.

God called the dry land earth. Gen. i. 10.
He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him. Shak.

3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth.

Give him a little earth for charity. Shak.

4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.

Would I had never trod this English earth. Shak.

5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.

Our weary souls by earth beguiled. Keble.

6. The people on the globe.

The whole earth was of one language. Gen. xi. 1.

7. (Chem.) (a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina, glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria. (b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.

8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as, the earth of a fox. Macaulay.

They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their earths. Holland.
&hand; Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple; earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or earth-closet. Adamic earth, Bitter earth, Bog earth, Chian earth, etc. See under Adamic, Bitter, etc. -- Alkaline earths. See under Alkaline. -- Earth apple. (Bot.) (a) A potato. (b) A cucumber. -- Earth auger, a form of auger for boring into the ground; -- called also earth borer. -- Earth bath, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in earth for healing purposes. -- Earth battery (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its moisture. -- Earth chestnut, the pignut. -- Earth closet, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the f\'91cal discharges. -- Earth dog (Zo\'94l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or enter holes of foxes, etc. -- Earth hog, Earth pig (Zo\'94l.), the aard-vark. -- Earth hunger, an intense desire to own land, or, in the case of nations, to extend their domain. -- Earth light (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called also earth shine. Sir J. Herschel. -- Earth metal. See 1st Earth,

7. (Chem.) -- Earth oil, petroleum. -- Earth pillars ∨ pyramids (Geol.), high pillars or pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone, found in Switzerland. Lyell. -- Earth pitch (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum. -- Earth quadrant, a fourth of the earth's circumference. -- Earth table (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in a building; the ground table. -- On earth, an intensive expression, oftenest used in questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do? Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]

Earth

Earth (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earthed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Earthing.]

1. To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den. "The fox is earthed." Dryden.

2. To cover with earth or mold; to inter; to bury; -- sometimes with up.

The miser earths his treasure, and the thief, Watching the mole, half beggars him ere noon. Young.
Why this in earthing up a carcass? R. Blair.

Earth

Earth, v. i. To burrow. Tickell.

Earth

Earth, n. [From Ear to plow.] A plowing. [Obs.]
Such land as ye break up for barley to sow, Two earths at the least, ere ye sow it, bestow. Tusser.

Earthbag

Earth"bag` (?), n. (Mil.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet.

Earthbank

Earth"bank` (?), n. A bank or mound of earth.

Earthboard

Earth"board` (?), n. (Agric.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard.

Earthborn

Earth"born` (?), a.

1. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human.

Some earthborn giant. Milton.

2. Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects.

All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith.

Earthbred

Earth"bred` (?), a. Low; grovelling; vulgar.

Earthdin

Earth"din` (?), n. An earthquake. [Obs.]

Earthdrake

Earth"drake` (?), n. A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding.

Earthen

Earth"en (?), a. Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Earthen-hearted

Earth"en-heart`ed (?), a. Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.

Earthenware

Earth"en*ware` (?), n. Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

Earth flax

Earth" flax` (?). (Min.) A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.

Earthfork

Earth"fork` (?), n. A pronged fork for turning up the earth.

Earthiness

Earth"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

Earthliness

Earth"li*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.

Earthling

Earth"ling (?), n. [Earth + -ling.] An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
Earthings oft her deemed a deity. Drummond.

Earthly

Earth"ly, a.

1. Pertaining to the earth; belonging to this world, or to man's existence on the earth; not heavenly or spiritual; carnal; worldly; as, earthly joys; earthly flowers; earthly praise.

This earthly load Of death, called life. Milton.
Whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Phil. iii. 19.

2. Of all things on earth; possible; conceivable.

What earthly benefit can be the result? Pope.

3. Made of earth; earthy. [Obs.] Holland. Syn. -- Gross; material; sordid; mean; base; vile; low; unsubstantial; temporary; corrupt; groveling.

Earthly

Earth"ly, adv. In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly.
Took counsel from his guiding eyes To make this wisdom earthly wise. Emerson.

Earthly-minded

Earth"ly-mind`ed (?), a. Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.

Earthmad

Earth"mad` (?), n. [Earth + mad an earthworm.] (Zo\'94l.) The earthworm. [Obs.]
The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.

Earthnut

Earth"nut` (?), n. (Bot.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: (a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. (b) The peanut. See Peanut.

Earthpea

Earth"pea` (?), n. (Bot.) A species of pea (Amphicarp\'91a monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

Earthquake

Earth"quake` (?), n. A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes traverses half a hemisphere, destroying cities and many thousand lives; -- called also earthdin, earthquave, and earthshock.<-- also temblor, tremor --> Earthquake alarm, a bell signal constructed to operate on the theory that a few seconds before the occurrence of an earthquake the magnet temporarily loses its power.

Earthquake

Earth"quake`, a. Like, or characteristic of, an earthquake; loud; starling.
The earthquake voice of victory. Byron.

Earthquave

Earth"quave` (?), n. An earthquake.

Earth shine

Earth" shine` (?). See Earth light, under Earth.

Earthshock

Earth"shock` (?), n. An earthquake.

Earthstar

Earth"star` (?), n. (Bot.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

Earth-tongue

Earth"-tongue` (?), n. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

Earthward, Earthwards

Earth"ward (?), Earth"wards (, adv. Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

Earthwork

Earth"work` (?), n.

1. (Mil.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc. (b) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Earthworm

Earth"worm` (?), n.

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. Norris.

Earthy

Earth"y (?), a.

1. Consisting of, or resembling, earth; terrene; earthlike; as, earthy matter.

How pale she looks, And of an earthy cold! Shak.
All over earthy, like a piece of earth. Tennyson.

2. Of or pertaining to the earth or to, this world; earthly; terrestrial; carnal. [R.] "Their earthy charge." Milton.

The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy. 1 Cor. xv. 47, 48 (Rev. Ver. )
Earthy spirits black and envious are. Dryden.

3. Gross; low; unrefined. "Her earthy and abhorred commands." Shak.

4. (Min.) Without luster, or dull and roughish to the touch; as, an earthy fracture.

Earwax

Ear"wax` (?), n. (Anat.) See Cerumen.

Earwig

Ear"wig` (?), n. [AS. e\'a0rwicga; e\'a0re ear + wicga beetle, worm: cf. Prov. E. erri-wiggle.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any insect of the genus Forticula and related genera, belonging to the order Euplexoptera.

2. (Zo\'94l.) In America, any small chilopodous myriapod, esp. of the genus Geophilus. &hand; Both insects are so called from the supposition that they creep into the human ear.

3. A whisperer of insinuations; a secret counselor. Johnson.

Earwig

Ear"wig` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Earwigged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Earwigging (?).] To influence, or attempt to influence, by whispered insinuations or private talk. "No longer was he earwigged by the Lord Cravens." Lord Campbell.

Earwitness

Ear"wit`ness (?), n. A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer. Fuller.

Ease

Ease (?), n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.]

1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.]

They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. Chaucer.

2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. Herbert.
Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. Swift.
(b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. Deut. xxviii. 65.
Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Luke xii. 19.
(c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope.
Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. Dryden.
At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease." Ps. xxv. 12. -- Chapel of ease. See under Chapel. -- Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious. -- To stand at ease (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks. -- With ease, easily; without much effort. Syn. -- Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquility; facility; easiness; readiness.

Ease

Ease (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Eased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Easing.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See Ease, n.]

1. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

Eased [from] the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear. Milton.
Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load. Dryden.

2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

My couch shall ease my complaint. Job vii. 13.

3. To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.] Chaucer. To ease off, To ease away (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually. -- To ease a ship (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled. -- To ease the helm (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn. -- To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.

Easeful

Ease"ful (?), a. Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful. Shak. -- Ease"ful*ly, adv. -- Ease"ful*ness, n.

Easel

Ea"sel (?), n. [D. ezel ass, donkey, hence, easel, or G. esel; akin to E. ass. See Ass.] A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition. Easel picture, Easel piece, a painting of moderate size such as is made while resting on an easel, as distinguished from a painting on a wall or ceiling.

Easeless

Ease"less (?), a. Without ease. Donne.

Easement

Ease"ment (?), n. [OF. aisement. See Ease, n.]

1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

In need of every kind of relief and easement. Burke.

2. (Law) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude. Kent.

3. (Arch.) A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Easily

Eas"i*ly (?), adv. [From Easy.]

1. With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.

2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. Sir W. Temple.

3. Readily; without reluctance; willingly.

Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. Prior.

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4. Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without

5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.

Easiness

Eas"i*ness (?), n.

1. The state or condition of being easy; freedom from distress; rest.

2. Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.

3. Freedom from emotion; compliance; disposition to yield without opposition; unconcernedness.

Give to him, and he shall but laugh at your easiness. South.

4. Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc.

With painful care, but seeming easiness. Roscommon.

5. Freedom from jolting, jerking, or straining.

East

East (?), n. [OE. est, east, AS. e\'a0st; akin to D. oost, oosten, OHG. , G. ost, osten, Icel. austr, Sw. ost, Dan. \'94st, \'94sten, Lith. auszra dawn, L. aurora (for ausosa), Gr. ushas; cf. Skr. ush to burn, L. urere. Aurora, Easter, Sterling.]

1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west.

The east began kindle. E. Everett.

2. The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe; the orient. In this indefinite sense, the word is applied to Asia Minor, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, India, China, etc.; as, the riches of the East; the diamonds and pearls of the East; the kings of the East.

The gorgeous East, with richest hand, Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. Milton.

3. (U. S. Hist. and Geog.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Alleghany Mountains, esp. the Eastern, or New England, States; now, commonly, the whole region east of the Mississippi River, esp. that which is north of Maryland and the Ohio River; -- usually with the definite article; as, the commerce of the East is not independent of the agriculture of the West. East by north, East by south, according to the notation of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 11 -- East-northeast, East-southeast, that which lie 22Illust. of Compass.

East

East (?), a. Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east side; the east wind is a wind that blows from the east.

East

East, adv. Eastward.

East

East, v. i. To move toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east; to orientate.

Easter

Eas"ter (?), n. [AS. e\'a0ster, e\'a0stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E\'a0stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E\'a0sterm. From the root of E. east. See East.]

1. An annual church festival commemorating Christ's resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, p\'83que, or pask.

2. The day on which the festival is observed; Easter day. &hand; Easter is used either adjectively or as the first element of a compound; as, Easter day or Easter-day, Easter Sunday, Easter week, Easter gifts.

Sundays by thee more glorious break, An Easter day in every week. Keble.
&hand; Easter day, on which the rest of the movable feasts depend, is always the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the calendar moon which (fourteenth day) falls on, or next after, the 21st of March, according to the rules laid down for the construction of the calendar; so that if the fourteenth day happen on a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after. Eng. Cyc. Easter dues (Ch. of Eng.), money due to the clergy at Easter, formerly paid in communication of the tithe for personal labor and subject to exaction. For Easter dues, Easter offerings, voluntary gifts, have been substituted. -- Easter egg. (a) A painted or colored egg used as a present at Easter. (b) An imitation of an egg, in sugar or some fine material, sometimes made to serve as a box for jewelry or the like, used as an Easter present.

Easter

East"er (?), v. i. (Naut.) To veer to the east; -- said of the wind. Russell.

Easterling

East"er*ling (?), n. [Cf. Sterling.]

1. A native of a country eastward of another; -- used, by the English, of traders or others from the coasts of the Baltic.

Merchants of Norway, Denmark, . . . called . . . Easterlings because they lie east in respect of us. Holinshed.

2. A piece of money coined in the east by Richard II. of England. Crabb.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The smew.

Easterling

East"er*ling, a. Relating to the money of the Easterlings, or Baltic traders. See Sterling.

Easterly

East"er*ly, a.

1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.

Easterly

East"er*ly, adv. Toward, or in the direction of, the east.

Eastern

East"ern (?), a. [AS. e\'a0stern.]

1. Situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries.

Eastern churches first did Christ embrace. Stirling.

2. Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. Eastern Church. See Greek Church, under Greek.

Easternmost

East"ern*most` (?), a. Most eastern.

East Indian

East" In"di*an (?; see Indian). Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n. A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies.

Easting

East"ing, n. (Naut. & Surv.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

East-insular

East`-in"su*lar (?), a. Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] Ogilvie.

Eastward, Eastwards

East"ward (?), East"wards (?), adv. Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

Easy

Eas"y (?), a. [Compar. Easier (?); superl. Easiest.] [OF. aisi\'82, F. ais\'82, prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See Ease, v. t.]

1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: (a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. (b) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. "The easy vigor of a line." Pope.

2. Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. "Easy ways to die." Shak.

3. Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

It were an easy leap. Shak.

4. Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

5. Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

He gained their easy hearts. Dryden.
He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch. Sir W. Scott.

6. Moderate; sparing; frugal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

7. (Com.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight. Honors are easy (Card Playing), said when each side has an equal number of honors, in which case they are not counted as points. Syn. -- Quiet; comfortable; manageable; tranquil; calm; facile; unconcerned.

Easy-chair

Eas"y-chair` (?), n. An armichair for ease or repose. "Laugh . . . in Rabelais' easy-chair." Pope.

Easy-going

Eas"y-go`ing (?), a. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.

Eat

Eat (?), v. t. [imp. Ate (?; 277), Obsolescent & Colloq. Eat (; p. p. Eaten (?), Obs. or Colloq. Eat (p. pr. & vb. n. Eating.] [OE. eten, AS. etan; akin to OS. etan, OFries. eta, D. eten, OHG. ezzan, G. essen, Icel. eta, Sw. \'84ta, Dan. \'91de, Goth. itan, Ir. & Gael. ith, W. ysu, L. edere, Gr. ad. Etch, Fret to rub, Edible.]

1. To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread. "To eat grass as oxen." Dan. iv. 25.

They . . . ate the sacrifices of the dead. Ps. cvi. 28.
The lean . . . did eat up the first seven fat kine. Gen. xli. 20.
The lion had not eaten the carcass. 1 Kings xiii. 28.
With stories told of many a feat, How fairy Mab junkets eat. Milton.
The island princes overbold Have eat our substance. Tennyson.
His wretched estate is eaten up with mortgages. Thackeray.

2. To corrode, as metal, by rust; to consume the flesh, as a cancer; to waste or wear away; to destroy gradually; to cause to disappear. To eat humble pie. See under Humble. -- To eat of (partitive use). "Eat of the bread that can not waste." Keble. -- To eat one's words, to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.) -- To eat out, to consume completely. "Eat out the heart and comfort of it." Tillotson. -- To eat the wind out of a vessel (Naut.), to gain slowly to windward of her. Syn. -- To consume; devour; gnaw; corrode.

Eat

Eat, v. i.

1. To take food; to feed; especially, to take solid, in distinction from liquid, food; to board.

He did eat continually at the king's table. 2 Sam. ix. 13.

2. To taste or relish; as, it eats like tender beef.

3. To make one's way slowly. To eat, To eat in ∨ into, to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume. "A sword laid by, which eats into itself." Byron. -- To eat to windward (Naut.), to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel.

Eatable

Eat"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being eaten; fit to be eaten; proper for food; esculent; edible. -- n. Something fit to be eaten.

Eatage

Eat"age (?; 48), n. Eatable growth of grass for horses and cattle, esp. that of aftermath.

Eater

Eat"er (?), n. One who, or that which, eats.

Eath

Eath (?), a. & adv. [AS. e\'a0.] Easy or easily. [Obs.] "Eath to move with plaints." Fairfax.

Eating

Eat"ing (?), n.

1. The act of tasking food; the act of consuming or corroding.

2. Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating. [Colloq.] Eating house, a house where cooked provisions are sold, to be eaten on the premises.

Eau de Cologne

Eau` de Co*logne" (?). [F. eau water (L. aqua) + de of + Cologne.] Same as Cologne.

Eau de vie

Eau` de vie" (?). [F., water of life; eau (L. aqua) water + de of + vie (L. vita) life.] French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vit\'91, under Aqua. Bescherelle.

Eavedrop

Eave"drop` (?), n. A drop from the eaves; eavesdrop. [R.] Tennyson.

Eaves

Eaves (?), n. pl. [OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG. obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel. upsar-dropi, OSw. ops\'84-drup water dropping from the eaves. Probably from the root of E. over. The s of eaves is in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon. See Over, and cf. Eavesdrop.]

1. (Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.

2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.] "Eaves of the hill." Wyclif.

3. Eyelids or eyelashes.

And closing eaves of wearied eyes. Tennyson.
Eaves board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath. -- Eaves channel, Eaves gutter, Eaves trough. Same as Gutter,

1. -- Eaves molding (Arch.), a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice. -- Eaves swallow (Zo\'94l.). (a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See Cliff swallow, under Cliff. (b) The European swallow.

Eavesdrop

Eaves"drop` (?), v. i. [Eaves + drop.] To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private.
To eavesdrop in disguises. Milton.

Eavesdrop

Eaves"drop`, n. The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house.

Eavesdropper

Eaves"drop`per (?), n. One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener.

Eavesdropping

Eaves"drop`ping (?), n. (Law) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton.

Ebb

Ebb (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European bunting.

Ebb

Ebb, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even.]

1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.

Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of morality! Shelley.

2. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay. "Our ebb of life." Roscommon.

Painting was then at its lowest ebb. Dryden.
Ebb and flow, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively.
This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial. A. T. Hadley.

Ebb

Ebb (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ebbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ebbing.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See 2d Ebb.]

1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. Pope.

2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

The hours of life ebb fast. Blackmore.
Syn. -- To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane; sink; lower.

Ebb

Ebb, v. t. To cause to flow back. [Obs.] Ford.

Ebb

Ebb, a. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. Holland.

Ebb tide

Ebb" tide` (?). The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.

Ebionite

E"bi*o*nite (?), n. [Heb. ebyon\'c6m poor people.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament.

Ebionitism

E"bi*o*ni`tism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.

Eblanin

Eb"la*nin (?), n. (Chem.) See Pyroxanthin.

Eblis

Eb"lis (?), n. [Ar. iblis.] (Moham. Myth.) The prince of the evil spirits; Satan. [Written also Eblees.]

Ebon

Eb"on (?), a.

1. Consisting of ebony.

2. Like ebony, especially in color; black; dark.

Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne. Young.

Ebon

Eb"on, n. Ebony. [Poetic] "Framed of ebon and ivory." Sir W. Scott.

Ebonist

Eb"on*ist (?), n. One who works in ebony.

Ebonite

Eb"on*ite (?), n. (Chem.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.

Ebonize

Eb"on*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ebonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ebonizing.] To make black, or stain black, in imitation of ebony; as, to ebonize wood.

Ebony

Eb"on*y (?), n.; pl. Ebonies (#). [F. \'82b\'8ane, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. hobn\'c6m, pl. Cf. Ebon.] A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. &hand; The finest black ebony is the heartwood of Diospyros reticulata, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus (D. Ebenum, Melanoxylon, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree (Brya Ebenus), and from the Exc\'91caria glandulosa.

Ebony

Eb"on*y, a. Made of ebony, or resembling ebony; black; as, an ebony countenance.
This ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling. Poe.

Ebracteate

E*brac"te*ate (?), a. [Pref. e- + bracteate.] (Bot.) Without bracts.

Ebracteolate

E*brac"te*o*late (?), a. [Pref. e- + bracteolate.] (Bot.) Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.

Ebrauke

E*brau"ke (?), a. [L. Hebraicus: cf. F. H\'82bra\'8bque.] Hebrew. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ebriety

E*bri"e*ty (?), n.; pl. Ebrieties (#). [L. ebrietas, from. ebrius intoxicated: cf. F. \'82bri\'82te. Cf. So.] Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety. "Ruinous ebriety." Cowper.
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Ebrillade

E*bril"lade (?), n. [F.] (Man.) A bridle check; a jerk of one rein, given to a horse when he refuses to turn.

Ebriosity

E`bri*os"i*ty (?), n. [L. ebriositas, from ebriousus given to drinking, fr. ebrius. See Ebriety.] Addiction to drink; habitual drunkenness.

Ebrious

E"bri*ous (?), a. [L. ebrius.] Inclined to drink to excess; intoxicated; tipsy. [R.] M. Collins.

Ebulliate

E*bul"li*ate (?), v. i. To boil or bubble up. [Obs.] Prynne.

Ebullience; 106, Ebulliency

E*bul"lience (?; 106), E*bul"lien*cy (?), n. A boiling up or over; effervescence. Cudworth.

Ebullient

E*bul"lient (?), a. [L. ebulliens, -entis, p. pr. of ebullire to boil up, bubble up; e out, from + bullire to boil. See 1st Boil.] Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing. "Ebullient with subtlety." De Quincey.
The ebullient enthusiasm of the French. Carlyle.

Ebullioscope

E*bul"li*o*scope (?), n. [L. ebullire to boil up + -scope.] (Phys. Chem.) An instrument for observing the boiling point of liquids, especially for determining the alcoholic strength of a mixture by the temperature at which it boils.

Ebullition

Eb`ul*li"tion (?), n. [F. \'82bullition, L. ebullitio, fr. ebullire. See Ebullient.]

1. A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.

2. Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an a\'89riform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali. [Formerly written bullition.]

3. A sudden burst or violent display; an outburst; as, an ebullition of anger or ill temper.

Eburin

Eb"ur*in (?), n. A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc. Knight.

Eburnation

E`bur*na"tion (?), n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. \'82burnation. See Ivory.] (Med.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

Eburnean

E*bur"ne*an (?), a. [L. eburneus, fr. ebur ivory. See Ivory.] Made of or relating to ivory.

Eburnification

E*bur`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. eburnus of ivory (fr. ebur ivory) + facere to make.] The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

Eburnine

Eb"ur*nine (?), a. Of or pertaining to ivory. "[She] read from tablet eburnine." Sir W. Scott.

Ecardines

E*car"di*nes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. e out, without + cardo a hinge.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.

\'90cart\'82

\'90`car`t\'82" (?), n. [F., prop. fr. \'82carter to reject, discard.] A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.

Ecaudate

E*cau"date (?), a. [Pref. e- + caudate.]

1. (Bot.) Without a tail or spur.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Tailless.

Ecballium

Ec*bal"li*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Ecbole.] (Bot.) A genus of cucurbitaceous plants consisting of the single species Ecballium agreste (or Elaterium), the squirting cucumber. Its fruit, when ripe, bursts and violently ejects its seeds, together with a mucilaginous juice, from which elaterium, a powerful cathartic medicine, is prepared.

Ecbasis

Ec"ba*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.

Ecbatic

Ec*bat"ic (?), a. [See Ecbasis.] (Gram.) Denoting a mere result or consequence, as distinguished from telic, which denotes intention or purpose; thus the phrase so that
it was fulfilled," is ecbatic; if rendered "in order that it might be." etc., is telic.
The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T. Browne.

Ecbole

Ec"bo*le (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.

Ecbolic

Ec*bol"ic (?), n. [See Ecbole.] (Med.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus.

Ecboline

Ec"bo*line (?; 104), n. [Gr. (Chem.) An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion.

Eccaleobion

Ec`ca*le*o"bi*on (?), n. [Gr. A contrivance for hatching eggs by artificial heat.

Ecce homo

Ec"ce ho"mo (?). [L., behold the man. See John xix. 5.] (Paint.) A picture which represents the Savior as given up to the people by Pilate, and wearing a crown of thorns.

Eccentric

Ec*cen"tric (?), a. [F. excentrique, formerly also spelled eccentrique, fr. LL. eccentros out of the center, eccentric, Gr. Ex-, and Center, and cf. Excentral.]

1. Deviating or departing from the center, or from the line of a circle; as, an eccentric or elliptical orbit; pertaining to deviation from the center or from true circular motion.

2. Not having the same center; -- said of circles, ellipses, spheres, etc., which, though coinciding, either in whole or in part, as to area or volume, have not the same center; -- opposed to concentric.

3. (Mach.) Pertaining to an eccentric; as, the eccentric rod in a steam engine.

4. Not coincident as to motive or end.

His own ends, which must needs be often eccentric to those of his master. Bacon.

5. Deviating from stated methods, usual practice, or established forms or laws; deviating from an appointed sphere or way; departing from the usual course; irregular; anomalous; odd; as, eccentric conduct. "This brave and eccentric young man." Macaulay.

He shines eccentric, like a comet's blaze. Savage.
Eccentric anomaly. (Astron.) See Anomaly. -- Eccentric chuck (Mach.), a lathe chuck so constructed that the work held by it may be altered as to its center of motion, so as to produce combinations of eccentric combinations of eccentric circles. -- Eccentric gear. (Mach.) (a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine. (b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. -- Eccentric hook ∨ gab, a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap. -- Eccentric rod, the rod that connects as eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric. -- Eccentric sheave, ∨ Eccentric pulley, an eccentric. -- Eccentric strap, the ring, operating as a journal box, that encircles and receives motion from an eccentric; -- called also eccentric hoop. Syn. -- Irregular; anomalous; singular; odd; peculiar; erratic; idiosyncratic; strange; whimsical.

Eccentric

Ec*cen"tric (?), n.

1. A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

2. One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or thing.

3. (Astron.) (a) In the Ptolemaic system, the supposed circular orbit of a planet about the earth, but with the earth not in its center. (b) A circle described about the center of an elliptical orbit, with half the major axis for radius. Hutton.

4. (Mach.) A disk or wheel so arranged upon a shaft that the center of the wheel and that of the shaft do not coincide. It is used for operating valves in steam engines, and for other purposes. The motion derived is precisely that of a crank having the same throw. Back eccentric, the eccentric that reverses or backs the valve gear and the engine. -- Fore eccentric, the eccentric that imparts a forward motion to the valve gear and the engine.

Eccentrical

Ec*cen"tric*al (?), a. See Eccentric.

Eccentrically

Ec*cen"tric*al*ly, adv. In an eccentric manner.
Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace.

Eccentricity

Ec`cen*tric"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Eccentricities (#). [Cf. F. excentricit\'82.]

1. The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

2. (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis.

3. (Astron.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.

4. (Mech.) The distance of the center of figure of a body, as of an eccentric, from an axis about which it turns; the throw.

Ecchymose

Ec"chy*mose (?), v. t. (Med.) To discolor by the production of an ecchymosis, or effusion of blood, beneath the skin; -- chiefly used in the passive form; as, the parts were much ecchymosed.

Ecchymosis

Ec`chy*mo"sis (?), n.; pl. Ecchymoses (. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion.

Ecchymotic

Ec`chy*mot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to ecchymosis.

Eccle

Ec"cle (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European green woodpecker; -- also called ecall, eaquall, yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]

Ecclesia

Ec*cle"si*a (?), n.; pl. Ecclesi\'91 (. [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building.

Ecclesial

Ec*cle"si*al (?), a. Ecclesiastical. [Obs.] Milton.

Ecclesiarch

Ec*cle"si*arch (?), n. [LL. ecclesiarcha, fr. Gr. eccl\'82siarque.] An official of the Eastern Church, resembling a sacrist in the Western Church.

Ecclesiast

Ec*cle"si*ast (?), n.

1. An ecclesiastic. Chaucer.

2. The Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. [Obs.]

Ecclesiastes

Ec*cle`si*as"tes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Ecclesiastic, a.] One of the canonical books of the Old Testament.

Ecclesiastic

Ec*cle`si*as"tic (?; 277), a. [L. ecclesiasticus, Gr. Ex-, and Hale, v. t., Haul.] Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical. "Ecclesiastic government." Swift.

Ecclesiastic

Ec*cle`si*as"tic, n. A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest.
From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. Prescott.

Ecclesiastical

Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al (?), a. [See Ecclesiastical, a.] Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts.
Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. Cowper.
Ecclesiastical commissioners for England, a permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church. -- Ecclesiastical courts, courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also Christian courts. [Eng.] -- Ecclesiastical law, a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.] -- Ecclesiastical modes (Mus.), the church modes, or the scales anciently used. -- Ecclesiastical States, the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also States of the Church.<-- and Papal States. -->

Ecclesiastically

Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.

Ecclesiasticism

Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism (?), n. Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.

Ecclesiasticus

Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cus (?), n. [L.] A book of the Apocrypha.

Ecclesiological

Ec*cle`si*o*log"ic*al (?), a. Belonging to ecclesiology.

Ecclesiologist

Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in ecclesiology.

Ecclesiology

Ec*cle`si*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Ecclesia + -logy.] The science or theory of church building and decoration.

Eccritic

Ec*crit"ic (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A remedy which promotes discharges, as an emetic, or a cathartic.

Ecderon

Ec"der*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) See Ecteron. -- Ec`der*on"ic (#), a.

Ecdysis

Ec"dy*sis (?), n.; pl. Ecdyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kdysis a getting out, fr. 'ekdy`ein, to put off; 'ek out + dy`ein to enter.] (Biol.) The act of shedding, or casting off, an outer cuticular layer, as in the case of serpents, lobsters, etc.; a coming out; as, the ecdysis of the pupa from its shell; exuviation.

Ecgonine

Ec"go*nine (?; 104), n. [Gr. 'e`kgonos sprung from.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, nitrogenous base, obtained by the decomposition of cocaine.

(?), n. [F.] A small chamber or place of protection for a sentinel, usually in the form of a projecting turret, or the like. See Castle.

Eche

Ech"e (?), a. ∨ a. pron. Each. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Echelon

Ech"e*lon (?), n. [F., fr. \'82chelle ladder, fr. L. scala.]

1. (Mil.) An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Upton (Tactics).

2. (Naval) An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or Encyc. Dict. Echelon lens (Optics), a large lens constructed in several parts or layers, extending in a succession of annular rings beyond the central lens; -- used in lighthouses.

Echelon

Ech"e*lon (?), v. t. (Mil.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.

Echelon

Ech"e*lon, v. i. To take position in echelon.
Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from the right. Upton (Tactics).

Echidna

E*chid"na (?), n. [L., a viper, adder, Gr.

1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater.

Echidnine

E*chid"nine (?; 104), n. [See Echidna.] (Chem.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. Brande & C.

Echinate, Echinated

Ech"i*nate (?), Ech"i*na`ted (?), a. [L. echinatus. See Echinus.] Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp.

Echinid

E*chi"nid (?), a. & n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Echinoid.

Echinidan

E*chin"i*dan (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82chinide.] (Zo\'94l.) One the Echinoidea.

Echinital

E*chin"i*tal (?), a. Of, or like, an echinite.

Echinite

Ech"i*nite (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82chinite. See Echinus.] (Paleon.) A fossil echinoid.

Echinococcus

E*chi`no*coc"cus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T\'91nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

Echinoderm

E*chin"o*derm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Echinodermata.

Echinodermal

E*chi`no*der"mal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.

Echinodermata

E*chi`no*der"ma*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also Echinoderma.]
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&hand; The species usually have an exterior calcareous skeleton, or shell, made of many pieces, and often covered with spines, to which the name. They may be star-shaped, cylindrical, disk-shaped, or more or less spherical. The body consists of several similar parts (spheromeres) repeated symmetrically around a central axis, at one end of which the mouth is situated. They generally have suckers for locomotion. The group includes the following classes: Crinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, Echinoidea, and Holothurioidea. See these words in the Vocabulary, and also Ambulacrum.

Echinodermatous

E*chi`no*der"ma*tous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Relating to Echinodermata; echinodermal.

Echinoid

E*chi"noid (?), a. [Echinus + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Echinoidea. -- n. One of the Echinoidea.

Echinoidea

Ech`i*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Echinus, and -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. [Written also Echinidea, and Echinoida.]

Echinozoa

E*chi`no*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The Echinodermata.

Echinulate

E*chin"u*late (?), a. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Set with small spines or prickles.

Echinus

E*chi"nus (?), n.; pl. Echini (#). [L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) A hedgehog.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe.

3. (Arch.) (a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature. (b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column (c) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin.

Echiuroidea

Ech`i*u*roi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. echiurus, the name of one genus (Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.

Echo

Ech"o (?), n.; pl. Echoes (#). [L. echo, Gr. v\'be to sound, bellow; perh. akin to E. voice: cf. F. \'82cho.]

1. A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

The babbling echo mocks the hounds. Shak.
The woods shall answer, and the echo ring. Pope.

2. Fig.: Sympathetic recognition; response; answer.

Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them. Fuller.
Many kind, and sincere speeches found an echo in his heart. R. L. Stevenson.

3. (a) (Myth. & Poetic) A wood or mountain nymph, regarded as repeating, and causing the reverberation of them.

Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell. Milton.
(b) (Gr. Myth.) A nymph, the daughter of Air and Earth, who, for love of Narcissus, pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
Compelled me to awake the courteous Echo To give me answer from her mossy couch. Milton.
Echo organ (Mus.), a set organ pipes inclosed in a box so as to produce a soft, distant effect; -- generally superseded by the swell. -- Echo stop (Mus.), a stop upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. -- To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M. Arnold.
I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

Echo

Ech"o, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Echoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Echoing. -- 3d pers. sing. pres. Echoes (.]

1. To send back (a sound); to repeat in sound; to reverberate.

Those peals are echoed by the Trojan throng. Dryden.
The wondrous sound Is echoed on forever. Keble.

2. To repeat with assent; to respond; to adopt.

They would have echoed the praises of the men whom they Macaulay.

Echo

Ech"o, v. i. To give an echo; to resound; to be sounded back; as, the hall echoed with acclamations. "Echoing noise." Blackmore.

Echoer

Ech"o*er (?), n. One who, or that which, echoes.

Echoless

Ech"o*less, a. Without echo or response.

Echometer

E*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. \'82chom\'8atre.] (Mus) A graduated scale for measuring the duration of sounds, and determining their different, and the relation of their intervals. J. J. Rousseau.

Echometry

E*chom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82chom\'82trie.]

1. The art of measuring the duration of sounds or echoes.

2. The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

Echon, Echoon

Ech*on" (?), Ech*oon" (?), pron. Each one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Echoscope

Ech"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax. Knight.

(?), n. [F.] (Cookery) A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.

Eclaircise

E*clair"cise (?), v. t. [F. \'82claircir; pref. es- (L. ex) + clair clear, L. clarus.] To make clear; to clear up what is obscure or not understood; to explain.

Eclaircissement

E*clair"cisse*ment (?), n. [F., fr. \'82claircir. See Eclaircise, v. t.] The clearing up of anything which is obscure or not easily understood; an explanation.
The eclaircissement ended in the discovery of the informer. Clarendon.

Eclampsia

Ec*lamp"si*a (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions. &hand; The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions.

Eclampsy

Ec*lamp"sy (?), n. (Med.) Same as Eclampsia.

Eclat

E*clat" (?), n. [F. \'82clat a fragment, splinter, explosion, brilliancy, splendor, fr. \'82clater to splinter, burst, explode, shine brilliantly, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. sleizan to slit, split, fr. sl\'c6zan, G. schleissen; akin to E. slit.]

1. Brilliancy of success or effort; splendor; brilliant show; striking effect; glory; renown. "The eclat of Homer's battles." Pope.

2. Demonstration of admiration and approbation; applause. Prescott.

Eclectic

Ec*lec"tic (?), a. [Gr. \'82clectique. See Eclogue, and cf. Elect.]

1. Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

2. Consisting, or made up, of what is chosen or selected; as, an eclectic method; an eclectic magazine. Eclectic physician, one of a class of practitioners of medicine, who select their modes of practice and medicines from all schools; formerly, sometimes the same as botanic physician. [U.S.] -- Eclectic school. (Paint.) See Bolognese school, under Bolognese.

Eclectic

Ec*lec"tic (?), n. One who follows an eclectic method.

Eclectically

Ec*lec"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.

Eclecticism

Ec*lec"ti*cism (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82clecticisme. Cf. Electicism.] Theory or practice of an eclectic.

Eclegm

Ec*legm" (?), n. [F. \'82clegme, L. ecligma, fr. Gr. (Med.) A medicine made by mixing oils with sirups. John Quincy.

Eclipse

E*clipse" (?), n. [F. \'82clipse, L. eclipsis, fr. Gr. Ex-, and Loan.]

1. (Astron.) An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and the eye, or between the luminous body and that illuminated by it. A lunar eclipse is caused by the moon passing through the earth's shadow; a solar eclipse, by the moon coming between the sun and the observer. A satellite is eclipsed by entering the shadow of its primary. The obscuration of a planet or star by the moon or a planet, though of the nature of an eclipse, is called an occultation. The eclipse of a small portion of the sun by Mercury or Venus is called a transit of the planet. &hand; In ancient times, eclipses were, and among unenlightened people they still are, superstitiously regarded as forerunners of evil fortune, a sentiment of which occasional use is made in literature.

That fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark. Milton.

2. The loss, usually temporary or partial, of light, brilliancy, luster, honor, consciousness, etc.; obscuration; gloom; darkness.

All the posterity of our fist parents suffered a perpetual eclipse of spiritual life. Sir W. Raleigh.
As in the soft and sweet eclipse, When soul meets soul on lovers' lips. Shelley.
Annular eclipse. (Astron.) See under Annular. -- Cycle of eclipses. See under Cycle.

Eclipse

E*clipse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eclipsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eclipsing.]

1. To cause the obscuration of; to darken or hide; -- said of a heavenly body; as, the moon eclipses the sun.

2. To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing. "His eclipsed state." Dryden.

My joy of liberty is half eclipsed. Shak.

Eclipse

E*clipse", v. i. To suffer an eclipse.
While the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms. Milton.

Ecliptic

E*clip"tic (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82cliptique, L. linea ecliptica, Gr. Ecliptic, a.]

1. (Astron.) A great circle of the celestial sphere, making an angle with the equinoctial of about 23° 28\'b7. It is the apparent path of the sun, or the real path of the earth as seen from the sun.

2. (Geog.) A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23° 28\'b7 with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astronomical problems.

Ecliptic

E*clip"tic, a. [L. eclipticus belonging to an eclipse, Gr. Eclipse.]

1. Pertaining to the ecliptic; as, the ecliptic way.

2. Pertaining to an eclipse or to eclipses. Lunar ecliptic limit (Astron.), the space of 12° on the moon's orbit from the node, within which, if the moon happens to be at full, it will be eclipsed. -- Solar ecliptic limit, the space of 17° from the lunar node, within which, if a conjunction of the sun and moon occur, the sun will be eclipsed.

Eclogite

Ec"lo*gite (?), n. [See Ecloque.] (Min.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

Eclogue

Ec"logue (?), n. [L. ecloga, Gr. \'82gloque, \'82cloque. See Ex-, and Legend.] A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.

Economic; 277, Economical

E`co*nom"ic (?; 277), E`co*nom"ic*al (?), a. [F. \'82conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. Economy.]

1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.]" Milton.

2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs.

And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. Sir J. Davies.

3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits.

Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. Harte.

4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time.

5. Relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to political economy; as, economic purposes; economical truths.

These matters economical and political. J. C. Shairp.
There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. Palfrey.
Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. H. C. Baird.

6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. Grew. &hand; Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs.

Economically

E`co*nom"ic*al*ly (?), adv. With economy; with careful management; with prudence in expenditure.

Economics

E`co*nom"ics (?), n. [Gr. Economic.]

1. The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.

2. Political economy; the science of the utilities or the useful application of wealth or material resources. See Political economy, under Political. "In politics and economics." V. Knox.

Economist

E*con"o*mist (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82conomiste.]

1. One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. "Economists even to parsimony." Burke.

2. One who is conversant with political economy; a student of economics.

Economization

E*con`o*mi*za"tion (?), n. The act or practice of using to the best effect. [R.] H. Spenser.

Economize

E*con"o*mize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Economized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Economizing.] [Cf. F. \'82conomiser.] To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. [Written also economise.]
Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.

Economize

E*con"o*mize, v. i. To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich. [Written also economise.] Milton.

Economizer

E*con"o*mi`zer (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, economizes.

2. Specifically: (Steam Boilers) An arrangement of pipes for heating feed water by waste heat in the gases passing to the chimney.

Economy

E*con"o*my (?), n.; pl. Economies (#). [F. \'82conomie, L. oeconomia household management, fr. Gr. vicus village, E. vicinity) + Vicinity, Nomad.]

1. The management of domestic affairs; the regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy.

Himself busy in charge of the household economies. Froude.

2. Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; esp., such management as directly concerns wealth; as, political economy.

3. The system of rules and regulations by which anything is managed; orderly system of regulating the distribution and uses of parts, conceived as the result of wise and economical adaptation in the author, whether human or divine; as, the animal or vegetable economy; the economy of a poem; the Jewish economy.

The position which they [the verb and adjective] hold in the general economy of language. Earle.
In the Greek poets, as also in Plautus, we shall see the economy . . . of poems better observed than in Terence. B. Jonson.
The Jews already had a Sabbath, which, as citizens and subjects of that economy, they were obliged to keep. Paley.

4. Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony. Political economy. See under Political. Syn. -- Economy, Frugality, Parsimony. Economy avoids all waste and extravagance, and applies money to the best advantage; frugality cuts off indulgences, and proceeds on a system of saving. The latter conveys the idea of not using or spending superfluously, and is opposed to lavishness or profusion. Frugality is usually applied to matters of consumption, and commonly points to simplicity of manners; parsimony is frugality carried to an extreme, involving meanness of spirit, and a sordid mode of living. Economy is a virtue, and parsimony a vice.


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I have no other notion of economy than that it is the parent to liberty and ease. Swift.
The father was more given to frugality, and the son to riotousness [luxuriousness]. Golding.

(?), n. [F.] (Fine Arts) A manikin, or image, representing an animal, especially man, with the skin removed so that the muscles are exposed for purposes of study.

(?), n. [F.] (Mus.) A dancing tune in the Scotch style.

Ecostate

E*cos"tate (?), a. [Pref. e- + costate.] (Bot.) Having no ribs or nerves; -- said of a leaf.

(?), n. [F., a listening place.] (Mil.) One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.

Ecphasis

Ec"pha*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) An explicit declaration.

Ecphonema

Ec`pho*ne"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.

Ecphoneme

Ec"pho*neme (?), n. [See Ecphonema.] A mark (!) used to indicate an exclamation. G. Brown.

Ecphonesis

Ec`pho*ne"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Ecphonema.] (Rhet.) An animated or passionate exclamation.
The feelings by the ecphonesis are very various. Gibbs.

Ecphractic

Ec*phrac"tic (?), a. [Gr. ecphractique.] (Med.) Serving to dissolve or attenuate viscid matter, and so to remove obstructions; deobstruent. -- n. An ecphractic medicine. Harvey.

(?), n. [F.] (Surg.) The operation performed with an \'82craseur.

(?), n. [F., fr. \'82craser to crush.] (Surg.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.

(?), a. [F., fr. L. crudus raw.] Having the color or appearance of unbleached stuff, as silk, linen, or the like.

Ecstasy

Ec"sta*sy (?), n.; pl. Ecstasies (#). [F. extase, L. ecstasis, fr. Gr. Ex-, and Stand.] [Also written extasy.]

1. The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impressions, as when under the influence of overpowering emotion; an extraordinary elevation of the spirit, as when the soul, unconscious of sensible objects, is supposed to contemplate heavenly mysteries.

Like a mad prophet in an ecstasy. Dryden.
This is the very ecstasy of love. Shak.

2. Excessive and overmastering joy or enthusiasm; rapture; enthusiastic delight.

He on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy. Milton.

3. Violent distraction of mind; violent emotion; excessive grief of anxiety; insanity; madness. [Obs.]

That unmatched form and feature of blown youth Blasted with ecstasy. Shak.
Our words will but increase his ecstasy. Marlowe.

4. (Med.) A state which consists in total suspension of sensibility, of voluntary motion, and largely of mental power. The body is erect and inflexible; the pulsation and breathing are not affected. Mayne.

Ecstasy

Ec"sta*sy, v. t. To fill ecstasy, or with rapture or enthusiasm. [Obs.]
The most ecstasied order of holy . . . spirits. Jer. Taylor.

Ecstatic

Ec*stat"ic (?), a. [Gr. extatique. See Ecstasy, n.]

1. Pertaining to, or caused by, ecstasy or excessive emotion; of the nature, or in a state, of ecstasy; as, ecstatic gaze; ecstatic trance.

This ecstatic fit of love and jealousy. Hammond.

2. Delightful beyond measure; rapturous; ravishing; as, ecstatic bliss or joy.

Ecstatic

Ec*stat"ic, n. An enthusiast. [R.] Gauden.

Ecstatical

Ec*stat"ic*al (?), a.

1. Ecstatic. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. Tending to external objects. [R.] Norris.

Ecstatically

Ec*stat"ic*al*ly, adv. Rapturously; ravishingly.

Ect-, Ecto-

Ect- (?), Ec"to- (?). [Gr. A combining form signifying without, outside, external.

Ectad

Ec"tad (?), adv. [Ect- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad. B. G. Wilder.

Ectal

Ec"tal (?), a. [See Ect-.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental. B. G. Wilder.

Ectasia

Ec*ta"si*a (?), n. [NL. See Ectasis.] (Med.) A dilatation of a hollow organ or of a canal.

Ectasis

Ec"ta*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Pros.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Ectental

Ec*ten"tal (?), a. [Gr. (Biol.) Relating to, or connected with, the two primitive germ layers, the ectoderm and ectoderm; as, the "ectental line" or line of juncture of the two layers in the segmentation of the ovum. C. S. Minot.

Ecteron

Ec"ter*on (?), n. [See Ect-.] (Anat.) The external layer of the skin and mucous membranes; epithelium; ecderon. -- Ec`ter*on"ic (#), a.

Ectethmoid

Ec*teth"moid (?), a. [Ect- + ethmoid.] (Anat.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.

Ecthlipsis

Ec*thlip"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel.

2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel.

Ecthoreum

Ec`tho*re"um (?), n.; pl. Ecthorea (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [Written also ecthor\'91um.]

Ecthyma

Ec*thy"ma (?), n.; pl. Ecthymata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A cutaneous eruption, consisting of large, round pustules, upon an indurated and inflamed base. Dunglison.

Ecto-

Ec"to- (?). See Ect-.

Ectoblast

Ec"to*blast (?), n. [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the epiblast; the ectoderm. (b) The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall. Agassiz.

Ectobronchium

Ec`to*bron"chi*um (?), n.; pl. Ectobronchia (#). [NL. See Ecto-, and Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the dorsal branches of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

Ectocuneriform, Ectocuniform

Ec`to*cu*ne"ri*form (?), Ec`to*cu"ni*form (?), n. [Ecto- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Ectocyst

Ec"to*cyst (?), n. [Ecto- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

Ectoderm

Ec"to*derm (?), n. [Ecto- + -derm.] (Biol.) (a) The outer layer of the blastoderm; epiblast. (b) The external skin or outer layer of an animal or plant, this being formed in an animal from the epiblast. See Illust. of Blastoderm.

Ectodermal, Ectodermic

Ec`to*der"mal (?), Ec`to*der"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or relating to the ectoderm.

Ectolecithal

Ec`to*lec"i*thal (?), a. [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.) Having the food yolk, at the commencement of segmentation, in a peripheral position, and the cleavage process confined to the center of the egg; as, ectolecithal ova.

Ectomere

Ec"to*mere (?), n. [Ecto- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Ectoparasite

Ec`to*par"a*site (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite. -- Ec`to*par`a*sit"ic (#), a.

Ectopia

Ec*to"pi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A morbid displacement of parts, especially such as is congenial; as, ectopia of the heart, or of the bladder.

Ectopic

Ec*top"ic (?), a. (Med.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

Ectoplasm

Ec"to*plasm (?), n. [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The outer transparent layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell. (c) The ectosarc of protozoan.

Ectoplastic

Ec`to*plas"tic (?), a. [Ecto- + Gr. Pertaining to, or composed of, ectoplasm.

Ectoprocta

Ec`to*proc"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of Bryozoa in which the anus lies outside the circle of tentacles.

Ectopy

Ec"to*py (?), n. (Med.) Same as Ectopia.

Ectorganism

Ect*or"gan*ism (?), n. [Ect- + organism.] (Biol.) An external parasitic organism.

Ectosarc

Ec"to*sarc (?), n. [Ecto- + Gr. (Biol.) The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the am\'d2ba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

Ectosteal

Ec*tos"te*al (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to ectostosis; as, ectosteal ossification.

Ectostosis

Ec`tos*to"sis (?), n. [NL. See Ect-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Ectozoic

Ec`to*zo"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) See Epizoic.

Ectozo\'94n

Ec`to*zo"\'94n (?), n.; pl. Ectozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) See Epizo\'94n.

Ectropion

Ec*tro"pi*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) An unnatural eversion of the eyelids.

Ectropium

Ec*tro"pi*um (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Ectropion.

Ectrotic

Ec*trot"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease.

Ectypal

Ec"ty*pal (?), a. [L. ectypus worked in high relief, Gr. Type.] Copied, reproduced as a molding or cast, in contradistinction from the original model.

Ectype

Ec"type (?), n. [Cf. F. ectype. See Ectypal.]

1. (Classical Arch\'91ol.) (a) A copy, as in pottery, of an artist's original work. Hence: (b) A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).

2. A copy from an original; a type of something that has previously existed.

Some regarded him [Klopstock] as an ectype of the ancient prophets. Eng. Cyc. .

Ectypography

Ec`ty*pog"ra*phy (?), n. [Ectype + -graphy.] A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Ecumenic, Ecumenical

Ec`u*men"ic (?), Ec`u*men"ic*al (?), a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. Economy.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also .] Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes. -- Ecumenical council. See under Council.

Ecurie

Ec"u*rie (?), n. [F. See Equerry.] A stable.

Eczema

Ec"ze*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`kzema; "ek out + zei^n to boil.] (Med.) An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

Eczematous

Ec*zem"a*tous (?), a. (Med.) Pertaining to eczema; having the characteristic of eczema.

-ed

-ed (?). The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.

Edacious

E*da"cious (?), a. [L. edax, edacis, fr. edere to eat.] Given to eating; voracious; devouring.
Swallowed in the depths of edacious Time. Carlyle.
-- E*da"cious*ly, adv. -- E*da"cious*ness, n.

Edacity

E*dac"i*ty (?), n. [L. edacitas.] Greediness; voracity; ravenousness; rapacity. Bacon.

Edda

Ed"da (?), n.; pl. Eddas (#). [Icel., lit. great-grandmother (i. e., of Scandinavian poetry), so called by Bishop Brynj\'a3lf Sveinsson, who brought it again to light in 1643.] The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes. &hand; There are two Eddas. The older, consisting of 39 poems, was reduced to writing from oral tradition in Iceland between 1050 and 1133. The younger or prose Edda, called also the Edda of Snorri, is the work of several writers, though usually ascribed to Snorri Sturleson, who was born in 1178.

Eddaic, Eddic

Ed*da"ic (?), Ed"dic (?), a. Relating to the Eddas; resembling the Eddas.

Edder

Ed"der (?), n. [See Adder.] (Zo\'94l.) An adder or serpent. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Edder

Ed"der, n. [AS. edor hedge, fence; akin to etar.] Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together. [Obs.] Tusser.

Edder

Ed"der, v. t. To bind the top interweaving edder; as, to edder a hedge. [Obs.]

Eddish

Ed"dish (?), n. [AS. edisc; cf. AS. pref. ed- again, anew. Cf. Eddy, and Arrish.] Aftermath; also, stubble and stubble field. See Arrish. [Eng.]

Eddoes

Ed"does (?), n. pl. (Bot.) The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.

Eddy

Ed"dy (?), n.; pl. Eddies (#). [Prob. fr. Icel. i; cf. Icel. pref. i back, AS. ed-, OS. idug-, OHG. ita-; Goth. id-.]

1. A current of air or water running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current.

2. A current of water or air moving in a circular direction; a whirlpool.

And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.
Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. Addison.
Used also adjectively; as, eddy winds. Dryden.

Eddy

Ed"dy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eddied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eddying.] To move as an eddy, or as in an eddy; to move in a circle.
Eddying round and round they sink. Wordsworth.

Eddy

Ed"dy, v. t. To collect as into an eddy. [R.]
The circling mountains eddy in From the bare wild the dissipated storm. Thomson.

Edelweiss

E"del*weiss (?), n. [G., fr. edel noble + weiss white.] (Bot.) A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.<-- = the national flower of Austria -->

Edema

E*de"ma (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as \'d2dema.

Edematous, ∨ Edematose

E*de"ma*tous (?), ∨ E*de"ma*tose` (?), a. (Med.) Same as \'d2dematous.

Eden

E"den (?), n. [Heb. \'c7den delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden.] The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Edenic

E*den"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Eden; paradisaic. "Edenic joys." Mrs. Browning.

Edenite

E"den*ite (?), n. [From Edenville, N. Y.] (Min.) A variety of amphibole. See Amphibole.

Edenized

E"den*ized (?), a. Admitted to a state of paradisaic happiness. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr. ).

Edental

E*den"tal (?), a. See Edentate, a. -- n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Edentata.

Edentalous

E*den"tal*ous (?), a. See Edentate, a.

Edentata

E`den*ta"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. edentatus, p. p. of edentare to render toothless; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

Edentate

E*den"tate (?), a.

1. Destitute of teeth; as, an edentate quadruped; an edentate leaf.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Edentata.


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Edentate

E*den"tate (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Edentata.

Edentated

E*den`ta*ted (?), a. Same as Edentate, a.

Edentation

E`den*ta"tion (?), n. A depriving of teeth. [R.] Cockeram.

Edentulous

E*den"tu*lous (?; 135), a. [L. edentulus; e out + dens, dentis, tooth.] Toothless.

Edge

Edge (?), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. a edge. Egg, v. t., Eager, Ear spike of corn, Acute.]

1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.

He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. Rev. ii. 12.
Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. Shak.

2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice.

Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak.
In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. Milton.
Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.

3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

The full edge of our indignation. Sir W. Scott.
Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. Jer. Taylor.

4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." Milton. Edge joint (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. -- Edge mill, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also Chilian mill. -- Edge molding (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. -- Edge plane. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. -- Edge play, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. -- Edge rail. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight. -- Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. -- Edge stone, a curbstone. -- Edge tool. (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. -- To be on edge, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. -- To set the teeth on edge, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. Bacon.

Edge

Edge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edging.]

1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

To edge her champion's sword. Dryden.

2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool.

3. To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box.

Hills whose tops were edged with groves. Pope.

4. To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on. [Obs.]

By such reasonings, the simple were blinded, and the malicious edged. Hayward.

5. To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. Locke.

Edge

Edge, v. i.

1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way.

2. To sail close to the wind.

I must edge up on a point of wind. Dryden.
To edge away ∨ off (Naut.), to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. -- To edge down (Naut.), to approach by slow degrees, as when a sailing vessel approaches an object in an oblique direction from the windward. -- To edge in, to get in edgewise; to get in by degrees. -- To edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.

Edgebone

Edge"bone` (?), n. Same as Aitchbone.

Edgeless

Edge"less, a. Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.

Edgelong

Edge"long (?; 115), adv. In the direction of the edge. [Obs.]
Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.

Edgeshot

Edge"shot (?), a. (Carp.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight.

Edgeways, Edgewise

Edge"ways (?), Edge"wise (?), adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott.

Edging

Edg"ing (?), n.

1. That which forms an edge or border, as the fringe, trimming, etc., of a garment, or a border in a garden. Dryden.

2. The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal. Edging machine, a machine tool with a revolving cutter, for dressing edges, as of boards, or metal plates, to a pattern or templet.

Edgingly

Edg"ing*ly, adv. Gradually; gingerly. [R.]

Edgy

Edg"y (?), a. [From Edge.]

1. Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

2. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture." Hazlitt.

Edh

Edh (?), n. The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter &edh;, capital form th in a similar word: &omac;&edh;er, other, d⊚&edh;, doth." March.

Edibility

Ed`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. Suitableness for being eaten; edibleness.

Edible

Ed"i*ble (?), a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See Eat.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. Edible bird's nest. See Bird's nest,

2. -- Edible crab (Zo\'94l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab (Callinectes hastatus). See Crab. -- Edible frog (Zo\'94l.), the common European frog (Rana esculenta), used as food. -- Edible snail (Zo\'94l.), any snail used as food, esp. Helix pomatia and H. aspersa of Europe.

Edibleness

Ed"i*ble*ness, n. Suitableness for being eaten.

Edict

E"dict (?), n. [L. edictum, fr. edicere, edictum, to declare, proclaim; e out + dicere to say: cf. F. \'82dit. See Diction.] A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement; a decree; as, the edicts of the Roman emperors; the edicts of the French monarch.
It stands as an edict in destiny. Shak.
Edict of Nantes (French Hist.), an edict issued by Henry IV. (A. D. 1598), giving toleration to Protestants. Its revocation by Louis XIV. (A. D. 1685) was followed by terrible persecutions and the expatriation of thousands of French Protestants. Syn. -- Decree; proclamation; law; ordinance; statute; rule; order; manifesti; command. See Law.

Edictal

E*dic"tal (?), a. Relating to, or consisting of, edicts; as, the Roman edictal law.

Edificant

Ed"i*fi*cant (?), a. [L. aedificans, -antis, p. pr. of aedificare. See Edify.] Building; constructing. [R.] Dugard.

Edification

Ed`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F. \'82dification. See Edify.]

1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.

The assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall.
Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.

2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Edificatory

Ed"i*fi*ca`to*ry (?), a. Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.

Edifice

Ed"i*fice (?), n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. \'82difice. See Edify.] A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.

Edificial

Ed`i*fi"cial (?), a. [L. aedificialis.] Pertaining to an edifice; structural.

Edifier

Ed"i*fi`er (?), n.

1. One who builds. [Obs.]

2. One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.

Edify

Ed"i*fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.] [F. \'82difier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a fireplace (akin to Gr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. \'bed, OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]

1. To build; to construct. [Archaic]

There was a holy chapel edified. Spenser.

2. To instruct and improve, especially in moral and religious knowledge; to teach.

It does not appear probable that our dispute [about miracles] would either edify or enlighten the public. Gibbon.

3. To teach or persuade. [Obs.] Bacon.

Edify

Ed"i*fy, v. i. To improve. [R.] Swift.

Edifying

Ed"i*fy`ing (?), a. Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ly, adv. -- Ed"i*fy`ing*ness, n.

Edile

E"dile (?), n. [L. aedilis: cf. F. \'82dile. Cf. \'92dile.] (Rom. Antiq.) See \'92dile.

Edileship

E"dile*ship, n. The office of \'91dile. T. Arnold.

Edingtonite

Ed"ing*ton*ite (?), n. (Min.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.

Edit

Ed"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edited; p. pr. & vb. n. Editing.] [F. \'82diter, or L. editus, p. p. of edere to give out, put forth, publish; e out + dare to give. See Date a point of time.] To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.
Philosophical treatises which have never been edited. Enfield.

Edition

E*di"tion (?), n. [L. editio, fr. edere to publish; cf. F. \'82dition. See Edit.]

1. A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

2. The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.

\'90dition de luxe

\'90`di`tion" de luxe" (?). [F.] See Luxe.

Editioner

E*di`tion*er (?), n. An editor. [Obs.]

Editor

Ed"i*tor (?), n. [L., that which produces, from edere to publish: cf. F. \'82diteur.] One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.

Editorial

Ed`i*to"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks. <-- editorial content -->

Editorial

Ed`i*to"ri*al, n. A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.

Editorially

Ed`i*to"ri*al*ly (?), adv. In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

Editorship

Ed"i*tor*ship (?), n. The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.

Editress

Ed"i*tress (?), n. A female editor.

Edituate

E*dit"u*ate (?), v. t. [LL. aedituatus, p. p. of aedituare, fr. L. aedituus a temple warden; aedes building, temple + tueri to guard.] To guard as a churchwarden does. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

Edomite

E"dom*ite (?), n. One of the descendants of Esau or Edom, the brother of Jacob; an Idumean.

Edriophthalma

Ed`ri*oph*thal"ma (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of Crustacea in which the eyes are without stalks; the Arthrostraca. [Written also Edriophthalmata.]

Edriophthalmous

Ed`ri*oph*thal"mous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma.

Educability

Ed`u*ca*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82ducabilit\'82.] Capability of being educated.

Educable

Ed"u*ca*ble (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. \'82ducable.] Capable of being educated. "Men are educable." M. Arnold.

Educate

Ed"u*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educating (?).] [L. educatus, p. p. of educare to bring up a child physically or mentally, to educate, fr. educere to Educe.] To bring as, to educate a child; to educate the eye or the taste. Syn. -- To develop; instruct; teach; inform; enlighten; edify; bring up; train; breed; rear; discipline; indoctrinate.

Educated

Ed"u*ca`ted (?), a. Formed or developed by education; as, an educated man.

Education

Ed`u*ca"tion (?; 135), n. [L. educatio; cf. F. \'82ducation.] The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education.
To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.
Syn. -- Education, Instruction, Teaching, Training, Breeding. Education, properly a drawing forth, implies not so much the communication of knowledge as the discipline of the intellect, the establishment of the principles, and the regulation of the heart. Instruction is that part of education which furnishes the mind with knowledge. Teaching is the same, being simply more familiar. It is also applied to practice; as, teaching to speak a language; teaching a dog to do tricks. Training is a department of education in which the chief element is exercise or practice for the purpose of imparting facility in any physical or mental operation. Breeding commonly relates to the manners and outward conduct.

Educational

Ed`u*ca"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to education. "His educational establishment." J. H. Newman.

Educationist

Ed`u*ca"tion*ist, n. One who is versed in the theories of, or who advocates and promotes, education.

Educative

Ed"u*ca*tive (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. \'82ducatif.] Tending to educate; that gives education; as, an educative process; an educative experience.

Educator

Ed"u*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who educates; a teacher.

Educe

E*duce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Educed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Educing (?).] [L. educere; e out + ducere to lead. See Duke.] To bring or draw out; to cause to appear; to produce against counter agency or influence; to extract; to evolve; as, to educe a form from matter.
The eternal art educing good from ill. Pope.
They want to educe and cultivate what is best and noblest in themselves. M. Arnold.

Educible

E*du"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being educed.

Educt

E"duct (?), n. [L. eductum, fr. educere.] That which is educed, as by analysis. Sir W. Hamilton.

Eduction

E*duc"tion (?), n. [L. eductio.] The act of drawing out or bringing into view. Eduction pipe, ∧ Eduction port. See Exhaust pipe and Exhaust port, under Exhaust, a.

Eductive

E*duc"tive (?), a. Tending to draw out; extractive.

Eductor

E*duc"tor (?), n. [L., tutor.] One who, or that which, brings forth, elicits, or extracts.
Stimulus must be called an eductor of vital ether. E. Darwin.

Edulcorant

E*dul"co*rant (?), a. [See Edulcorate.] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony.

Edulcorant

E*dul"co*rant, n. An edulcorant remedy.

Edulcorate

E*dul"co*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Edulcorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Edulcorating.] [L. e oudulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. \'82dulcorer.]

1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.

Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.

2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]

Edulcoration

E*dul`co*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82dulcoration.]

1. The act of sweetening or edulcorating.

2. (Chem.) The act of freeing from acids or any soluble substances, by affusions of water. [R.] Ure.


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Edulcorative

E*dul"co*ra*tive (?), a. Tending to

Edulcorator

E*dul"co*ra`tor (?), n. A contrivance used to supply small quantities of sweetened liquid, water, etc., to any mixture, or to test tubes, etc.; a dropping bottle.

Edulious

E*du"li*ous (?), a. [L. edulis, fr. edere to eat.] Edible. [Obs.] "Edulious pulses." Sir T. Browne.

-ee

-ee (?). [Formed on the F. p. p. ending -\'82, masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action, or the one to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.

Eek, Eeke

Eek, Eeke (?), v. t. See Eke. [Obs.] Spenser.

Eel

Eel (?), n. [AS. ; akin to D., G., & Dan. aal, Icel. \'bell, Sw. \'86l.] (Zo\'94l.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

Eelbuck

Eel"buck` (?), n. An eelpot or eel basket.

Eelfare

Eel"fare` (?), n. [Eel + fare a journey or passage.] (Zo\'94l.) A brood of eels. [Prov. Eng.]

Eelgrass

Eel"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Zostera marina), with very long and narrow leaves, growing abundantly in shallow bays along the North Atlantic coast.

Eel-mother

Eel"-moth`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The eelpout.

Eelpot

Eel"pot` (?), n. A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

Eelpout

Eel"pout` (?), n. [AS. .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. Also, an American species (Z. anguillaris), -- called also mutton fish, and, erroneously, congo eel, ling, and lamper eel. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot.

Eelspear

Eel"spear` (?), n. A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.

E'en

E'en (?), adv. A contraction for even. See Even.
I have e'en done with you. L'Estrange.

Een

Een (?), n. The old plural of Eye.
And eke with fatness swollen were his een. Spenser.

E'er

E'er (?; 277), adv. A contraction for ever. See Ever.

Eerie, Eery

Ee"rie, Ee"ry (?), a. [Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid.]

1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories.

She whose elfin prancer springs By night to eery warblings. Tennyson.

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns.

Eerily

Ee"ri*ly (?), adv. In a strange, unearthly way.

Eerisome

Ee"ri*some (?), a. Causing fear; eerie. [Scot.]

Eet

Eet (?), obs. imp. of Eat. Chaucer.

Effable

Ef"fa*ble (?), a. [L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak.] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. Barrow.

Efface

Ef*face" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effacing (?).] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face; prop., to destroy the face or form. See Face, and cf. Deface.]

1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.

2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.

Efface from his mind the theories and notions vulgarly received. Bacon.
Syn. -- To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel; destroy. -- Efface, Deface. To deface is to injure or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy, so as to render invisible.

Effaceable

Ef*face"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being effaced.

Effacement

Ef*face"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act.

Effascinate

Ef*fas"ci*nate (?), v. t. [L. effascinare.] To charm; to bewitch. [Obs.] Heywood.

Effascination

Ef*fas`ci*na"tion (?), n. [L. effascinatio.] A charming; state of being bewitched or deluded. [Obs.]

Effect

Ef*fect" (?), n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also spelled effect. See Fact.]

1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it. Shak.

2. Manifestation; expression; sign.

All the large effects That troop with majesty. Shak.

3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as, the effect of luxury.

The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of the cause. Whewell.

4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.

Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect. J. C. Shairp.
The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place. W. Irving.

5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance; account; as, to speak with effect.

6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; -- with to.

They spake to her to that effect. 2 Chron. xxxiv. 22.

7. The purport; the sum and substance. "The effect of his intent." Chaucer.

8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.

No other in effect than what it seems. Denham.

9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. -- Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, ∨ Without effect, destitute of results, validity, force, and the like; vain; fruitless. "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition." Mark vii. 13. "All my study be to no effect." Shak. -- To give effect to, to make valid; to carry out in practice; to push to its results. -- To take effect, to become operative, to accomplish aims. Shak. Syn. -- Effect, Consequence, Result. These words indicate things which arise out of some antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that which springs directly from something which can properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere sequence, but following out of and following indirectly, or in the train of events, something on which it truly depends. A result is still more remote and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body which falls in very different directions. We may foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its consequences, but can rarely discover its final results.

Resolving all events, with their effects And manifold results, into the will And arbitration wise of the Supreme. Cowper.
Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die. Milton.

Effect

Ef*fect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effected; p. pr. & vb. n. Effecting.]

1. To produce, as a cause or agent; to cause to be.

So great a body such exploits to effect. Daniel.

2. To bring to pass; to execute; to enforce; to achieve; to accomplish.

To effect that which the divine counsels had decreed. Bp. Hurd.
They sailed away without effecting their purpose. Jowett (Th. ).
Syn. -- To accomplish; fulfill; achieve; complete; execute; perform; attain. See Accomplish.

Effecter

Ef*fect"er (?), n. One who effects.

Effectible

Ef*fect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.

Effection

Ef*fec"tion (?), n. [L. effectio: cf. F. effection.] Creation; a doing. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Effective

Ef*fect"ive (?), a. [L. effectivus: cf. F. effectif.] Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
They are not effective of anything, nor leave no work behind them. Bacon.
Whosoever is an effective, real cause of doing his heighbor wrong, is criminal. Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- Efficient; forcible; active; powerful; energetic; competent. See Effectual.

Effective

Ef*fect"ive, n.

1. That which produces a given effect; a cause. Jer. Taylor.

2. One who is capable of active service.

He assembled his army -- 20,000 effectives -- at Corinth. W. P. Johnston.

3. [F. effectif real, effective, real amount.] (Com.) Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe. Simmonds.

Effectively

Ef*fect"ive*ly, adv. With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.

Effectiveness

Ef*fect"ive*ness, n. The quality of being effective.

Effectless

Ef*fect"less (?), a. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. -- Ef*fect"less*ly, adv.

Effector

Ef*fect"or (?), n. [L.] An effecter. Derham.

Effectual

Ef*fec"tu*al (?; 135), a. [See Effect, n.] Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak.
Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. Macaulay.
Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Effectual, Efficacious, Effective. An efficacious remedy is had recourse to, and proves effective if it does decided good, effectual if it does all the good desired. C. J. Smith.

Effectually

Ef*fec"tu*al*ly, adv.

1. With effect; efficaciously.

2. Actually; in effect. [Obs.] Fuller.

Effectualness

Ef*fec"tu*al*ness, n. The quality of being effectual.

Effectuate

Ef*fec"tu*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effectuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effectuating.] [Cf. F. effectuer. See Effect, n. & v. t.] To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill.
A fit instrument to effectuate his desire. Sir P. Sidney.
In order to effectuate the thorough reform. G. T. Curtis.

Effectuation

Ef*fec`tu*a"tion (?), n. Act of effectuating.

Effectuose, Effectuous

Ef*fec"tu*ose` (?), Ef*fec"tu*ous (?), a. Effective. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Effectuously

Ef*fec"tu*ous*ly, adv. Effectively. [Obs.]

Effeminacy

Ef*fem"i*na*cy (?), n.; pl. Effeminacies (#). [From Effeminate.] Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness; -- used reproachfully of men. Milton.

Effeminate

Ef*fem"i*nate (?), a. [L. effeminatus, p. p. of effeminare to make a woman of; ex out + femina a woman. See Feminine, a.]

1. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

The king, by his voluptuous life and mean marriage, became effeminate, and less sensible of honor. Bacon.
An effeminate and unmanly foppery. Bp. Hurd.

2. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.

Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.
&hand; Effeminate and womanish are generally used in a reproachful sense; feminine and womanly, applied to women, are epithets of propriety or commendation.

Effeminate

Ef*fem"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effeminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effeminating (?).] To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
It will not corrupt or effeminate children's minds. Locke.

Effeminate

Ef*fem"i*nate, v. i. To grow womanish or weak.
In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

Effeminately

Ef*fem"i*nate*ly (?), adv.

1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay." Fawkes.

2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] "Effeminately vanquished." Milton.

Effeminateness

Ef*fem"i*nate*ness, n. The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.

Effemination

Ef*fem`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. effeminatio.] Effeminacy; womanishness. [Obs.] Bacon.

Effeminize

Ef*fem"i*nize (?), v. t. To make effeminate. [Obs.]

Effendi

Ef*fen"di (?), n. [Turk. efendi, fr. Modern Gr. Authentic.] Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law.

Efferent

Ef"fe*rent (?), a. [L. efferens, -entis, p. pr. of effere to bear out; ex out + ferre to bear.] (Physiol.) (a) Conveying outward, or discharging; -- applied to certain blood vessels, lymphatics, nerves, etc. (b) Conveyed outward; as, efferent impulses, i. e., such as are conveyed by the motor or efferent nerves from the central nervous organ outwards; -- opposed to afferent.

Efferent

Ef"fe*rent (?), n. An efferent duct or stream.

Efferous

Ef"fer*ous (?), a. [L. efferus savage; ex (intens.) + ferus wild.] Like a wild beast; fierce. [Obs.]

Effervesce

Ef`fer*vesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Effervesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effervescing (?).] [L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See Fervent.]

1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.

2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

Effervescence, Effervescency

Ef`fer*ves"cence (?), Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. effervescence.] A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.

Effervescent

Ef`fer*ves"cent (?), a. [L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

Effervescible

Ef`fer*ves"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of effervescing.

Effervescive

Ef`fer*ves"cive (?), a. Tending to produce effervescence. "An effervescive force." Hickok.

Effet

Ef"fet (?), n. [See Eft, n.] (Zo\'94l.) The common newt; -- called also asker, eft, evat, and ewt.

Effete

Ef*fete" (?), a. [L. effetus that has brought forth, exhausted; ex + fetus that has brought forth. See Fetus.] No longer capable of producing young, as an animal, or fruit, as the earth; hence, worn out with age; exhausted of energy; incapable of efficient action; no longer productive; barren; sterile.
Effete results from virile efforts. Mrs. Browning
If they find the old governments effete, worn out, . . . they may seek new ones. Burke.

Efficacious

Ef`fi*ca"cious (?), a. [L. eficax, -acis, fr. efficere. See Effect, n.] Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law. Syn. -- See Effectual. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ness, n.

Efficacity

Ef`fi*cac"i*ty (?), n. [L. efficacitas: cf. F. efficacit\'82.] Efficacy. [R.] J. Fryth.

Efficacy

Ef"fi*ca*cy (?), n. [L. efficacia, fr. efficax. See Efficacious.] Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton. Syn. -- Virtue; force; energy; potency; efficiency.

Efficience, Efficiency

Ef*fi"cience (?), Ef*fi"cien*cy (?), n. [L. efficientia.]

1. The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.

2. (Mech.) The ratio of useful work to energy expended. Rankine. Efficiency of a heat engine, the ratio of the work done an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.

Efficient

Ef*fi"cient (?), a. [L. efficiens, -entis, p. pr. of efficere to effect: cf. F. efficient. See Effect, n.] Causing effects; producing results; that makes the effect to be what it is; actively operative; not inactive, slack, or incapable; characterized by energetic and useful activity; as, an efficient officer, power.
The efficient cause is the working cause. Wilson.
Syn. -- Effective; effectual; competent; able; capable; material; potent.
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Efficient

Ef*fi"cient (?), n. An efficient cause; a prime mover.
God . . . moveth mere natural agents as an efficient only. Hooker.

Efficiently

Ef*fi"cient*ly, adv. With effect; effectively.

Effierce

Ef*fierce" (?), v. t. [Pref. ex- (intens.) + fierce.] To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Effigial

Ef*fig"i*al (?), a. Relating to an effigy.

Effigiate

Ef*fig"i*ate (?), v. t. [L. effigiatus, p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies. See Effigy.] To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt.
[He must] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. Jer. Taylor.

Effigiation

Ef*fig`i*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. effigiatio.] The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy. Fuller.

Effigies

Ef*fig"i*es (?), n. [L.] See Effigy. Dryden.

Effigy

Ef"fi*gy (?), n.; pl. Effigies (#). [L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign.] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits. To burn, ∨ To hang, in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.

Efflagitate

Ef*flag"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. efflagitatus, p. p. of efflagitare.] To ask urgently. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Efflate

Ef*flate" (?), v. t. [L. efflatus, p. p. of efflare to blow or breathe out; ex + flare to blow.] To fill with breath; to puff up. Sir T. Herbert.

Efflation

Ef*fla"tion (?), n. The act of filling with wind; a breathing or puffing out; a puff, as of wind.
A soft efflation of celestial fire. Parnell.

Effloresce

Ef`flo*resce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Effloresced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Efflorescing (?).] [L. efflorescere to bloom, blossom; ex + florescere to begin to blossom, incho., fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos a flower. See Flower.]

1. To blossom forth. Carlyle.

2. (Chem.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce.

3. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere.

Efflorescence

Ef`flo*res"cence (?), n. [F. efflorescence.]

1. (Bot.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

2. (Med.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc.

3. (Chem.) (a) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. (b) The powder or crust thus formed.

Efflorescency

Ef`flo*res"cen*cy (?), n. The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent

Ef`flo*res"cent (?), a. [F. efflorescent, L. efflorescens, -entis, blooming, p. pr. of efflorescere. See Effloresce, v. i.]

1. That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt.

2. Covered with an efflorescence.

Efflower

Ef*flow"er (?), v. t. [Cf. F. effleurer.] (Leather Making) To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.

Effluence

Ef"flu*ence (?), n. [Cf. F. effluence.]

1. A flowing out, or emanation.

2. That which flows or issues from any body or substance; issue; efflux.

Bright effluence of bright essence increate! Milton.
And, as if the gloom of the earth and sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their sorrow. Hawthorne.

Effluency

Ef"flu*en*cy (?), n. Effluence.

Effluent

Ef"flu*ent (?), a. [L. effluens, -entis, p. pr. of effluere to flow out; ex + fluere to flow: cf. F. effluent. See Fluent.] Flowing out; as, effluent beams. Parnell.

Effluent

Ef"flu*ent, n. (Geog.) A stream that flows out of another stream or lake.

Effluviable

Ef*flu"vi*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being given off as an effluvium. "Effluviable matter." Boyle.

Effluvial

Ef*flu"vi*al (?), a. Belonging to effluvia.

Effluviate

Ef*flu"vi*ate (?), v. i. To give forth effluvium. [R.] "An effluviating power." Boyle.

Effluvium

Ef*flu"vi*um (?), n.; pl. Effluvia (#). [L., a flowing out, fr. effluere to flow out. See Effluent, a.] Subtile or invisible emanation; exhalation perceived by the sense of smell; especially, noisome or noxious exhalation; as, the effluvium from diseased or putrefying bodies, or from ill drainage.

Efflux

Ef"flux (?), n. [See Effluent, Flux.]

1. The act or process of flowing out, or issuing forth; effusion; outflow; as, the efflux of matter from an ulcer; the efflux of men's piety.

It is then that the devout affections . . . are incessantly in efflux. I. Taylor.

2. That which flows out; emanation; effluence.

Prime cheerer, light! . . . Efflux divine. Thomson.

Efflux

Ef*flux" (?), v. i. To run out; to flow forth; to pass away. [Obs.] Boyle.

Effluxion

Ef*flux"ion (?), n. [From Efflux.]

1. The act of flowing out; effusion.

2. That which flows out; effluvium; emanation.

Some light effluxions from spirit to spirit. Bacon.

Effodient

Ef*fo"di*ent (?), a. [L. effodiens, p. pr. of effodere to dig out; ex + fodere to dig.] Digging up.

Efforce

Ef*force (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Efforced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Efforcing (?).] [OF. esforcier (F. s'efforcer to exert one's self), LL. exforciare; L. ex + fortis strong. See Force.] To force; to constrain; to compel to yield. [Obs.] Spenser.

Efform

Ef*form" (?), v. t. [Pref. ex- + form.] To form; to shape. [Obs.]
Efforming their words within their lips. Jer. Taylor.

Efformation

Ef`for*ma"tion (?), n. The act of giving shape or form. [Obs.] Ray.

Effort

Ef"fort (?), n. [F. effort, OF. esfort, for esfors, esforz, fr. esforcier. See Efforce.]

1. An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall.

We prize the stronger effort of his power. Pope.

2. (Mech.) A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. Rankine. Syn. -- Endeavor; exertion; struggle; strain; straining; attempt; trial; essay. See Attempt.

Effort

Ef"fort, v. t. To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits." Fuller.

Effortless

Ef"fort*less, a. Making no effort. Southey.

Effossion

Ef*fos"sion (?), n. [L. effossio. See Effodient.] A digging out or up. [R.] "The effossion of coins." Arbuthnot.

Effranchise

Ef*fran"chise (?), v. t. [Pref. ex- + franchise: cf. OF. esfranchir.] To enfranchise.

Effray

Ef*fray" (?), v. t. [F. effrayer. See Affray.] To frighten; to scare. [Obs.] Spenser.

Effrayable

Ef*fray"a*ble (?), a. Frightful. [Obs.] Harvey.

Effrenation

Ef`fre*na"tion (?), n. [L. effrenatio, fr. effrenare to unbridle; ex + frenum a bridle.] Unbridled license; unruliness. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Effront

Ef*front" (?), v. t. To give assurance to. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Effrontery

Ef*front"er*y (?), n.; pl. Effronteries (#). [F. effronterie, fr. effront\'82 shameless, fr. L. effrons, -ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced, shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See Front.] Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness; shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. Bancroft.
Syn. -- Impudence; sauciness. See Impudence.

Effrontit

Ef*front"it (?), a. [F. effront\'82.] Marked by impudence. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Effrontuously

Ef*fron"tu*ous*ly (?; 135), adv. Impudently. [Obs.] R. North.

Effulge

Ef*fulge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effulged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effulging (?).] [L. effulgere to shine forth; ex + fulgere to flash, shine. See Fulgent.] To cause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.]
His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. Thomson.

Effulge

Ef*fulge", v. i. To shine forth; to beam.

Effulgence

Ef*ful"gence (?), n. The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
The effulgence of his glory abides. Milton.
The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Beattie.

Effulgent

Ef*ful"gent (?), a. [L. effulgens, -entis, p. pr. of effulgere.] Diffusing a flood of light; shining; luminous; beaming; bright; splendid. "Effulgent rays of light." Cowper.

Effulgently

Ef*ful"gent*ly, adv. In an effulgent manner.

Effumability

Ef*fu`ma*bil"i*ty (?), n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [Obs.] Boyle.

Effume

Ef*fume" (?), v. t. [L. effumare to emit smoke; ex + fumare to smoke, fr. fumus smoke.] To breathe or puff out. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Effund

Ef*fund" (?), v. t. [L. effundere. See Effuse.] To pour out. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Effuse

Ef*fuse" (?), a. [L. effusus, p. p. of effundere to pour out; ex + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.]

1. Poured out freely; profuse. [Obs.]

So should our joy be very effuse. Barrow.

2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal. [Obs.] Young.

3. (Bot.) Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.

4. (Zo\'94l.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.

Effuse

Ef*fuse", n. Effusion; loss. "Much effuse of blood." Shak.

Effuse

Ef*fuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Effused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Effusing.] To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed. [R.]
With gushing blood effused. Milton.

Effuse

Ef*fuse", v. i. To emanate; to issue. Thomson.

Effusion

Ef*fu"sion (?), n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.]

1. The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

To save the effusion of my people's blood. Dryden.

2. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.

Wash me with that precious effusion, and I shall be whiter than sow. Eikon Basilike.
The light effusions of a heedless boy. Byron.

3. (Pathol.) (a) The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface. (b) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Effusive

Ef*fu"sive (?), a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

Efreet

Ef"reet (?), n. See Afrit.

Eft

Eft (?), n. [AS. efete lizard. See Newt.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A European lizard of the genus Seps. (b) A salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus).

Eft

Eft, adv. [AS. eft, \'91ft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.] Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.]
I wold never eft comen into the snare. Spenser.

Eftsoon, Eftsoons

Eft*soon" (?), Eft*soons" (?), adv. [OE. eftsone, eftsones; AS. eft + s soon. See Eft, and Soon.] Again; anew; a second time; at once; speedily. [Archaic]
And, if he fall from his capel [horse] eftsone. Chaucer.
The champion stout eftsoons dismounted. Spenser.

Egad

E*gad" (?), interj. [Euphemistic corruption of the oath, "by God."] An exclamation expressing exultation or surprise, etc.

Egal

E"gal (?), a. [F. \'82gal. See Equal.] Equal; impartial. [Obs.] Shak.

Egality

E*gal"i*ty (?), n. [OE. egalite, F. \'82galit\'82.] Equality. Chaucer. Tennyson.

Egean

E*ge"an (?), a. See \'92gean.

Egence

E"gence (?), n. [L. egens, -entis, p. pr. of egere to be needy, suffer want.] The state of needing, or of suffering a natural want. [R.] J. Grote.

Eger, Egre

E"ger (?), E"gre, a. [See Eager.] Sharp; bitter; acid; sour. [Obs.]
The egre words of thy friend. Chaucer.

Eger

E"ger, n. An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.

Egerminate

E*ger"mi*nate (?), v. i. [From L. egerminare to sprout.] To germinate. [Obs.]

Egest

E*gest" (?), v. t. [L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.] (Physiol.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.

Egesta

E*ges"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from p. p. of L. egere. See Egest.] (Physiol.) That which is egested or thrown off from the body by the various excretory channels; excrements; -- opposed to ingesta.

Egestion

E*ges"tion (?), n. [L. egestio.] Act or process of egesting; a voiding. Sir M. Hale.

Egg

Egg (?), n. [OE., fr. Icel. egg; akin to AS. \'91g (whence OE. ey), Sw. \'84gg, Dan. \'91g, G. & D. ei, and prob. to OSlav. aje, jaje, L. ovum, Gr. ugh, Gael. ubh, and perh. to L. avis bird. Cf. Oval.]

1. (Popularly) The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or albumen, and inclosed in a shell or strong membrane.

2. (Biol.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

3. Anything resembling an egg in form. &hand; Egg is used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, egg beater or egg-beater, egg case, egg ladle, egg-shaped, etc. Egg and anchor (Arch.), an egg-shaped ornament, alternating with another in the form of a dart, used to enrich the ovolo; -- called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue. See Anchor, n., 5. Ogilvie. -- Egg cleavage (Biol.), a process of cleavage or segmentation, by which the egg undergoes endogenous division with formation of a mass of nearly similar cells, from the growth and differentiation of which the new organism is ultimately formed. See Segmentation of the ovum, under Segmentation. -- Egg development (Biol.), the process of the development of an egg, by which the embryo is formed. -- Egg mite (Zo\'94l.), any mite which devours the eggs of insects, as Nothrus ovivorus, which destroys those of the canker worm. -- Egg parasite (Zo\'94l.), any small hymenopterous insect, which, in the larval stage, lives within the eggs of other insects. Many genera and species are known.

Egg

Egg, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Egged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Egging (?).] [OE. eggen, Icel. eggja, fr. egg edge. Edge.] To urge on; to instigate; to incite
Adam and Eve he egged to ill. Piers Plowman.
[She] did egg him on to tell How fair she was. Warner.

Eggar

Eg"gar (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

Egg-bird

Egg"-bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic bird, Pha\'89thon flavirostris.

Egg-cup

Egg"-cup` (?), n. A cup used for holding an egg, at table.

Eggement

Eg"ge*ment (?), n. [Egg, v. t. + -ment.] Instigation; incitement. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Egger

Egg"er (?), n. [See Egg, n.] One who gathers eggs; an eggler.

Egger

Egg"er, n. [See Egg, v. t.] One who eggs or incites.

Eggery

Egg"er*y (?), n. A place where eggs are deposited (as by sea birds) or kept; a nest of eggs. [R.]

Egg-glass

Egg"-glass` (?), n. A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs; also, a small glass for holding an egg, at table.

Egghot

Egg"hot` (?), n. A kind of posset made of eggs, brandy, sugar, and ale. Lamb.

Eggler

Egg"ler (?), n. One who gathers, or deals in, eggs.

Eggnog

Egg`nog" (?), n. A drink consisting of eggs beaten up with sugar, milk, and (usually) wine or spirits.

Eggplant

Egg"plant` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple.
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Egg-shaped

Egg"-shaped` (?), a. Resembling an egg in form; ovoid.

Eggshell

Egg"shell` (?), n.

1. The shell or exterior covering of an egg. Also used figuratively for anything resembling an eggshell.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A smooth, white, marine, gastropod shell of the genus Ovulum, resembling an egg in form.

Egg squash

Egg" squash` (?). A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

Eghen

E"ghen (?), n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Egilopical

Eg`i*lop"ic*al (?), a. [See \'92gilops.] (Med.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with, an \'91gilops, or tumor in the corner of the eye.

Egilops

Eg"i*lops (?), n. See \'92gilops.

Eglandulose; 135, Eglandulous

E*glan"du*lose` (?; 135), E*glan"du*lous (?), a. [Pref. e- + glandulose, glandulosus.] Destitute of glands.

Eglantine

Eg"lan*tine (?), n. [F. \'82glantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. Aglet.] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors. (b) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa). &hand; Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twinning plant, perhaps the honeysuckle.
Through the sweetbrier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. L'Allegro, 47.
"In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers." Dr. Prior.

Eglatere

Eg"la*tere (?), n. Eglantine. [Obs. or R.] [Written also eglantere.] Tennyson.

Egling

Eg"ling (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) The European perch when two years old. [Prov. Eng.]

Eglomerate

E*glom"er*ate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + glomerate.] To unwind, as a thread from a ball. [R.]

Ego

E"go (?), n. [L., I.] (Met.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.

Egoical

E*go"i*cal (?), a. Pertaining to egoism. [R.]

Egoism

E"go*ism (?), n. [F. \'82go\'8bsme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and cf. Egotism.]

1. (Philos.) The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.

2. Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.

Egoist

E"go*ist, n. [F. \'82go\'8bste. See Egoism.]

1. One given overmuch to egoism or thoughts of self.

I, dullard egoist, taking no special recognition of such nobleness. Carlyle.

2. (Philos.) A believer in egoism.

Egoistic, Egoistical

E`go*is"tic (?), E`go*is"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to egoism; imbued with egoism or excessive thoughts of self; self-loving.
Ill-natured feeling, or egoistic pleasure in making men miserable. G. Eliot.

Egoistically

E`go*is"tic*al*ly, adv. In an egoistic manner.

Egoity

E*go"i*ty (?), n. Personality. [R.] Swift.

Egomism

E"go*mism (?), n. Egoism. [R.] A. Baxter.

Egophonic

E`go*phon"ic (?), a. Belonging to, or resembling, egophony.

Egophony

E*goph"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) The sound of a patient's voice so modified as to resemble the bleating of a goat, heard on applying the ear to the chest in certain diseases within its cavity, as in pleurisy with effusion.

Egotheism

E"go*the`ism (?), n. [Gr. The deification of self. [R.]

Egotism

E"go*tism (?; 277), n. [L. ego I + ending -tism for -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism fr. the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. See Egoism.] The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; the act or practice of magnifying one's self or parading one's own doings. The word is also used in the sense of egoism.
His excessive egotism, which filled all objects with himself. Hazlitt.
Syn. -- Egotism, Self-conceit, Vanity, Egoism. Self-conceit is an overweening opinion of one's talents, capacity, attractions, etc.; egotism is the acting out of self-conceit, or self-importance, in words and exterior conduct; vanity is inflation of mind arising from the idea of being thought highly of by others. It shows itself by its eagerness to catch the notice of others. Egoism is a state in which the feelings are concentrated on one's self. Its expression is egotism.

Egotist

E"go*tist (?), n. [L. ego I + ending -tist for -ist. See Egotism, and cf. Egoist.] One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.

Egotistic, Egotistical

E`go*tis"tic (?), E`go*tis"tic*al (?), a. Addicted to, or manifesting, egotism. Syn. -- Conceited; vain; self-important; opinionated.

Egotistically

E`go*tis"tic*al*ly, adv. With egotism.

Egotize

E"go*tize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Egotized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Egotizing (?).] [See Egotism.] To talk or write as an egotist. Cowper.

Egranulose

E*gran"u*lose` (?), a. [Pref. e- + granule.] (Bot.) Having no granules, as chlorophyll in certain conditions. R. Brown.

Egre

E"gre (?), a. & n. See Eager, and Eagre. [Obs.]

Egregious

E*gre"gious (?; 277), a. [L. egregius; lit., separated or chosen from the herd, i. e., distinguished, excellent; e out + grex, gregis, herd. See Gregarious.] Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake.
The egregious impudence of this fellow. Bp. Hall.
His [Wyclif's] egregious labors are not to be neglected. Milton.

Egregiously

E*gre"gious*ly (?), adv. Greatly; enormously; shamefully; as, egregiously cheated.

Egregiousness

E*gre"gious*ness (?; 277), n. The state of being egregious.

Egremoin

Eg"re*moin (?), n. [See Agrimony.] Agrimony (Agrimonia Eupatoria). [Obs.] Chaucer.

Egress

E"gress (?), n. [L. egressus, fr. egredi to go out; e out + gradi to go. See Grade.]

1. The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

Embarred from all egress and regress. Holland.
Gates of burning adamant, Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton.

2. (Astron.) The passing off from the sun's disk of an inferior planet, in a transit.

Egress

E*gress" (?), v. i. To go out; to depart; to leave.

Egression

E*gres"sion (?), n. [L. egressio.] The act of going; egress. [R.] B. Jonson.

Egressor

E*gress"or (?), n. One who goes out. [R.]

Egret

E"gret (?), n. [See Aigret, Heron.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The name of several species of herons which bear plumes on the back. They are generally white. Among the best known species are the American egret (Ardea, ∨ Herodias, egretta); the great egret (A. alba); the little egret (A. garzetta), of Europe; and the American snowy egret (A. candidissima).

A bunch of egrets killed for their plumage. G. W. Cable.

2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette.

3. (Bot.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of ape.

Egrette

E*grette" (?), n. [See Aigrette.] Same as Egret, n.,

2.

Egrimony

Eg"ri*mo*ny (?), [Corrupted fr. agrimony.] (Bot.) The herb agrimony. [Obs.]

Egrimony

Eg"ri*mo*ny, n. [L. aegrimonia.] Sorrow. [Obs.]

Egriot

E"gri*ot (?), n. [F. aigrette, griotte, formerly agriote; cf. aigre sour.] A kind of sour cherry. Bacon.

Egritude

E"gri*tude (?), n. [L. aegritudo, fr. aeger sick.] Sickness; ailment; sorrow. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Egyptian

E*gyp"tian (?), a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. \'82gyptien. Cf. Gypsy.] Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. Egyptian bean. (Bot.) (a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily. (b) See under Bean,

1. -- Egyptian cross. See Illust. (No. 6) of Cross. -- Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (Acacia vera). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.

Egyptian

E*gyp"tian, n.

1. A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.

2. A gypsy. [Obs.] Shak.

Egyptize

E"gypt*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Egyptized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Egyptizing (?).] To give an Egyptian character or appearance to. Fairbairn.

Egyptologer, Egyptologist

E`gyp*tol"o*ger (?), E`gyp*tol"o*gist (?), n. One skilled in the antiquities of Egypt; a student of Egyptology.

Egyptological

E*gyp`to*log"ic*al (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.

Egyptology

E`gyp*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Egypt + -logy.] The science or study of Egyptian antiquities, esp. the hieroglyphics.

Eh

Eh (?), interj. [OE. ei, ey.] An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.

Ehlite

Eh"lite (?), n. [From Ehl near Linz, where it occurs.] (Min.) A mineral of a green color and pearly luster; a hydrous phosphate of copper.

Eider

Ei"der (?), n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel \'91; akin to Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species. Eider down. [Cf. Icel. \'91\'ebard\'d4n, Sw. eiderd\'d4n, Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after as an article of luxury.

Eidograph

Ei"do*graph (?), n. [Gr. graph.] An instrument for copying drawings on the same or a different scale; a form of the pantograph.

Eidolon

Ei*do"lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Idol.] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W. Scott.

Eigh

Eigh (?), interj. An exclamation expressing delight.

Eight

Eight (?), n. [See Ait.] An island in a river; an ait. [Obs.] "Osiers on their eights." Evelyn.

Eight

Eight, a. [AS. eahta; akin to OS. ahto, OFries. achta, D. & G. acht, OHG. ahto, Icel. \'betta, Sw. \'86tta, Dan. otte, Goth. ahtau, Lith. aszt, Ir. & Gael. ochd, W. wyth, Armor. eich, eiz, L. octo, Gr. ash. Octave.] Seven and one; as, eight years.

Eight

Eight (?), n.

1. The number greater by a unit than seven; eight units or objects.

2. A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

Eighteen

Eight"een` (?), a. [AS. eahtat, eahtat. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty.] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds.

Eighteen

Eight"een`, n.

1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects.

2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii.

Eighteenmo

Eight`een"mo (?), a. & n. See Octodecimo.

Eighteenth

Eight"eenth` (?), a. [From Eighteen.]

1. Next in order after the seventeenth.

2. Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Eighteenth

Eight"eenth`, n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.

2. The eighth after the tenth.

Eightetethe

Eight"e*teth`e (?), a. [OE., fr. AS. eahtate\'a2; eahta eight + te\'a2 tenth. Cf. Eighteenth, Tenth.] Eighteenth. [Obs.]

Eightfold

Eight"fold` (?), a. Eight times a quantity.

Eighth

Eighth (?), a. [AS. eahto.]

1. Next in order after the seventh.

2. Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing. Eighth note (Mus.), the eighth part of a whole note, or semibreve; a quaver.

Eighth

Eighth, n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.

2. (Mus.) The interval of an octave.

Eighthly

Eighth"ly, adv. As the eighth in order.

Eightieth

Eight"i*eth (?), a. [From Eighty.]

1. The next in order after seventy-ninth.

2. Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions.

Eightieth

Eight"i*eth, n. The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.

Eightling

Eight"ling (?), n. [Eight + -ling.] (Crystallog.) A compound or twin crystal made up of eight individuals.

Eightscore

Eight"score` (?), a. & n. Eight times twenty; a hundred and sixty.

Eighty

Eight"y (?), a. [AS. eahtatig, where the ending -tig is akin to English ten; cf. G. achtzig. See Eight, and Ten.] Eight times ten; fourscore.

Eighty

Eight"y, n.

1. The sum of eight times ten; eighty units or objects.

2. A symbol representing eighty units, or ten eight times repeated, as 80 or lxxx.

Eigne

Eigne (?), a. [OF. aisn\'82, ainsn\'82, F. a\'8cn\'82, fr. L. ante natus born before. Cf. Esnecy.]

1. (Law) Eldest; firstborn. Blackstone.

2. Entailed; belonging to the eldest son. [Obs.] Bastard eigne, a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.

Eiking

Eik"ing (?), n. (Naut.) See Eking.

Eikon

Ei"kon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. An image or effigy; -- used rather in an abstract sense, and rarely for a work of art.

Eikosane

Ei"ko*sane (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A solid hydrocarbon, C20H42, of the paraffine series, of artificial production, and also probably occurring in petroleum.

Eikosylene

Ei*kos"y*lene (?), n. [Gr. ylene.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.

Eild

Eild (?), n. [See Eld.] Age. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Eire

Eire (?), n. Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eirenarch

Ei`re*narch (?), n. [See Irenarch.] (Gr. Antiq.) A justice of the peace; irenarch.

Eirenic

Ei*ren"ic (?), a. Pacific. See Irenic.

Eirie

Ei"rie (?), n. See Aerie, and Eyrie.

Eisel

Ei"sel (?), n. [OF. aisil, aissil, fr. L. acet. Cf. Acetic.] Vinegar; verjuice. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Eisteddfod

Eis*tedd"fod (?), n. [W., session, fr. eistedd to sit.] Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.

Either

Ei"ther (?; 277), a. & pron. [OE. either, aither, AS. , (akin to OHG. , MHG. iegeweder); \'be + ge + hw\'91 whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. Or, conj.]

1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.

Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak.
Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon.
There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.

2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.

His flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton.
On either side . . . was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2.
The extreme right and left of either army never engaged. Jowett (Thucyd).

Either

Ei"ther, conj. Either precedes two, or more, co\'94rdinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.
Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27.
Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, or recede. Latham.
&hand; Either was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use or.
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs?? James iii. 12.

Ejaculate

E*jac"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejaculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ejaculating.] [L. ejaculatus, p. p. of ejaculari to throw out; e out + ejaculari to throw, fr. jaculum javelin, dart, fr. jacere to throw. See Eject.]

1. To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject. [Archaic or Technical]

Its active rays ejaculated thence. Blackmore.

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2. To throw out, as an exclamation; to utter by a brief and sudden impulse; as, to ejaculate a prayer.

Ejaculate

E*jac"u*late (?), v. i. To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations. [R.] "Ejaculating to himself." Sir W. Scott.

Ejaculation

E*jac`u*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82jaculation.]

1. The act of throwing or darting out with a sudden force and rapid flight. [Archaic or Technical] "An ejaculation or irradiation of the eye." Bacon.

2. The uttering of a short, sudden exclamation or prayer, or the exclamation or prayer uttered.

In your dressing, let there be jaculations fitted to the several actions of dressing. Jer. Taylor.

3. (Physiol.) The act of ejecting or suddenly throwing, as a fluid from a duct.

Ejaculator

E*jac"u*la`tor (?), n. [NL. See Ejaculate.] (Anat.) A muscle which helps ejaculation.

Ejaculatory

E*jac"u*la*to*ry (?), a.

1. Casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels.

2. Suddenly darted out; uttered in short sentences; as, an ejaculatory prayer or petition.

3. Sudden; hasty. [Obs.] "Ejaculatory repentances, that take us by fits and starts." L'Estrange.

Eject

E*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Ejecting.] [L. ejectus, p. p. of ejicere; e out + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

1. To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language. "Eyes ejecting flame." H. Brooke.

2. (Law) To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate. Syn. -- To expel; banish; drive out; discharge; oust; evict; dislodge; extrude; void.

Ejection

E*jec"tion (?), n. [L. ejectio: cf. F. \'82jection.]

1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation. "Vast ejection of ashes." Eustace. "The ejection of a word." Johnson.

2. (Physiol.) The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.

3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.

Ejectment

E*ject"ment (?), n.

1. A casting out; a dispossession; an expulsion; ejection; as, the ejectment of tenants from their homes.

2. (Law) A species of mixed action, which lies for the recovery of possession of real property, and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of it. Wharton.

Ejector

E*ject"or (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses.

2. (Mech.) A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser (Steam Engine), a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump.

Ejoo

E"joo (?), n. [Malay \'c6j or h\'c6j.] Gomuti fiber. See Gomuti.

Ejulation

Ej`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. ejulatio, fr. ejulare to wail, lament.] A wailing; lamentation. [Obs.] "Ejulation in the pangs of death." Philips.

Ekabor, Ekaboron

Ek"a*bor` (?), Ek"a*bo"ron (?), n. [G., fr. Skr. one + G. bor, boron, E. boron.] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.

Ekaluminium

Ek*al`u*min"i*um (?), n. [Skr. one + E. aluminium.] (Chem.) The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.

Ekasilicon

Ek`a*sil"i*con (?), n. [Skr. one + E. silicon.] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekkabor.

Eke

Eke (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eking.] [AS. \'c7kan, \'dfkan; akin to OFries, \'beka, OS. , OHG. ouhh\'d3n to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. \'94ka, Dan. \'94ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i. Cf. Augment, Nickname.] To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other. "To eke my pain." Spenser.
He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. Macaulay.

Eke

Eke, adv. [AS. e\'a0c; akin to OFries. \'a0k, OS. , D. , OHG. ouh, G. auch, Icel. auk, Sw. och and, Dan. og, Goth. auk for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb.] In addition; also; likewise. [Obs. or Archaic]
'T will be prodigious hard to prove That this is eke the throne of love. Prior.
A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. Cowper.
&hand; Eke serves less to unite than to render prominent a subjoined more important sentence or notion. M\'84tzner.

Eke

Eke, n. An addition. [R.]
Clumsy ekes that may well be spared. Geddes.

Ekebergite

Ek"e*berg`ite (?), n. [From Ekeberg, a German.] (Min.) A variety of scapolite.

Ekename

Eke"name` (?), n. [See Nickname.] An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [Obs.]

Eking

Ek"ing (?), n. [From Eke, v. t.] (Shipbuilding) (a) A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length. (b) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery. [Written also eiking.]

E-la

E"-la` (?), n. Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying. "Why, this is above E-la!" Beau. & Fl.

Elaborate

E*lab"o*rate (?), a. [L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor.] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research.
Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.
Syn. -- Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought. -- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n.

Elaborate

E*lab"o*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elaborated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating (?).]

1. To produce with labor

They in full joy elaborate a sigh, Young.

2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work.

The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. Arbuthnot.

Elaboration

E*lab`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. elaboratio: cf. F. \'82laboration.]

1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

2. (Physiol.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues.

Elaborative

E*lab"o*ra*tive (?), a. Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details. Elaborative faculty (Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought.

Elaborator

E*lab"o*ra`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, elaborates.

Elaboratory

E*lab"o*ra*to*ry (?), a. Tending to elaborate.

Elaboratory

E*lab"o*ra*to*ry, n. A laboratory. [Obs.]

El\'91agnus

E`l\'91*ag"nus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered with small silvery scales; oleaster.

El\'91is

E*l\'91"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of palms. &hand; El\'91is Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are rather larger than olives, and when boiled in water yield the orange-red palm oil.

El\'91olite

E*l\'91"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite.] (Min.) A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color. El\'91olite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the presence of el\'91olite.

El\'91optene

E`l\'91*op"tene (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substance, as distinguished from stearoptene, the more solid parts. [Written also elaoptene.]

Elaidate

E*la"i*date (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of elaidic acid.

Elaidic

E`la*id"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82la\'8bdique. See Elaine.] Relating to oleic acid, or elaine. Elaidic acid (Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid.

Elaidin

E*la"i*din (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82la\'8bdine.] (Chem.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

Elaine, ∨ Elain

E*la"ine (?), ∨ E*la"in, n. [Gr. \'82la\'8bne.] (Chem.) Same as Olein.

Elaiodic

E`lai*od"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Chem.) Derived from castor oil; ricinoleic; as, elaiodic acid. [R.]

Elaiometer

E`lai*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Chem.) An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.

Elamite

E"lam*ite (?), n. A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

Elamping

E*lamp"ing (?), a. [See Lamp.] Shining. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

(?), b. [F., fr. \'82lancer to dart.] Ardor inspired by passion or enthusiasm.

Elance

E*lance" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elancing (?).] [F. \'82lancer, OF. eslancier; pref. es- (L. ex) + F. lancer to dart, throw, fr. lance.] To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [R.]
While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.

Eland

E"land (?), n. [D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. ol\'82ne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A species of large South African antelope (Oreas canna). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also Cape elk.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The elk or moose.

Elanet

E*la"net (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A kite of the genus Elanus.

Elaolite

E*la"o*lite (?), n. (Min.) See El\'91olite.

Elaoptene

E`la*op"tene (?), n. (Chem.) See El\'91optene.

Elaphine

El"a*phine (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or Cervus elaphus.

Elaphure

El"a*phure (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of deer (Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

Elapidation

E*lap`i*da"tion (?), n. [L. elapidatus cleared from stones; e out + lapis stone.] A clearing away of stones. [R.]

Elapine

El"a*pine (?), a. [See Elaps.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the Elapid\'91, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.

Elaps

E"laps (?), n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See Coral snake, under Coral.

Elapse

E*lapse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Elapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elapsing.] [L. elapsus, p. p. of elabi to glide away; e out + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.] To slip or glide away; to pass away silently, as time; -- used chiefly in reference to time.
Eight days elapsed; at length a pilgrim came. Hoole.

Elapsion

E*lap"sion (?), n. The act of elapsing. [R.]

Elaqueate

E*la"que*ate (?), v. t. [L. elaqueatus, p. p. of elaqueare to unfetter.] To disentangle. [R.]

Elasipoda

El`a*sip"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Written also Elasmopoda.]

Elasmobranch

E*las"mo*branch (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii. -- n. One of the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchiate

E*las`mo*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii. -- n. One of the Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchii

E*las`mo*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. branchia a gill.] (Zo\'94l.) A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chim\'91ra. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.

Elasmosaurus

E*las`mo*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

Elastic

E*las"tic (?), a. [Formed fr. Gr. alacer lively, brisk, and E. alacrity: cf. F. \'82lastique.]

1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic.

Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position. Paley.

2. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution. Elastic bitumen. (Min.) See Elaterite. -- Elastic curve. (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces. Rankine. -- Elastic fluids, those which have the property of expanding in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as the air, steam, and other gases and vapors. -- Elastic limit (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it. -- Elastic tissue (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. -- Gum elastic, caoutchouc.

Elastic

E*las"tic, n. An elastic woven fabric, as a belt, braces or suspenders, etc., made in part of India rubber. [Colloq.]

Elastical

E*las"tic*al (?), a. Elastic. [R.] Bentley.

Elastically

E*las"tic*al*ly, adv. In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.

Elasticity

E`las*tic"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lasticit\'82.]

1. The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness; tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity of the air.

2. Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork. Coefficient of elasticity, the quotient of a stress (of a given kind), by the strain (of a given kind) which it produces; -- called also coefficient of resistance. -- Surface of elasticity (Geom.), the pedal surface of an ellipsoid (see Pedal); a surface used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media.

Elasticness

E*las"tic*ness (?), n. The quality of being elastic; elasticity.

Elastin

E*las"tin (?), n. [Elastic + -in.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most fluids, but is gradually dissolved when digested with either pepsin or trypsin.

Elate

E*late" (?), a. [L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol.]
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1. Lifted up; raised; elevated.

With upper lip elate. Fenton.
And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes, elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones.

2. Having the spirits raised by success, or by hope; flushed or exalted with confidence; elated; exultant.

O, thoughtless mortals! ever blind to fate, Too soon dejected, and dejected, and too soon elate. Pope.
Our nineteenth century is wonderfully set up in its own esteem, wonderfully elate at its progress. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
Syn. -- Puffed up; lofty; proud; haughty; exalted; inspirited; transported; delighted; overjoyed.

Elate

E*late" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elated; p. pr. & vb. n. Elating.]

1. To raise; to exalt. [R.]

By the potent sun elated high. Thomson.

2. To exalt the spirit of; to fill with confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud.

Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton.
You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Elatedly

E*lat"ed*ly (?), adv. With elation.

Elatedness

E*lat"ed*ness, n. The state of being elated.

Elater

E*lat"er (?), n. One who, or that which, elates.

Elater

El"a*ter (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Any beetle of the family Elaterid\'91, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Elater

El"a*ter (?), n. (Chem.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly Motordica Elaterium) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative.

Elaterite

El"a*ter*ite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.

Elaterium

El`a*te"ri*um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Elater.] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste, formerly called Momordica Elaterium).

Elaterometer

El`a*ter*om"e*ter (?), n. Same as Elatrometer.

Elatery

El"a*ter*y (?), n. [See 2d Elater.] Acting force; elasticity. [Obs.] Ray.

Elation

E*la"tion (?), n. [L. elatio. See Elate.] A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. "Felt the elation of triumph." Sir W. Scott.

Elative

E*la"tive (?), a. (Gram.) Raised; lifted up; -- a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases.

Elatrometer

El`a*trom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump. [Spelt also elaterometer.]

Elayl

E*la"yl (?), n. [Gr. yl.] (Chem.) Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.

Elbow

El"bow (?), n. [AS. elboga, elnboga (akin to D. elleboga, OHG. elinbogo, G. ellbogen, ellenbogen, Icel. ; prop.; arm-bend); eln ell (orig., forearm) + boga a bending. See 1st Ell, and 4th Bow.]

1. The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

Her arms to the elbows naked. R. of Gloucester.

2. Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

3. (Arch.) A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back. Gwilt. &hand; Elbow is used adjectively or as part of a compound, to denote something shaped like, or acting like, an elbow; as, elbow joint; elbow tongs or elbow-tongs; elbowroom, elbow-room, or elbow room. At the elbow, very near; at hand. -- Elbow grease, energetic application of force in manual labor. [Low] -- Elbow in the hawse (Naut.), the twisting together of two cables by which a vessel rides at anchor, caused by swinging completely round once. Totten. -- Elbow scissors (Surg.), scissors bent in the blade or shank for convenience in cutting. Knight. -- Out at elbow, with coat worn through at the elbows; shabby; in needy circumstances.

Elbow

El"bow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elbowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elbowing.] To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
They [the Dutch] would elbow our own aldermen off the Royal Exchange. Macaulay.
To elbow one's way, to force one's way by pushing with the elbows; as, to elbow one's way through a crowd.

Elbow

El"bow (?), v. i.

1. To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

2. To push rudely along; to elbow one's way. "Purseproud, elbowing Insolence." Grainger.

Elbowboard

El"bow*board` (?), n. The base of a window casing, on which the elbows may rest.

Elbowchair

El"bow*chair` (?), n. A chair with arms to support the elbows; an armchair. Addison.

Elbowroom

El"bow*room` (?), n. Room to extend the elbows on each side; ample room for motion or action; free scope. "My soul hath elbowroom." Shak.
Then came a stretch of grass and a little more elbowroom. W. G. Norris.

Elcaja

El*ca"ja (?), n. [Ar.] (Bot.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

Elcesaite

El*ce"sa*ite (?), n. [From Elcesai, the leader of the sect.] (Eccl.) One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

Eld

Eld (?), a. [AS. eald.] Old. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eld

Eld, n. [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.]

1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic]

As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. Chaucer.
Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. Spenser.

2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic]

Astrologers and men of eld. Longfellow.

Eld

Eld, v. i. To age; to grow old. [Obs.]

Eld

Eld, v. t. To make old or ancient. [Obs.]
Time, that eldeth all things. Rom. of R.

Elder

Eld"er (?), a. [AS. yldra, compar. of eald old. See Old.]

1. Older; more aged, or existing longer.

Let the elder men among us emulate their own earlier deeds. Jowett (Thucyd. )

2. Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.

The elder shall serve the younger. Gen. xxv. 23.
But ask of elder days, earth's vernal hour. Keble.
Elder hand (Card Playing), the hand playing, or having the right to play, first. Hoyle.

Elder

Eld"er, n. [AS. ealdor an elder, prince, fr. eald old. See Old, and cf. Elder, a., Alderman.]

1. One who is older; a superior in age; a senior. 1 Tim. v. 1.

2. An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

Carry your head as your elders have done. L'Estrange.

3. A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church. &hand; In the modern Presbyterian churches, elders are lay officers who, with the minister, compose the church session, with authority to inspect and regulate matters of religion and discipline. In some churches, pastors or clergymen are called elders, or presbyters.

4. (M. E. Ch.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder. Presiding elder (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district. -- Ruling elder, a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session. Schaff.

Elder

El"der (?), n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries. &hand; The common North American species is Sambucus Canadensis; the common European species (S. nigra) forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is S. pubens. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. Box elder. See under 1st Box. -- Dwarf elder. See Danewort. -- Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. Shak. -- Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).

Elderish

Eld"er*ish (?), a. Somewhat old; elderly. [R.]

Elderly

Eld"er*ly, a. Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

Eldern

El"dern (?), a. Made of elder. [Obs.]
He would discharge us as boys do eldern guns. Marston.

Eldership

Eld"er*ship (?), n.

1. The state of being older; seniority. "Paternity an eldership." Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders.

Elderwort

El"der*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) Danewort.

Eldest

Eld"est (?), a. [AS. yldest, superl. of eald old. See Elder, a.]

1. Oldest; longest in duration. Shak.

2. Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder. "My lady's eldest son." Shak.

Their eldest historians are of suspected credit. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Eldest hand (Card Playing), the player on the dealer's left hand. R. A. Proctor.

Elding

El"ding (?), n. [Icel. elding, fr. elda to kindle, eldr fire; akin to AS. \'91ld fire, \'91lan to burn.] Fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

El Dorado

El` Do*ra"do (?), pl. El Doradoes (. [Sp., lit., the gilt (sc. land); el the + dorado gilt, p. p. of dorare to gild. Cf. Dorado.]

1. A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones.

2. Any region of fabulous wealth; exceeding richness.

The whole comedy is a sort of El Dorado of wit. T. Moore.

Eldritch

El"dritch (?), a. Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [Local, Eng.]

Eleatic

E`le*at"ic (?), a. [L. eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy.] Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason. -- n. A philosopher of the Eleatic school.

Eleaticism

E`le*at"i*cism (?), n. The Eleatic doctrine.

Elecampane

El`e*cam*pane" (?), n. [F. \'82nulecampane, NL. inula campana; L. inula elecampane + LL. campana a bell; cf. G. glockenwurz, i. e., "bellwort."]

1. (Bot.) A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

2. A sweetmeat made from the root of the plant.

Elect

E*lect" (?), a. [L. electus, p. p. of eligere to elect; e out + legere to choose. See Legend, and cf. Elite, Eclectic.]

1. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. "Colors quaint elect." Spenser.

2. (Theol.) Chosen as the object of mercy or divine favor; set apart to eternal life. "The elect angels." 1 Tim. v. 21.

3. Chosen to an office, but not yet actually inducted into it; as, bishop elect; governor or mayor elect.

Elect

E*lect", n.

1. One chosen or set apart.

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. Is. xlii. 1.

2. pl. (Theol.) Those who are chosen for salvation.

Shall not God avenge his won elect? Luke xviii. 7.

Elect

E*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n. Electing.]

1. To pick out; to select; to choose.

The deputy elected by the Lord. Shak.

2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a representative, a president, or a governor.

3. (Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of mercy or favor. Syn. -- To choose; prefer; select. See Choose.

Electant

E*lect"ant (?), n. [L. electans, p. pr. of electare.] One who has the power of choosing; an elector. [R.]

Electary

E*lec"ta*ry (?), n. (Med.) See Electuary.

Electic

E*lec"tic (?), a. See Eclectic.

Electicism

E*lec"ti*cism (?), n. See Eclecticism.

Election

E*lec"tion (?), n. [F. \'82lection, L. electio, fr. eligere to choose out. See Elect, a.]

1. The act of choosing; choice; selection.

2. The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.

Corruption in elections is the great enemy of freedom. J. Adams.

3. Power of choosing; free will; liberty to choose or act. "By his own election led to ill." Daniel.

4. Discriminating choice; discernment. [Obs.]

To use men with much difference and election is good. Bacon.

5. (Theol.) Divine choice; predestination of individuals as objects of mercy and salvation; -- one of the "five points" of Calvinism.

There is a remnant according to the election of grace. Rom. xi. 5.

6. (Law) The choice, made by a party, of two alternatives, by taking one of which, the chooser is excluded from the other.

7. Those who are elected. [Obs.]

The election hath obtained it. Rom. xi. 7.
To contest an election. See under Contest. -- To make one's election, to choose.
He has made his election to walk, in the main, in the old paths. Fitzed. Hall.

Electioneer

E*lec`tion*eer" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Electionered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering.] To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate.
A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.

Electioneerer

E*lec`tion*eer"er (?), n. One who electioneers.

Elective

E*lect"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82lectif.]

1. Exerting the power of choice; selecting; as, an elective act.

2. Pertaining to, or consisting in, choice, or right of choosing; electoral.

The independent use of their elective franchise. Bancroft.

3. Dependent on choice; bestowed or passing by election; as, an elective study; an elective office.

Kings of Rome were at first elective; . . . for such are the conditions of an elective kingdom. Dryden.
Elective affinity ∨ attraction (Chem.), a tendency to unite with certain things; chemism.

Elective

E*lect"ive, n. In an American college, an optional study or course of study. [Colloq.]

Electively

E*lect"ive*ly, adv. In an elective manner; by choice.

Elector

E*lect"or (?), n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. \'82lecteur.]

1. One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.

2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.

3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.

Elector

E*lect"or (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82lectoral.] Pertaining to an election or to electors.
In favor of the electoral and other princes. Burke.
Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice President.

Electorality

E*lect`or*al"i*ty (?), n. The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
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Electorate

E*lect"or*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lectorat.]

1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.

2. The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.

The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. M. Arnold.

Electoress

E*lect"or*ess (?), n. [Fem. of Elector.] An electress. Bp. Burnet.

Electorial

E`lec*to"ri*al (?), a. Electoral. Burke.

Electorship

E*lect"or*ship (?), n. The office or status of an elector.

Electre, Electer

E*lec"tre, E*lec"ter (?), n. [L. electrum: cf. F. \'82lectre mixture of gold and silver. See Electrum.]

1. Amber. See Electrum. [Obs.]

2. A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Electrepeter

E`lec*trep"e*ter (?), n. [Electro + Gr. An instrument used to change the direction of electric currents; a commutator. [R.]

Electress

E*lect"ress (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lectrice. Cf. Electoress.] The wife or widow of an elector in the old German empire. Burke.

Electric, Electrical

E*lec"tric (?), E*lec"tric*al (?), a. [L. electrum amber, a mixed metal, Gr. arc to beam, shine: cf. F. \'82lectrique. The name came from the production of electricity by the friction of amber.]

1. Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.

2. Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.

3. Electrifying; thrilling; magnetic. "Electric Pindar." Mrs. Browning. Electric atmosphere, ∨ Electric aura. See under Aura. -- Electrical battery. See Battery. -- Electrical brush. See under Brush. -- Electric cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. -- Electric candle. See under Candle. -- Electric cat (Zo\'94l.), one of three or more large species of African catfish of the genus Malapterurus (esp. M. electricus of the Nile). They have a large electrical organ and are able to give powerful shocks; -- called also sheathfish. -- Electric clock. See under Clock, and see Electro-chronograph. -- Electric current, a current or stream of electricity traversing a closed circuit formed of conducting substances, or passing by means of conductors from one body to another which is in a different electrical state. -- Electric, ∨ Electrical, eel (Zo\'94l.), a South American eel-like fresh-water fish of the genus Gymnotus (G. electricus), from two to five feet in length, capable of giving a violent electric shock. See Gymnotus. -- Electrical fish (Zo\'94l.), any fish which has an electrical organ by means of which it can give an electrical shock. The best known kinds are the torpedo, the gymnotus, or electrical eel, and the electric cat. See Torpedo, and Gymnotus. -- Electric fluid, the supposed matter of electricity; lightning. -- Electrical image (Elec.), a collection of electrical points regarded as forming, by an analogy with optical phenomena, an image of certain other electrical points, and used in the solution of electrical problems. Sir W. Thomson. -- Electrical light, the light produced by a current of electricity which in passing through a resisting medium heats it to incandescence or burns it. See under Carbon. -- Electric, ∨ Electrical, machine, an apparatus for generating, collecting, or exciting, electricity, as by friction. -- Electric motor. See Electro-motor,

2. -- Electric osmose. (Physics) See under Osmose. -- Electric pen, a hand pen for making perforated stencils for multiplying writings. It has a puncturing needle driven at great speed by a very small magneto-electric engine on the penhandle. -- Electric railway, a railway in which the machinery for moving the cars is driven by an electric current. -- Electric ray (Zo\'94l.), the torpedo. -- Electric telegraph. See Telegraph.

Electric

E*lec"tric (?), n. (Physics) A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass, resin, etc., employed to excite or accumulate electricity.

Electrically

E*lec"tric*al*ly (?), adv. In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.

Electricalness

E*lec"tric*al*ness, a. The state or quality of being electrical.

Electrician

E`lec*tri"cian (?), n. An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity.

Electricity

E`lec*tric"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Electricities (#). [Cf. F. \'82lectricit\'82. See Electric.]

1. A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concussion, and often chemical changes when the circuit passes between the poles or through any imperfectly conducting substance or space. It is generally brought into action by any disturbance of molecular equilibrium, whether from a chemical, physical, or mechanical, cause. &hand; Electricity is manifested under following different forms: (a) Statical electricity, called also Frictional ∨ Common, electricity, electricity in the condition of a stationary charge, in which the disturbance is produced by friction, as of glass, amber, etc., or by induction. (b) Dynamical electricity, called also Voltaic electricity, electricity in motion, or as a current produced by chemical decomposition, as by means of a voltaic battery, or by mechanical action, as by dynamo-electric machines. (c) Thermoelectricity, in which the disturbing cause is heat (attended possibly with some chemical action). It is developed by uniting two pieces of unlike metals in a bar, and then heating the bar unequally. (d) Atmospheric electricity, any condition of electrical disturbance in the atmosphere or clouds, due to some or all of the above mentioned causes. (e) Magnetic electricity, electricity developed by the action of magnets. (f) Positive electricity, the electricity that appears at the positive pole or anode of a battery, or that is produced by friction of glass; -- called also vitreous electricity. (g) Negative electricity, the electricity that appears at the negative pole or cathode, or is produced by the friction of resinous substance; -- called also resinous electricity. (h) Organic electricity, that which is developed in organic structures, either animal or vegetable, the phrase animal electricity being much more common.

2. The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.

3. Fig.: Electrifying energy or characteristic.

Electrifiable

E*lec"tri*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of receiving electricity, or of being charged with it.

Electrification

E*lec`tri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Physics) The act of electrifying, or the state of being charged with electricity.

Electrify

E*lec"tri*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrifying.] [Electric + -fy.]

1. To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

2. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

3. To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.

If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news. Macaulay.
Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table. G. Eliot.

Electrify

E*lec"tri*fy, v. i. To become electric.

Electrine

E*lec"trine (?), a. [L. electrinus of amber. See Electric.]

1. Belonging to, or made of, amber.

2. Made of electrum, an alloy used by the ancients.

Electrition

E`lec*tri"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The recognition by an animal body of the electrical condition of external objects.

Electrization

E*lec`tri*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lectrisation.] The act of electrizing; electrification.

Electrize

E*lec"trize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrizing (?).] [Cf. F. \'82lectriser.] To electricity. Eng. Cyc.

Electrizer

E*lec"tri`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, electrizes.

Electro-

E*lec"tro- (?). [L. electrum amber. See Electric.] A prefix or combining form signifying pertaining to electricity, produced by electricity, producing or employing electricity, etc.; as, electro-negative; electro-dynamic; electro-magnet.

Electro

E*lec"tro, n. An electrotype.

Electro-ballistic

E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tic (?), a. Pertaining to electro-ballistics.

Electro-ballistics

E*lec`tro-bal*lis"tics (?), n. The art or science of measuring the force or velocity of projectiles by means of electricity.

Electro-biologist

E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gist (?), n. (Biol.) One versed in electro-biology.

Electro-biology

E*lec`tro-bi*ol"o*gy (?), n. (Biol.)

1. That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.

2. That phase of mesmerism or animal magnetism, the phenomena of which are supposed to be produced by a form of electricity.

Electro-bioscopy

E*lec`tro-bi*os"co*py (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. -scopy.] (Biol.) A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.

Electro-capillarity

E*lec`tro-cap`il*lar"i*ty (?), n. (Physics) The occurrence or production of certain capillary effects by the action of an electrical current or charge.

Electro-capillary

E*lec`tro-cap"il*la*ry (?), a. (Physics) Pert. to, or caused by, electro-capillarity.

Electro-chemical

E*lec`tro-chem"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to electro-chemistry. Ure.

Electro-chemistry

E*lec`tro-chem"is*try (?), n. That branch of science which treats of the relation of electricity to chemical changes.

Electro-chronograph

E*lec`tro-chron"o*graph (?), n. (Astron. Physics) An instrument for obtaining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.

Electro-chronographic

E*lec`tro-chron`o*graph"ic (?), a. Belonging to the electro-chronograph, or recorded by the aid of it.

Electrocute

E*lec"tro*cute` (?), v. t. [Electro- + cute in execute.] To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words]

Electrode

E*lec"trode (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. \'82lectrode.] (Elec.) The path by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

Electro-dynamic, Electro-dynamical

E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic (?), E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ic*al (?), a. (Physics) Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.

Electro-dynamics

E*lec`tro-dy*nam"ics (?), n.

1. The phenomena of electricity in motion.

2. The branch of science which treats of the properties of electric currents; dynamical electricity.

Electro-dynamometer

E*lec`tro-dy`na*mom"e*ter (?), n. An instrument for measuring the strength of electro-dynamic currents.

Electro-engraving

E*lec`tro-en*grav"ing (?), n. The art or process of engraving by means of electricity.

Electro-etching

E*lec`tro-etch"ing (?), n. A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.

Electrogenesis

E*lec`tro*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Electro- + genesis.] (Physiol.) Same as Electrogeny.

Electrogenic

E*lec`tro*gen"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to electrogenesis; as, an electrogenic condition.

Electrogeny

E`lec*trog"e*ny (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. (Physiol.) A term sometimes applied to the effects (tetanus) produced in the muscles of the limbs, when a current of electricity is passed along the spinal cord or nerves.

Electro-gilding

E*lec`tro-gild"ing (?), n. The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.

Electro-gilt

E*lec"tro-gilt` (?), a. Gilded by means of voltaic electricity.

Electrograph

E*lec"tro*graph (?), n. [Electro- + -graph.] A mark, record, or tracing, made by the action of electricity.

Electro-kinetic

E*lec`tro-ki*net"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

Electro-kinetics

E*lec`tro-ki*net"ics (?), n. That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

Electrolier

E*lec`tro*lier" (?), n. [Formed from electric in imitation of chandelier.] A branching frame, often of ornamental design, to support electric illuminating lamps.

Electrology

E`lec*trol"o*gy (?), n. [Electro- + -logy.] That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.

Electrolysis

E`lec*trol"y*sis (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. (Physics & Chem.) The act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.

Electrolyte

E*lec"tro*lyte (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. \'82lectrolyte.] (Physics & Chem.) A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.

Electrolytic, Electrolytical

E*lec`tro*lyt"ic (?), E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82lectrolytique.] Pertaining to electrolysis; as, electrolytic action. -- E*lec`tro*lyt"ic*al*ly, adv.

Electrolyzable

E*lec"tro*ly`za*ble (?), a. Capable of being electrolyzed, or decomposed by electricity.

Electrolyzation

E*lec`tro*ly*za"tion (?), n. The act or the process of electrolyzing.

Electrolyze

E*lec"tro*lyze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrolyzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrolyzing (?).] [Cf. F. \'82lectrolyser. See Electrolysis.] To decompose by the direct action of electricity. Faraday.

Electro-magnet

E*lec`tro-mag"net (?), n. A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.

Electro-magnetic

E*lec`tro-mag*net"ic (?), a. Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electric currents moving transversely to the direction of the ray.

Electro-magnetism

E*lec`tro-mag"net*ism (?), n. The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.

Electro-metallurgy

E*lec`tro-met"al*lur`gy (?), n. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.

Electrometer

E`lec*trom"e*ter (?), n. [Electro- + -meter: cf. F. \'82lectrom\'8atre.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the quantity or intensity of electricity; also, sometimes, and less properly, applied to an instrument which indicates the presence of electricity (usually called an electroscope). Balance electrometer. See under Balance.

Electro-metric, Electro-metrical

E*lec`tro-met"ric (?), E*lec`tro-met"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82lectrom\'82trique.] Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.

Elextrometry

E`lex*trom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lectrom\'82trie.] (Physics) The art or process of making electrical measurements.

Electro-motion

E*lec`tro-mo"tion (?), n. The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.

Electro-motive

E*lec`tro-mo"tive (?), a. Producing electro-motion; producing, or tending to produce, electricity or an electric current; causing electrical action or effects. Electro-motive force (Physics), the force which produces, or tends to produce, electricity, or an electric current; sometimes used to express the degree of electrification as equivalent to potential, or more properly difference of potential.

Electromotor

E*lec`tro*mo"tor (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lectromoteur.]

1. (Physics) A mover or exciter of electricity; as apparatus for generating a current of electricity.


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2. (Mech.) An apparatus or machine for producing motion and mechanical effects by the action of electricity; an electro-magnetic engine.

Electro-muscular

E*lec`tro-mus"cu*lar (?), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining the reaction (contraction) of the muscles under electricity, or their sensibility to it.

Electron

E*lec"tron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Electric.] Amber; also, the alloy of gold and silver, called electrum.

Electro-negative

E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive (?), a. (Chem. & Physics) (a) Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. (b) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.

Electro-negative

E*lec`tro-neg"a*tive, n. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.

Electropathy

E`lec*trop"a*thy (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. (Med.) The treatment of disease by electricity.

Electrophone

E*lec"tro*phone (?), n. [Electro- + Gr. (Physics) An instrument for producing sound by means of electric currents.

Electrophorus

E*lec`troph"o*rus (?), n.; pl. Electrophori (#). [NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. (Physics) An instrument for exciting electricity, and repeating the charge indefinitely by induction, consisting of a flat cake of resin, shelllac, or ebonite, upon which is placed a plate of metal.

Electro-physiological

E*lec`tro-phys`i*o*log"ic*al (?), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to electrical results produced through physiological agencies, or by change of action in a living organism.

Electro-physiology

E*lec`tro-phys`i*ol"o*gy (?), n. (Physiol.) That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.

Electroplate

E*lec"tro*plate` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electroplating.] (Mech.) To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.

Electroplater

E*lec"tro*pla`ter (?), n. One who electroplates.

Electroplating

E*lec"tro*pla`ting (?), n. The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of electricity.

Electro-polar

E*lec`tro-po"lar (?), a. (Physics) Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor.

Electro-positive

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive (?), a.

1. (Physics) Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrolysis, while the associated body tends to the positive pole; -- the converse or correlative of electro-negative. &hand; An element that is electro-positive in one compound may be electro-negative in another, and vice versa.

2. (Chem.) Hence: Positive; metallic; basic; -- distinguished from negative, nonmetallic, or acid.

Electro-positive

E*lec`tro-pos"i*tive, n. (Chem. & Physics) A body which passes to the negative pole in electrolysis.

Electro-puncturation, Electro-puncturing

E*lec`tro-punc`tu*ra"tion (?), E*lec`tro-punc`tur*ing (?; 135), n. (Med.) See Electropuncture.

Electro-puncture

E*lec`tro-punc`ture (?; 135), n. (Med.) An operation that consists in inserting needless in the part affected, and connecting them with the poles of a galvanic apparatus.

Electroscope

E*lec"tro*scope (?), n. [Electro- + -scope: cf. F. \'82lectroscope.] (Physics) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. Condensing electroscope (Physics), a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser.

Electroscopic

E*lec`tro*scop"ic (?), a. Relating to, or made by means of, the electroscope.

Electrostatic

E*lec`tro*stat"ic (?), a. Pertaining to electrostatics.

Electrostatics

E*lec`tro*stat"ics (?), n. (Physics) That branch of science which treats of statical electricity or electric force in a state of rest.

Electro-stereotype

E*lec`tro-ste"re*o*type (?), n. Same as Electrotype.

Electro-telegraphic

E*lec`tro-tel`e*graph"ic (?), a. Pertaining to the electric telegraph, or by means of it.

Electro-telegraphy

E*lec`tro-te*leg"ra*phy (?), n. The art or science of constructing or using the electric telegraph; the transmission of messages by means of the electric telegraph.

Electro-therapeutics

E*lec`tro-ther`a*peu"tics (?), n. (Med.) The branch of medical science which treats of the applications agent.

Electro-thermancy

E*lec`tro-ther"man*cy (?), n. That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals.

Electro-tint

E*lec"tro-tint` (?), n. (Fine Arts) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing.

Electrotonic

E*lec`tro*ton"ic (?), a.

1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

2. (Physiol.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve.

Electrotonize

E`lec*trot"o*nize (?), v. t. (Physiol.) To cause or produce electrotonus.

Electrotonous

E`lec*trot"o*nous (?), a. Electrotonic.

Electrotonus

E`lec*trot"o*nus (?), n. [NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. (Physiol.) The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus.

Electrotype

E*lec"tro*type (?), n. [Electro- + -type.] A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively. &hand; The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action of an electrical current upon a plate of metal and a wax mold suspended in an acid bath and connected with opposite poles of the battery. It is backed up with a solid filling of type metal.

Electrotype

E*lec"tro*type, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrotyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Electrotyping (?).] To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n.

Electrotyper

E*lec"tro*ty`per (?), n. One who electrotypes.

Electrotypic

E*lec`tro*typ"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy.

Electrotyping

E*lec"tro*ty`ping (?), n. The act or the process of making electrotypes.

Electrotypy

E*lec"tro*ty`py (?), n. The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n.

Electro-vital

E*lec`tro-vi"tal (?), a. Derived from, or dependent upon, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.

Electro-vitalism

E*lec`tro-vi"tal*ism (?), n. (Physiol.) The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.

Electrum

E*lec"trum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Electric, and cf. Electre, Electron.]

1. Amber.

2. An alloy of gold and silver, of an amber color, used by the ancients.

3. German-silver plate. See German silver, under German.

Electuary

E*lec"tu*a*ry (?; 135), n.; pl. Electuaries (#). [OE. letuaire, OF. lettuaire, electuaire, F. \'82lectuaire, L. electuarium, electarium. prob. fr. Gr. Lick, and cf. Eclegm.] (Med.) A medicine composed of powders, or other ingredients, incorporated with some convserve, honey, or sirup; a confection. See the note under Confection.

Eleemosynarily

El`ee*mos"y*na*ri*ly (?), adv. In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.

Eleemosynary

El`ee*mos"y*na*ry (?; 277), a. [LL. eleemosynarius, fr. eleemosyna alms, Gr. Alms.]

1. Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation.

2. Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance. "Eleemosynary cures." Boyle.

3. Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.

Eleemosynary

El`ee*mos"y*na*ry, n.; pl. Eleemosynaries (. One who subsists on charity; a dependent. South.

Elegance, Elegancy

El"e*gance (?), El"e*gan*cy (?), n. [L. elegantia, fr. elegans, -antis, elegant: cf. F. \'82l\'82gance.]

1. The state or quality of being elegant; beauty as resulting from choice qualities and the complete absence of what deforms or impresses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc.

That grace that elegance affords. Drayton.
The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson.
A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.

2. That which is elegant; that which is tasteful and highly attractive.

The beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art. Spectator.
Syn. -- Elegance, Grace. Elegance implies something of a select style of beauty, which is usually produced by art, skill, or training; as, elegance of manners, composition, handwriting, etc.; elegant furniture; an elegant house, etc. Grace, as the word is here used, refers to bodily movements, and is a lower order of beauty. It may be a natural gift; thus, the manners of a peasant girl may be graceful, but can hardly be called elegant.

Elegant

El"e*gant (?), a. [L. elegans, -antis; akin to eligere to pick out, choose, select: cf. F. \'82l\'82gant. See Elect.]

1. Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.

A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature. Prescott.

2. Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste. Syn. -- Tasteful; polished; graceful; refined; comely; handsome; richly ornamental.

Elegantly

El"e*gant*ly, adv. In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.

Elegiac

E*le"gi*ac (?; 277), a. [L. elegiacus, Gr. \'82l\'82giaque. See Elegy.]

1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains.

Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning.

2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter.

Elegiac

E*le"gi*ac (?), n. Elegiac verse.

Elegiacal

El`e*gi"a*cal (?), a. Elegiac.

Elegiast

E*le"gi*ast (?), n. One who composes elegies. Goldsmith.

Elegiographer

El`e*gi*og"ra*pher (?), n. [Gr. -graph + -er.] An elegist. [Obs.]

Elegist

El"e*gist (?), n. A write of elegies. T. Warton.

Elegit

E*le"git (?), n. [L., he has chosen, fr. eligere to choose. See Elect.] (Law) A judicial writ of execution, by which a defendant's goods are appraised and delivered to the plaintiff, and, if no sufficient to satisfy the debt, all of his lands are delivered, to be held till the debt is paid by the rents and profits, or until the defendant's interest has expired.

Elegize

El"e*gize (?), v. t. To lament in an elegy; to celebrate in elegiac verse; to bewail. Carlyle.

Elegy

El"e*gy (?), n.; pl. Elegies (#). [L. elegia, Gr. A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.

Eleidin

E*le"i*din (?), n. (Biol.) Lifeless matter deposited in the form of minute granules within the protoplasm of living cells.

Element

El"e*ment (?), n. [F. \'82l\'82ment, L. elementum.]

1. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

2. One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed; as, the elements of water are oxygen and hydrogen. &hand; The elements are naturally classified in several families or groups, as the group of the alkaline elements, the halogen group, and the like. They are roughly divided into two great classes, the metals, as sodium, calcium, etc., which form basic compounds, and the nonmetals or metalloids, as oxygen, sulphur, chlorine, which form acid compounds; but the distinction is only relative, and some, as arsenic, tin, aluminium, etc., form both acid and basic compounds. The essential fact regarding every element is its relative atomic weight or equivalent. When the elements are tabulated in the order of their ascending atomic weights, the arrangement constitutes the series of the Periodic law of Mendelejeff. See Periodic law, under Periodic. This Periodic law enables us to predict the qualities of unknown elements. The number of elements known is about seventy-five, but the gaps in the Periodic law indicate the possibility of many more. Many of the elements with which we are familiar, as hydrogen, carbon, iron, gold, etc., have been recognized, by means of spectrum analysis, in the sun and the fixed stars. From certain evidence (as that afforded by the Periodic law, spectrum analysis, etc.) it appears that the chemical elements probably may not be simple bodies, but only very stable compounds of some simpler body or bodies. In formulas, the elements are designated by abbreviations of their names in Latin or New Latin.


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The Elements ------------------------------------------------------------ Name |Sym-|Atomic Weight| |bol | O=16 | H=1 | ------------------------------------------------------------ Aluminum | Al | 27.1 | 26.9| Antimony(Stibium) Argon Arsenic Barium Beryllium (see Glucinum) Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Caesium Calcium Carbon Cerium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Columbium Copper (Cuprum) Erbium Fluorine Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Glucinum <--(now Beryllium)--> Gold Helium Hydrogen Indium Iodine Iridium Iron (Ferrum) Krypton Lanthanum Lead (Plumbum) Lithium Magnesium Manganese Mercury (Hydrargyrum) Molybdenum Neodymium Neon Nickel Niobium (see Columbium) Nirogen Osmium Oxygen Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Potassium (Kalium) Praseodymium Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium
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----------------------------------------------------------- The Elements -- continued ------------------------------------------------------------ Name Samarium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver (Argentum) Sodium (Natrium) Strontium Sulphur Tantalum Tellurium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin (Stannum) Titanium Tungsten (Wolframium) Uranium Vanadium Wolfranium (see Tungsten) Xenon Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium ------------------------------------------------------------

Several other elements have been announced, as holmium, vesbium, austrium, etc., but their properties, and in some cases their existence, have not yet been definitely established.

3. One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything; as, letters are the elements of written language; hence, also, a simple portion of that which is complex, as a shaft, lever, wheel, or any simple part in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite.

The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn. Jowett (Thucyd.).

4. (a) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole; as, a single cell is an element of the honeycomb. (b) (Anat.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber.

5. (Biol.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed.

6. (Math.) (a) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered; as, in a solid an element may be infinitesimal portion between any two planes that are separated and indefinitely small distance. In the calculus, element is sometimes used as synonymous with differential. (b) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former. (c) One of the terms in an algebraic expression.

7. One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit.

8. pl. The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music.

9. pl. Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elemental of a plan.

10. One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers; one of the imaginary principles of matter. (a) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire; whence it is said, water is the proper element of fishes; air is the element of birds. Hence, the state or sphere natural to anything or suited for its existence.

Of elements The grosser feeds the purer: Earth the Sea; Earth and the Sea feed Air; the Air those Fires Ethereal. Milton.
Does not our life consist of the four elements? Shak.
And the complexion of the element [i. e.,the sky or air] In favor's like the work we have in hand, Most bloody, fiery, and most terrible. Shak.
About twelve ounces [of food], with mere element for drink. Cheyne.
They show that they are out of their element. T. Baker.
Esp., the conditions and movements of the air. "The elements be kind to thee." (b) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. Brande & C.

11. pl. The whole material composing the world.

The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Peter iii. 10.

12. pl. (Eccl.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. Magnetic element, one of the hypothetical elementary portions of which a magnet is regarded as made up.

Element

El"e*ment (?), v. t.

1. To compound of elements or first principles. [Obs.] "[Love] being elemented too." Donne.

2. To constitute; to make up with elements.

His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness. Walton.

Elemental

El`e*men"tal (?), a.

1. Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air. "Elemental strife." Pope.

2. Pertaining to rudiments or first principles; rudimentary; elementary. "The elemental rules of erudition." Cawthorn.

Elementalism

El`e*men"tal*ism (?), a. The theory that the heathen divinities originated in the personification of elemental powers.

Elementality

E`le*men*tal"i*ty (?), n. The condition of being composed of elements, or a thing so composed.

Elementally

El`e*men"tal*ly (?), adv. According to elements; literally; as, the words, "Take, eat; this is my body," elementally understood.

Elementar

El`e*men"tar (?), a. Elementary. [Obs.] Skelton.

Elementariness

El`e*men"ta*ri*ness (?), n. The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.

Elementarity

El`e*men*tar"i*ty (?), n. Elementariness. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Elementary

El`e*men"ta*ry (?), a. [L. elementarius: cf. F. \'82l\'82mentaire.]

1. Having only one principle or constituent part; consisting of a single element; simple; uncompounded; as, an elementary substance.

2. Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything; initial; rudimental; introductory; as, an elementary treatise.

3. Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. "Some luminous and fiery impressions in the elementary region." J. Spencer.

Elementation

El`e*men*ta"tion (?), n. Instruction in the elements or first principles. [R.]

Elementoid

El"e*men*toid` (?), a. [Element + -oid.] Resembling an element.

Elemi

El"e*mi (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lemi, It. elemi, Sp. elemi; of American or Oriental. origin.] A fragrant gum resin obtained chiefly tropical trees of the genera Amyris and Canarium. A. elemifera yields Mexican elemi; C. commune, the Manila elemi. It is used in the manufacture of varnishes, also in ointments and plasters.

Elemin

El"e*min (?), n. (Chem.) A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.

Elench

E*lench" (?), n.; pl. Elenchs (#). [L. elenchus, Gr. elenche.] (Logic) (a) That part of an argument on which its conclusiveness depends; that which convinces of refutes an antagonist; a refutation. (b) A specious but fallacious argument; a sophism.

Elenchical

E*len"chic*al (?), a. Pertaining to an elench.

Elenchically

E*len"chic*al*ly, adv. By means of an elench.

Elenchize

E*len"chize (?), v. i. To dispute. [R.] B. Jonson.

Elenchtic, Elenchtical

E*lench"tic, E*lench"tic*al (?), a. Same as Elenctic.

Elenchus

E*len"chus (?), n. [L.] Same as Elench.

Elenctic, Elenctical

E*lenc"tic (?), E*lenc"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. (Logic) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Elenge

El"enge (?), a. [Cf. AS. ellende foreign, strange, G. elend miserable.] Sorrowful; wretched; full of trouble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Elengeness

El"enge*ness, n. Loneliness; misery. [Obs.]

Elephansy

El"e*phan*sy (?), n. [L. elephantia.] Elephantiasis. [Obs.] Holland.

Elephant

El"e*phant (?), n. [OE. elefaunt, olifant, OF. olifant, F. \'82l\'82phant, L. elephantus, elephas, -antis, fr. Gr. ibha, with the Semitic article al, el, prefixed, or fr. Semitic Aleph hindi Indian bull; or cf. Goth. ulbandus camel, AS. olfend.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.

2. Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. [Obs.] Dryden. <-- Illustr. of Elephant. --> Elephant apple (Bot.), an East Indian fruit with a rough, hard rind, and edible pulp, borne by Feronia elephantum, a large tree related to the orange. -- Elephant bed (Geol.), at Brighton, England, abounding in fossil remains of elephants. Mantell. -- Elephant beetle (Zo\'94l.), any very large beetle of the genus Goliathus (esp. G. giganteus), of the family Scarab\'91id\'91. They inhabit West Africa. -- Elephant fish (Zo\'94l.), a chim\'91roid fish (Callorhynchus antarcticus), with a proboscis-like projection of the snout. -- Elephant paper, paper of large size, 23 × 28 inches. -- Double elephant paper, paper measuring 26Paper. -- Elephant seal (Zo\'94l.), an African jumping shrew (Macroscelides typicus), having a long nose like a proboscis. -- Elephant's ear (Bot.), a name given to certain species of the genus Begonia, which have immense one-sided leaves. -- Elephant's foot (Bot.) (a) A South African plant (Testudinaria Elephantipes), which has a massive rootstock covered with a kind of bark cracked with deep fissures; -- called also tortoise plant. The interior part is barely edible, whence the plant is also called Hottentot's bread. (b) A genus (Elephantopus) of coarse, composite weeds. -- Elephant's tusk (Zo\'94l.), the tooth shell. See Dentalium.

Elephantiac

El`e*phan"ti*ac (?), a. (Med.) Affected with elephantiasis; characteristic of elephantiasis.

Elephantiasis

El`e*phan*ti"a*sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide.

Elephantine

El`e*phan"tine (?), a. [L. elephantinus of ivory, Gr. \'82l\'82phantin.] Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread. Elephantine epoch (Geol.), the epoch distinguished by the existence of large pachyderms. Mantell. -- Elephantine tortoise (Zo\'94l.), a huge land tortoise; esp., Testudo elephantina, from islands in the Indian Ocean; and T. elephantopus, from the Galapagos Islands.

Elephantoid; 277, Elephantoidal

El"e*phan*toid` (?; 277), El`e*phan*toid"al (?), a. [Elephant + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Resembling an elephant in form or appearance.

Eleusinian

El`eu*sin"i*an (?), a. [L. Eleusinius, Gr. Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals.

Eleutheromania

E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*a (?), n. [Gr. mania.] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [R.] Carlyle.

Eleutheromaniac

E*leu`ther*o*ma"ni*ac, a. Mad for freedom. [R.]

Eleuthero-petalous

E*leu`ther*o-pet"al*ous (?), a. [Gr. petal.] (Bot.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.

Elevate

El"e*vate (?), a. [L. elevatus, p. p.] Elevated; raised aloft. [Poetic] Milton.

Elevate

El"e*vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elevated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elevating (?).] [L. elevatus, p. p. of elevare; e + levare to lift up, raise, akin to levis light in weight. See Levity.]

1. To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

2. To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

3. To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

4. To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

5. To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

6. To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy. [Colloq. & Sportive] "The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo." Sir W. Scott.

7. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage. [A Latin meaning] [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. To elevate a piece (Gun.), to raise the muzzle; to lower the breech. Syn. -- To exalt; dignify; ennoble; erect; raise; hoist; heighten; elate; cheer; flush; excite; animate.

Elevated

El"e*va`ted (?), a. Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.

Elevatedness

El"e*va`ted*ness, n. The quality of being elevated.

Elevation

El`e*va"tion (?), n. [L. elevatio: cf. F. \'82l\'82vation.]

1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.

2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. "Degrees of elevation above us." Locke.

His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Sir H. Wotton.

3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.

5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the substylar line.

7. (Drawing) A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; -- called by the ancients the orthography. Angle of elevation (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending line makes with a horizontal plane. -- Elevation of the host (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.

Elevator

El"e*va`tor (?), n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. \'82l\'82vateur.] One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. (b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. Elevator head, leg, ∧ boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.

Elevatory

El"e*va`to*ry (?), a. Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.

Elevatory

El"e*va`to*ry, n. [Cf. F. \'82l\'82vatoire.] (Surg.) See Elevator, n. (e). Dunglison.
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\'90l\'8ave

\'90`l\'8ave" (, n. [F., fr. \'82lever to raise, bring up.] A pupil; a student.

Eleven

E*lev"en (?), a. [OE. enleven, AS. endleofan, endlufon, for nleofan; akin to LG. eleve, \'94lwe, \'94lwen, D. elf, G. elf, eilf, OHG. einlif, Icel. ellifu, Sw. elfva, Dan. elleve, Goth. ainlif, cf. Lith. v\'89nolika; and fr. the root of E. one + (prob.) a root signifying "to be left over, remain," appearing in E. loan, or perh. in leave, v. t., life. See One, and cf. Twelve.] Ten and one added; as, eleven men.

Eleven

E*lev"en, n.

1. The sum of ten and one; eleven units or objects.

2. A symbol representing eleven units, as 11 or xi.

3. (Cricket & American Football) The eleven men selected to play on one side in a match, as the representatives of a club or a locality; as, the all-England eleven.

Eleventh

E*lev"enth (?), a. [Cf. AS. endlyfta. See Eleven.]

1. Next after the tenth; as, the eleventh chapter.

2. Constituting one of eleven parts into which a thing is divided; as, the eleventh part of a thing.

3. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to the interval of the octave and the fourth.

Eleventh

E*lev"enth, n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by eleven; one of eleven equal parts.

2. (Mus.) The interval consisting of ten conjunct degrees; the interval made up of an octave and a fourth.

Elf

Elf (?), n.; pl. Elves (#). [AS. \'91lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. rbhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf.]

1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. Shak.

2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and elf shot. -- Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling. -- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. Brewer. -- Elf owl (Zo\'94l.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona.

Elf

Elf, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.
Elf all my hair in knots. Shak.

Elfin

Elf"in (?), a. Relating to elves.

Elfin

Elf"in, n. A little elf or urchin. Shenstone.

Elfish

Elf"ish, a. Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. "Elfish light." Coleridge.
The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. Hawthorne.

Elfishly

Elf"ish*ly, adv. In an elfish manner.

Elfishness

Elf"ish*ness, n. The quality of being elfish.

Elfkin

Elf"kin (?), n. A little elf.

Elfland

Elf"land` (?), n. Fairyland. Tennyson.

Elflock

Elf"lock` (?), n. Hair matted, or twisted into a knot, as if by elves.

Elgin marbles

El"gin mar"bles (?). Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.

Elicit

E*lic"it (?), a. [L. elictus, p. p. of elicere to elicit; e + lacere to entice. Cf. Delight, Lace.] Elicited; drawn out; made real; open; evident. [Obs.] "An elicit act of equity." Jer. Taylor.

Elicit

E*lic"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliciting.] To draw out or entice forth; to bring to light; to bring out against the will; to deduce by reason or argument; as, to elicit truth by discussion.

Elicitate

E*lic"i*tate (?), v. t. To elicit. [Obs.]

Elicitation

E*lic`i*ta"tion (?), n. The act of eliciting. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.

Elide

E*lide" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elided; p. pr. & vb. n. Eliding.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. \'82lider. See Lesion.]

1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument. [Obs.] Hooker.

2. (Gram.) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable, usually the final one; to subject to elision.

Eligibility

El`i*gi*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82ligibilit\'82.] The quality of being eligible; eligibleness; as, the eligibility of a candidate; the eligibility of an offer of marriage.

Eligible

El"i*gi*ble (?), a. [F. \'82ligible, fr. L. eligere. See Elect.]

1. That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.

2. Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.

The more eligible of the two evils. Burke.

Eligibleness

El"i*gi*ble*ness, n. The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.

Eligibly

El"i*gi*bly, adv. In an eligible manner.

Elimate

El"i*mate (?), v. t. [L. elimatus, p. p. of elimare to file up; e out + limare to file, fr. lima file.] To render smooth; to polish. [Obs.]

Eliminant

E*lim"i*nant (?), n. (Math.) The result of eliminating n variables between n homogeneous equations of any degree; -- called also resultant.

Eliminate

E*lim"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eliminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eliminating (?).] [L. eliminatus, p. p. of eliminare; e out + limen threshold; prob. akin to limes boundary. See Limit.]

1. To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.

2. (Alg.) To cause to disappear from an equation; as, to eliminate an unknown quantity.

3. To set aside as unimportant in a process of inductive inquiry; to leave out of consideration.

Eliminate errors that have been gathering and accumulating. Lowth.

4. To obtain by separating, as from foreign matters; to deduce; as, to eliminate an idea or a conclusion. [Recent, and not well authorized]

5. (Physiol.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system.

Elimination

E*lim`i*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82limination.]

1. The act of expelling or throwing off; (Physiol.) the act of discharging or excreting waste products or foreign substances through the various emunctories.

2. (Alg.) Act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.

3. The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction. [See Eliminate,

4.]

Eliminative

E*lim"i*na*tive (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to, or carrying on, elimination.

Elinguate

E*lin"guate (?), v. t. [L. elinguare.] To deprive of the tongue. [Obs.] Davies (Holy Roode).

Elinguation

E`lin*gua"tion (?), n. [L. elinguatio. See Elinguid.] (O. Eng. Law) Punishment by cutting out the tongue.

Elinguid

E*lin"guid (?), a. [L. elinguis, prop., deprived of the tongue; hence, speechless; e + lingua tongue.] Tongue-tied; dumb. [Obs.]

Eliquament

E*liq"ua*ment (?), n. A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.

Eliquation

El`i*qua"tion (?), n. [L. eliquatio, fr. eliquare to clarify, strain; e + liquare to make liquid, melt.] (Metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation. Ure.

Elison

E*li"son (?), n. [L. elisio, fr. elidere, elisum, to strike out: cf. F. \'82lision. See Elide.]

1. Division; separation. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Gram.) The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowel standing before an initial vowel in the following word, when the two words are drawn together.

Elisor

E*li"sor (?), n. [F. \'82liseur, fr. \'82lire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] (Eng. Law) An elector or chooser; one of two persons appointed by a court to return a jury or serve a writ when the sheriff and the coroners are disqualified.

(?), n. [F., fr. \'82lire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect.] A choice or select body; the flower; as, the \'82lite of society.

Elix

E*lix" (?), v. t. [See Elixate.] To extract. [Obs.] Marston.

Elixate

E*lix"ate (?), v. t. [L. elixatus, p. p. of elixare to seethe, fr. elixus thoroughly boiled; e + lixare to boil, lix ashes.] To boil; to seethe; hence, to extract by boiling or seething. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Elixation

El`ix*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lixation.] A seething; digestion. [Obs.] Burton.

Elixir

E*lix"ir (?), n. [F. \'82lixir, Sp. elixir, Ar. eliks\'c6r the philosopher's stone, prob. from Gr. ksh\'be to burn.]

1. (Med.) A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

2. (Alchemy) An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vit\'91, or the elixir of life.

3. The refined spirit; the quintessence.

The . . . elixir of worldly delights. South.

4. Any cordial or substance which invigorates.

The grand elixir, to support the spirits of human nature. Addison.

Elizabethan

E*liz"a*beth`an (?), a. Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature. -- n. One who lived in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Lowell.

Elk

Elk (?), n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo\'94l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk (Alces machlis or Cervus alces) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti (Cervus Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler. -- Cape elk (Zo\'94l.), the eland.

Elk, Elke

Elk, Elke (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus).

Elknut

Elk"nut` (?), n. (Bot.) The buffalo nut. See under Buffalo.

Elkwood

Elk"wood` (?), n. The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella).

Ell

Ell (?), n. [AS. eln; akin to D. el, elle, G. elle, OHG. elina, Icel. alin, Dan. alen, Sw. aln, Goth. alenia, L. ulna elbow, ell, Gr. Elbow, Alnage.] A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell 27, the Scotch about 37.

Ell

Ell, n. (Arch.) See L.

Ellachick

El"la*chick (?), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.

Ellagic

El*lag"ic (?), a. [F., fr. galle gall (with the letters reversed).] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.

Ellebore

El"le*bore (?), n. Hellebore. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Elleborin

El*leb"o*rin (?), n. See Helleborin.

Elleck

El"leck (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) The red gurnard or cuckoo fish. [Prov. Eng.]

Ellenge, Ellinge, a., Ellengeness, Ellingeness

El"lenge (?), El"linge (?), a., El"lenge*ness, El"linge*ness, n. See Elenge, Elengeness. [Obs.]

Elles

El"les (?), adv. & conj. See Else. [Obs.]

Ellipse

El*lipse" (?), n. [Gr. ellipse. See Ellipsis.]

1. (Geom.) An oval or oblong figure, bounded by a regular curve, which corresponds to an oblique projection of a circle, or an oblique section of a cone through its opposite sides. The greatest diameter of the ellipse is the major axis, and the least diameter is the minor axis. See Conic section, under Conic, and cf. Focus.

2. (Gram.) Omission. See Ellipsis.

3. The elliptical orbit of a planet.

The Sun flies forward to his brother Sun; The dark Earth follows wheeled in her ellipse. Tennyson.

Ellipsis

El*lip"sis (?), n.; pl. Ellipses (#). [L., fr. Gr. In, and Loan, and cf. Ellipse.]

1. (Gram.) Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for, the virtues which I admire.

2. (Geom.) An ellipse. [Obs.]

Ellipsograph

El*lip"so*graph (?), n. [Ellipse + graph: cf. F. ellipsographe.] An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel.

Ellipsoid

El*lip"soid (?), n. [Ellipse + -oid: cf. F. ellipsoide.] (Geom.) A solid, all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. See Conoid, n., 2 (a). &hand; The ellipsoid has three principal plane sections, a, b, and c, each at right angles to the other two, and each dividing the solid into two equal and symmetrical parts. The lines of meeting of these principal sections are the axes, or principal diameters of the ellipsoid. The point where the three planes meet is the center. Ellipsoid of revolution, a spheroid; a solid figure generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. It is called a prolate spheroid, or prolatum, when the ellipse is revolved about the major axis, and an oblate spheroid, or oblatum, when it is revolved about the minor axis.

Ellipsoid, Ellipsoidal

El*lip"soid (?), El`lip*soi"dal (?), a. Pertaining to, or shaped like, an ellipsoid; as, ellipsoid or ellipsoidal form.

Elliptic, Elliptical

El*lip"tic (?), El*lip"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. elliptique. See Ellipsis.]

1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse; having the form of an ellipse; oblong, with rounded ends.

The planets move in elliptic orbits. Cheyne.

2. Having a part omitted; as, an elliptical phrase. Elliptic chuck. See under Chuck. -- Elliptic compasses, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. -- Elliptic function. (Math.) See Function. -- Elliptic integral. (Math.) See Integral. -- Elliptic polarization. See under Polarization.

Elliptically

El*lip"tic*al*ly, adv.

1. In the form of an ellipse.

2. With a part omitted; as, elliptically expressed.

Ellipticity

El`lip*tic"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. ellipticit\'82.] Deviation of an ellipse or a spheroid from the form of a circle or a sphere; especially, in reference to the figure of the earth, the difference between the equatorial and polar semidiameters, divided by the equatorial; thus, the ellipticity of the earth is &hand; Some writers use ellipticity as the ratio of the difference of the two semiaxes to the minor axis, instead of the major. Nichol.

Elliptic-lanceolate

El*lip"tic-lan"ce*o*late (?), a. (Bot.) Having a form intermediate between elliptic and lanceolate.

Elliptograph

El*lip"to*graph (?), n. Same as Ellipsograph.

Ellwand

Ell"wand (?), n. Formerly, a measuring rod an ell long.

Elm

Elm (?), n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva. Elm beetle (Zo\'94l.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm. -- Elm borer (Zo\'94l.), one of several species of beetles of which the larv\'91 bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata). -- Elm butterfly (Zo\'94l.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and Grapta comma). See Comma butterfly, under Comma. -- Elm moth (Zo\'94l.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larv\'91 destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm). -- Elm sawfly (Zo\'94l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.

Elmen

Elm"en (?), a. Belonging to elms. [Obs.]

Elmo's fire

El"mo's fire` (?). See Corposant; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under Saint.

Elmy

Elm"y (?), a. Abounding with elms.
The simple spire and elmy grange. T. Warton.

Elocation

El`o*ca"tion (?), n. [Pref. e- + locate.]

1. A removal from the usual place of residence. [Obs.]

2. Departure from the usual state; an ecstasy. [Obs.]


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Elocular

E*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Pref. e- + locular.] Having but one cell, or cavity; not divided by a septum or partition.

Elocution

El`o*cu"tion (?), n. [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. \'82locution. See Eloquent.]

1. Utterance by speech. [R.]

[Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.

2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." Whately

3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.]

To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden.

Elocutionary

El`o*cu"tion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to elocution.

Elocutionist

El`o*cu"tion*ist, n. One who is versed in elocution; a teacher of elocution.

Elocutive

El"o*cu`tive (?), a. Pertaining to oratorical expression. [Obs.] Feltham.

Elodian

E*lo"di*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn.

(?), n. [F. See Elogium.] A panegyrical funeral oration.

Elogist

El"o*gist (?), n. [F. \'82logiste.] One who pronounces an \'82loge.

Elogium, Elogy

E*lo"gi*um (?), El"o*gy (?), n. [L. elogium a short saying, an inscription, fr. Gr. .] The praise bestowed on a person or thing; panegyric; eulogy.

Elohim

E*lo"him (?), n. [Heb.] One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Elohist

E*lo"hist (?), n. The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson.

Elohistic

El`o*his"tic (?), a. Relating to Elohim as a name of God; -- said of passages in the Old Testament.

Eloign

E*loign" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eloigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloigning.] [F. \'82loigner, OF. esloignier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OF. & F. loin far, far off, L. longe, fr. longus long. See Elongate.] >[Written also eloin.]

1. To remove afar off; to withdraw. [Obs.]

From worldly cares he did himself eloign. Spenser.

2. (Law) To convey to a distance, or beyond the jurisdiction, or to conceal, as goods liable to distress.

The sheriff may return that the goods or beasts are eloigned. Blackstone.

Eloignate

E*loign"ate (?), v. t. To remove. [Obs.] Howell.

Eloignment

E*loign"ment (?), n. [F. \'82loignement.] Removal to a distance; withdrawal. [Obs.]

Eloin

E*loin" (?), v. t. See Eloign.

Eloinate

E*loin"ate (?), v. t. See Eloignate.

Eloinment

E*loin"ment (?), n. See Eloignment.

Elong

E*long" (?; 115), v. t. [See Eloign, Elongate.]

1. To lengthen out; to prolong. [Obs.]

2. To put away; to separate; to keep off. [Obs.] Wyatt.

Elongate

E*lon"gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elongated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elongating.] [LL. elongatus, p. p. of elongare to remove, to prolong; e + L. longus long. See Long, a., and cf. Eloign.]

1. To lengthen; to extend; to stretch; as, to elongate a line.

2. To remove further off. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Elongate

E*lon"gate, v. i. To depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit. [R.]

Elongate

E*lon"gate (?), a. [LL. elongatus.] Drawn out at length; elongated; as, an elongate leaf. "An elongate form." Earle.

Elongation

E`lon*ga"tion (?; 277), n. [LL. elongatio: cf. F. \'82longation.]

1. The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." Arbuthnot.

2. That which lengthens out; continuation.

May not the mountains of Westmoreland and Cumberland be considered as elongations of these two chains? Pinkerton.

3. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.

The distant points in the celestial expanse appear to the eye in so small a degree of elongation from one another, as bears no proportion to what is real. Glanvill.

4. (Astron.) The angular distance of a planet from the sun; as, the elongation of Venus or Mercury.

Elope

E*lope" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eloping.] [D. ontloopen to run away; pref. ont- (akin to G. ent-, AS. and-, cf. E. answer) + loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See Leap, v. t.] To run away, or escape privately, from the place or station to which one is bound by duty; -- said especially of a woman or a man, either married or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart.
Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison.

Elopement

E*lope"ment (?), n. The act of eloping; secret departure; -- said of a woman and a man, one or both, who run away from their homes for marriage or for cohabitation.

Eloper

E*lop"er (?), n. One who elopes.

Elops

E"lops (?), n. [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of fishes. See Saury.

2. A mythical serpent. [Obs.] Milton.

Eloquence

El"o*quence (?), n. [F. \'82loquence, L. eloquentia, fr. eloquens. See Eloquent.]

1. Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion.

Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. Hare.

2. Fig.: Whatever produces the effect of moving and persuasive speech.

Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. Pope.
The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence. Macaulay.

3. That which is eloquently uttered or written.

O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. Shak.
Syn. -- Oratory; rhetoric.

Eloquent

El"o*quent (?), a. [F. \'82loquent, L. eloquens, -entis, p. pr. of eloqui to speak out, declaim; e + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.]

1. Having the power of expressing strong emotions or forcible arguments in an elevated, impassioned, and effective manner; as, an eloquent orator or preacher.

O Death, all-eloquent! You only prove What dust we dote on when 't is man we love. Pope.

2. Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury.

Eloquently

El"o*quent*ly, adv. In an eloquent manner.

Elrich ∨ Elritch

El"rich (?)El"ritch, a. Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [Scot. & Local, Eng.]

Else

Else (?), a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. \'84ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? "Bastards and else." Shak. &hand; This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case." G. Eliot. "A suit of clothes like everybody else's." Thackeray.

Else

Else, adv. & conj.

1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. Ps. li. 16.
&hand; After \'bfor', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?" Shak.

Elsewhere

Else"where` (?), adv.

1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere.

2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere.

Elsewhither

Else"whith`er (?), adv. To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester."For elsewhither was I bound." Carlyle.

Elsewise

Else"wise` (?), adv. Otherwise. [R.]

Elsin

El"sin (?), n. A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]

Elucidate

E*lu"ci*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elucidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elucidating (?).] [LL. elucidatus, p. p. of elucidare; e + lucidus full of light, clear. See Lucid.] To make clear or manifest; to render more intelligible; to illustrate; as, an example will elucidate the subject.

Elucidation

E*lu`ci*da"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lucidation.] A making clear; the act of elucidating or that which elucidates, as an explanation, an exposition, an illustration; as, one example may serve for further elucidation of the subject.

Elucidative

E*lu"ci*da`tive (?), a. Making clear; tending to elucidate; as, an elucidative note.

Elucidator

E*lu"ci*da`tor (?), n. One who explains or elucidates; an expositor.

Elucidatory

E*lu"ci*da*to*ry (?), a. Tending to elucidate; elucidative. [R.]

Eluctate

E*luc"tate (?), v. i. [L. eluctatus, p. p. of eluctari to struggle out; e + luctari to wrestle.] To struggle out; -- with out. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Eluctation

E`luc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. eluctatio.] A struggling out of any difficulty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Elucubrate

E*lu"cu*brate (?), v. i. [L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight.] See Lucubrate. [Obs.] Blount.

Elucubration

E*lu`cu*bra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82lucubration.] See Lucubration. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Elude

E*lude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. \'82luder. See Ludicrous.] To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow.
Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope.
The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.
Syn. -- To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.

Eludible

E*lud"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being eluded; evadible.

Elul

E"lul (?), n. [Heb.] The sixth month of the Jewish year, by the sacred reckoning, or the twelfth, by the civil reckoning, corresponding nearly to the month of September.

Elumbated

E*lum"ba*ted (?), a. [L. elumbis; e + lumbus loin.] Weak or lame in the loins. [Obs.]

Elusion

E*lu"sion (?), n. [LL. elusio, fr. L. eludere, elusum. See Elude.] Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

Elusive

E*lu"sive (?), a. Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.
-- E*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- E*lu"sive*ness, n.

Elusory

E*lu"so*ry (?), a. [LL. elusorius.] Tending to elude or deceive; evasive; fraudulent; fallacious; deceitful; deceptive. -- E*lu"so*ri*ness (#), n.

Elute

E*lute" (?), v. t. [L. elutus, p. p. of eluers to elute; e + luere to wash.] To wash out. [R.] Arbuthnot.

Elutriate

E*lu"tri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elutriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Elutriating (?).] [L. elutriatus, p. p. of elutriare.] To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.

Elutriation

E*lu`tri*a"tion (?), n. The process of elutriating; a decanting or racking off by means of water, as finer particles from heavier.

Eluxate

E*lux"ate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + luxate.] To dislocate; to luxate.

Eluxation

E`lux*a"tion (?), n. Dislocation; luxation.

Elvan

Elv"an (?), a.

1. Pertaining to elves; elvish.

2. (Mining) Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.

Elvan, Elvanite

Elv"an, Elv"an*ite (?), n. The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.

Elve

Elve (?), n. An old form of Elf.

Elver

El"ver (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

Elves

Elves (?), n.; pl. of Elf.

Elvish

Elv"ish (?), a.

1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

He seemeth elvish by his countenance. Chaucer.

2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]

Elvishly

Elv"ish*ly, adv. In an elvish manner. Sir W. Scott.

Elwand

El"wand (?), n. [Obs.] See Ellwand.

Elysian

E*ly"sian (?), a. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.] Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. "Elysian shades." Massinger. "Elysian age." Beattie.
This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Longfellow.

Elysium

E*ly"sium (?), n.; pl. E. Elysiums (#), L. Elysia (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Anc. Myth.)

1. A dwelling place assigned to happy souls after death; the seat of future happiness; Paradise.

2. Hence, any delightful place.

An Elysian more pure and bright than that pf the Greeks. I. Taylor.

Elytriform

E*lyt"ri*form (?), a. [Elytrum + -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the form, or structure, of an elytron.

Elytrin

El"y*trin (?), n. [From Elytrum.] (Chem.) See Chitin.

Elytroid

El"y*troid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Resembling a beetle's wing case.

Elytron; 277, Elytrum

El"y*tron (?; 277), El"y*trum (-tr
n.; pl. Elytra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of the anterior pair of wings in the Coleoptera and some other insects, when they are thick and serve only as a protection for the posterior pair. See Coleoptera. (b) One of the shieldlike dorsal scales of certain annelids. See Ch\'91topoda.

Elzevir

El"ze*vir (?), a. (Bibliog.) Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them.
The Elzevir editions are valued for their neatness, and the elegant small types used. Brande & C.

'Em

'Em (?). An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. Addison.

Em

Em (?), n. (Print.) The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.

Em-

Em-. A prefix. See En-.

Emacerate

E*mac"er*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft.] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Emaceration

E*mac`er*a"tion (?), n. Emaciation. [Obs.]

Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emaciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating.] [L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager.] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. "He emaciated and pined away." Sir T. Browne.

Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate, v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him.

Emaciate

E*ma"ci*ate (?), a. [L. emaciatus, p. p.] Emaciated. "Emaciate steeds." T. Warton.

Emaciation

E*ma`ci*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82maciation.]

1. The act of making very lean.

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Emaculate

E*mac"u*late (?), v. t. [L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate.] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [Obs.] Hales.

Emaculation

E*mac`u*la"tion (?), n. The act of clearing from spots. [Obs.] Johnson.

\'92mail ombrant

\'92`mail` om`brant" (?). [F., shaded enamel.] (Fine Arts) An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.

Emanant

Em"a*nant (?), a. [L. emanans, -antis, p. pr. of emanare. See Emanate.] Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

Emanate

Em"a*nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emanated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emanating.] [L. emanare, emanatum, to emanate; e out + manare to flow, prob. for madnare, and akin to madere to be wet, drip, madidus wet, drenched, drunk, Gr. mad to boil, matta drunk. Cf. Emane.]
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1. To issue forth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

2. To proceed from, as a source or fountain; to take origin; to arise, to originate.

That subsisting from of government from which all special laws emanate. De Quincey.
Syn. -- To flow; arise; proceed; issue; originate.

Emanate

Em"a*nate (?), a. Issuing forth; emanant. [R.]

Emanation

Em`a*na"tion (?), n. [L. emanatio: cf. F. \'82manation.]

1. The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin. South.

Those profitable and excellent emanations from God. Jer. Taylor.

2. That which issues, flows, or proceeds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower.

An emanation of the indwelling life. Bryant.

Emanative

Em"a*na*tive (?), a. Issuing forth; effluent.

Emanatively

Em"a*na*tive*ly, adv. By an emanation.

Emanatory

Em"a*na*to*ry (?), a. Emanative; of the nature of an emanation. Dr. H. More.

Emancipate

E*man"ci*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emancipated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emancipating.] [L. emancipatus, p. p. of emancipare to emancipate; e + mancipare to transfer ownership in, fr. manceps purchaser, as being one who laid his hand on the thing bought; manus hand + capere to take. See Manual, and Capable.] To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
Brasidas . . . declaring that he was sent to emancipate Hellas. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
(c) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error.
From how many troublesome and slavish impertinences . . . he had emancipated and freed himself. Evelyn.
To emancipate the human conscience. A. W. Ward.

Emancipate

E*man"ci*pate (?), a. [L. emancipatus, p. p.] Set at liberty.

Emancipation

E*man`ci*pa"tion (?), n. [L. emancipatio: cf. F. \'82mancipation.] The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of being thus set free; liberation; as, the emancipation of slaves; the emancipation of minors; the emancipation of a person from prejudices; the emancipation of the mind from superstition; the emancipation of a nation from tyranny or subjection. Syn. -- Deliverance; liberation; release; freedom; manumission; enfranchisement.

Emancipationist

E*man`ci*pa"tion*ist, n. An advocate of emancipation, esp. the emancipation of slaves.

Emancipator

E*man"ci*pa`tor (?), n. [L.] One who emancipates.

Emancipatory

E*man"ci*pa*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to emancipation, or tending to effect emancipation. "Emancipatory laws." G. Eliot.

Emancipist

E*man"ci*pist (?), n. A freed convict. [Australia]

Emarginate

E*mar"gi*nate (?), v. t. [L. emarginare; e out + marginare to furnish with a margin, fr. margo margin.] To take away the margin of.

Emarginate, Emarginated

E*mar"gi*nate (?), E*mar"gi*na`ted (?), a.

1. Having the margin interrupted by a notch or shallow sinus.

2. (Bot.) Notched at the summit.

3. (Cryst.) Having the edges truncated.

Emarginately

E*mar"gi*nate*ly, adv. In an emarginate manner.

Emargination

E*mar`gi*na"tion (?), n. The act of notching or indenting the margin, or the state of being so notched; also, a notch or shallow sinus in a margin.

Emasculate

E*mas"cu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emasculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emasculating (?).] [L. emasculare; e + masculus male, masculine. See Male masculine.]

1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate power; to castrate; to geld.

2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

Luxury had not emasculated their minds. V. Knox.

Emasculate

E*mas"cu*late (?), a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." Hammond.

Emasculation

E*mas`cu*la"tion (?), n.

1. The act of depriving of virility, or the state of being so deprived; castration.

2. The act of depriving, or state of being deprived, of vigor or strength; unmanly weakness.

Emasculator

E*mas"cu*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, emasculates.

Emasculatory

E*mas"cu*la*to*ry (?), a. Serving or tending to emasculate.

Embace

Em*bace" (?), v. t. See Embase. [Obs.]

Embale

Em*bale" (?), v. t. [F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.] [Obs.]

1. To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.

2. To bind up; to inclose.

Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins. Spenser.

Emball

Em*ball" (?), v. t. [See Embale.] To encircle or embrace. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Embalm

Em*balm" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embalmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embalming.] [F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume balm. See Balm.]

1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction.

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm embalmed Israel. Gem. l. 2.

2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.

With fresh dews embalmed the earth. Milton.

3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.

Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. Pope.

Embalmer

Em*balm"er (?), n. One who embalms.

Embalmment

Em*balm"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embaumement.] The act of embalming. [R.] Malone.

Embank

Em*bank" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Embankment

Em*bank"ment (?), n.

1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Embar

Em*bar" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.]

1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.

Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. Spenser.

2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

He embarred all further trade. Bacon.

Embarcation

Em`bar*ca"tion (?), n. Same as Embarkation.

Embarge

Em*barge" (?), v. t. To put in a barge. [Poetic] Drayton.

Embargo

Em*bar"go (?), n.; pl. Embargoes (#). [Sp., fr. embargar to arrest, restrain; pref. em- (L. in) + Sp. barra bar, akin to F. barre bar. See Bar.] An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail. &hand; If the embargo is laid on an enemy's ships, it is called a hostile embargo; if on the ships belonging to citizens of the embargoing state, it is called a civil embargo.

Embargo

Em*bar"go, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embargoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embargoing.] To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

Embark

Em*bark" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarking.] [F. embarquer; pref. em- (L. in) + barque bark: cf. Sp. embarcar, It. imbarcare. See Bark. a vessel.]

1. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.

2. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair; as, he embarked his fortune in trade.

It was the reputation of the sect upon which St. Paul embarked his salvation. South.

Embark

Em*bark", v. i.

1. To go on board a vessel or a boat for a voyage; as, the troops embarked for Lisbon.

2. To engage in any affair.

Slow to embark in such an undertaking. Macaulay.

Embarkation

Em`bar*ka"tion (?), n.

1. The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops.

2. That which is embarked; as, an embarkation of Jesuits. Smollett.

Embarkment

Em*bark"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embarquement.] Embarkation. [R.] Middleton.

Embarrass

Em*bar"rass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarrassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embarrassing.] [F. embarrasser (cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- (L. in) + LL. barra bar. See Bar.]

1. To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert; as, laughter may embarrass an orator.

2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed.

3. (Com.) To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to incumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands; -- said of a person or his affairs; as, a man or his business is embarrassed when he can not meet his pecuniary engagements. Syn. -- To hinder; perplex; entangle; confuse; puzzle; disconcert; abash; distress. -- To Embarrass, Puzzle, Perplex. We are puzzled when our faculties are confused by something we do not understand. We are perplexed when our feelings, as well as judgment, are so affected that we know not how to decide or act. We are embarrassed when there is some bar or hindrance upon us which impedes our powers of thought, speech, or motion. A schoolboy is puzzled by a difficult sum; a reasoner is perplexed by the subtleties of his opponent; a youth is sometimes so embarrassed before strangers as to lose his presence of mind.

Embarrass

Em*bar"rass, n. [F. embarras. See Embarrass, v. t.] Embarrassment. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

Embarrassment

Em*bar"rass*ment (?), n. [F. embarrassement.]

1. A state of being embarrassed; perplexity; impediment to freedom of action; entanglement; hindrance; confusion or discomposure of mind, as from not knowing what to do or to say; disconcertedness.

The embarrassment which inexperienced minds have often to express themselves upon paper. W. Irving.
The embarrassments tom commerce growing out of the late regulations. Bancroft.

2. Difficulty or perplexity arising from the want of money to pay debts.

Embase

Em*base" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + base, a. or v. t.: cf. OF. embaissier.] To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.]
Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester.
Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon.
Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase divinity. South.

Embasement

Em*base"ment (?), n. [From Embase, v. t.] Act of bringing down; depravation; deterioration. South.

Embassade

Em"bas*sade (?), n. [F. ambassade. See Embassy.] An embassy. See Ambassade. [Obs.] Shak.

Embassador

Em*bas"sa*dor (?), n. [F. ambassadeur, Sp. embajador, LL. ambassiator, ambasciator. See Embassy, and cf. Ambassador.] Same as Ambassador.
Stilbon, that was a wise embassadour, Was sent to Corinth. Chaucer.
Myself my king's embassador will go. Dryden.

Embassadorial

Em*bas`sa*do"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. ambassadorial.] Same as Ambassadorial.

Embassadress

Em*bas"sa*dress (?), n. [Cf. F. ambassadrice.] Same as Ambassadress.

Embassadry

Em*bas"sa*dry (?), n. [Cf. OF. ambassaderie.] Embassy. [Obs.] Leland.

Embassage

Em"bas*sage (?; 48), n.

1. An embassy. "He sent a solemn embassage." Bacon.

Except your embassages have better success. Motley.

2. Message; errand. Shak.

Embassy

Em"bas*sy (?), n.; pl. Embassies (#). [OF. ambass\'82e, embasc\'82e, LL. ambasciata, fr. ambasciare for ambactiare to go on a mission, fr. L. ambactus vassal, dependent, of Celtic or German origin; cf. W. amaeth husbandman, Goth. andbahts servant, G. amt office, OHG. ambaht. Cf. Ambassador.]

1. The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message.

He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees. Jer. Taylor.

2. The person or persons sent as ambassadors or envoys; the ambassador and his suite; envoys.

3. The residence or office of an ambassador. &hand; Sometimes, but rarely, spelled ambassy.

Embastardize

Em*bas"tard*ize (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bastardize.] To bastardize. [Obs.]

Embathe

Em*bathe" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bathe. Cf. Imbathe.] To bathe; to imbathe.

Embattail

Em*bat"tail (?), v. t. [See Embattle.] To furnish with battlements; to fortify as with battlements. [Archaic]
To embattail and to wall about thy cause With iron-worded proof. Tennyson.

Embattle

Em*bat"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embattled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embattling (?).] [OF. embataillier; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bataille battle. See Battle, and cf. Battlement.] To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle; also, to prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
One in bright arms embattled full strong. Spenser.
Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. Emerson.

Embattle

Em*bat"tle, v. i. To be arrayed for battle. [Obs.]

Embattle

Em*bat"tle, v. t. [See Battlement.] To furnish with battlements. "Embattled house." Wordsworth.

Embattled

Em*bat"tled (?), a.

1. Having indentations like a battlement. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Her.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like.

3. Having been the place of battle; as, an embattled plain or field. J. Baillie.

Embattlement

Em*bat"tle*ment (?), n.

1. An intended parapet; a battlement.

2. The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.

Embay

Em*bay" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.] To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embay

Em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] [Pref. em- + 1st bay.] To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.
If that the Turkish fleet Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned. Shak.

Embayment

Em*bay"ment (?), n. A bay. [R.]
The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. Sir W. Scott.

Embeam

Em*beam" (?), v. t. To make brilliant with beams. [R.] G. Fletcher.

Embed

Em*bed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Embedding.] [Pref. em- + bed. Cf. Imbed.] To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

Embedment

Em*bed"ment (?), n. The act of embedding, or the state of being embedded.

Embellish

Em*bel"lish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.

Embellisher

Em*bel"lish*er (?), n. One who embellishes.

Embellishment

Em*bel"lish*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]

1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment.

In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.

2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration; as, pictorial embellishments.

The graces and embellishments of the exterior man. I. Taylor.

Ember

Em"ber (?), n. [OE. emmeres, emeres, AS. ; akin to Icel. eimyrja, Dan. emmer, MHG. eimere; cf. Icel. eimr vapor, smoke.] A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire. "He rakes hot embers." Dryden.
He takes a lighted ember out of the covered vessel. Colebrooke.

Ember

Em"ber, a. [OE. ymber, AS. ymbren, ymbryne, prop., running around, circuit; ymbe around + ryne a running, fr. rinnan to run. See Amb-, and Run.] Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
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Ember days (R. C. & Eng. Ch.), days set apart for fasting and prayer in each of the four seasons of the year. The Council of Placentia [A. D. 1095] appointed for ember days the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsuntide, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. The weeks in which these days fall are called ember weeks.

Ember-goose

Em"ber-goose` (?), n. [Cf. Norw. ember, hav-imber, hav-immer, Icel. himbrin, himbrimi.] (Zo\'94l.) The loon or great northern diver. See Loon. [Written also emmer-goose and imber-goose.]

Emberings

Em"ber*ings (?), n. pl. Ember days. [Obs.]

Embetter

Em*bet"ter (?), v. t. To make better. [Obs.]

Embezzle

Em*bez"zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embezzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embezzling (?).] [Norm. F. embeseiller to destroy; cf. OF. besillier to ill treat, ravage, destroy. Cf. Bezzle.]

1. To appropriate fraudulently to one's own use, as property intrusted to one's care; to apply to one's private uses by a breach of trust; as, to embezzle money held in trust.

2. To misappropriate; to waste; to dissipate in extravagance. [Obs.]

To embezzle our money in drinking or gaming. Sharp.

Embezzlement

Em*bez"zle*ment (?), n. The fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge. &hand; Larceny denotes a taking, by fraud or stealth, from another's possession; embezzlement denotes an appropriation, by fraud or stealth, of property already in the wrongdoer's possession. In England and in most of the United States embezzlement is made indictable by statute.

Embezzler

Em*bez"zler (?), n. One who embezzles.

Embillow

Em*bil"low (?), v. i. To swell or heave like a [R.] Lisle.

Embiotocoid

Em`bi*ot"o*coid (?), a. [NL. Embiotoca, the name of one genus + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Embiotocid\'91. -- n. One of a family of fishes (Embiotocid\'91) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fishes and viviparous fishes. See Illust. in Append.

Embitter

Em*bit"ter (?), v. t. To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

Embitterment

Em*bit"ter*ment (?), n. The act of embittering; also, that which embitters.

Emblanch

Em*blanch" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st blanch.] To whiten. See Blanch. [Obs.] Heylin.

Emblaze

Em*blaze" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazing.] [Pref. em- + 1st blaze.]

1. To adorn with glittering embellishments.

No weeping orphan saw his father's stores Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floors. Pope.

2. To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon. [Archaic]

The imperial ensign, . . . streaming to the wind, With gems and golden luster rich emblazed. Milton.

Emblazon

Em*bla"zon (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]

1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.

The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott.

Emblazoner

Em*bla"zon*er (?), n. One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.

Emblazoning

Em*bla"zon*ing, n. The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Emblazonment

Em*bla"zon*ment (?), n. An emblazoning.

Emblazonry

Em*bla"zon*ry (?), n.; pl. Emblazonries (. The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.
Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench.

Emblem

Em"blem (?), n. [F. embl\'8ame, L. emblema, -atis, that which is put in or on, inlaid work, fr. Gr. In, and Parable.]

1. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.

2. A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

3. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation. &hand; Writers and artists of the 17th century gave much attention and study to the composition of such emblems, and many collections of them were published. Syn. -- Sign; symbol; type; device; signal; token. -- Sign, Emblem, Symbol, Type. Sign is the generic word comprehending all significant representations. An emblem is a visible object representing another by a natural suggestion of characteristic qualities, or an habitual and recognized association; as, a circle, having no apparent beginning or end, is an emblem of eternity; a particular flag is the emblem of the country or ship which has adopted it for a sign and with which it is habitually associated. Between emblem and symbol the distinction is slight, and often one may be substituted for the other without impropriety. See Symbol. Thus, a circle is either an emblem or a symbol of eternity; a scepter, either an emblem or a symbol of authority; a lamb, either an emblem or a symbol of meekness. "An emblem is always of something simple; a symbol may be of something complex, as of a transaction . . . In consequence we do not speak of actions emblematic." C. J. Smith. A type is a representative example, or model, exhibiting the qualities common to all individuals of the class to which it belongs; as, the Monitor is a type of a class of war vessels.

Emblem

Em"blem (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embleming.] To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.]
Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham.

Emblematic, Emblematical

Em`blem*at"ic (?), Em`blem*at"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. embl\'82matique.] Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

Emblematiccize

Em`blem*at"ic*cize (?), v. t. To render emblematic; as, to emblematicize a picture. [R.] Walpole.

Emblematist

Em*blem"a*tist (?), n. A writer or inventor of emblems. Sir T. Browne.

Emblematize

Em*blem"a*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblematized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblematizing (?).] To represent by, or as by, an emblem; to symbolize.
Anciently the sun was commonly emblematized by a starry or radiate figure. Bp. Hurd.

Emblement

Em"ble*ment (?), n. [OF. embleer to sow with corn, F. emblaver, fr. LL. imbladare; pref. in- + LL. bladum grain, F. bl\'82.] (Law) The growing crop, or profits of a crop which has been sown or planted; -- used especially in the plural. The produce of grass, trees, and the like, is not emblement. Wharton's Law Dict.

Emblemize

Em"blem*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblemized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emblemizing (?).] To represent by an emblem; to emblematize. [R.]

Embloom

Em*bloom" (?), v. t. To emblossom. Savage.

Emblossom

Em*blos"som (?), v. t. To cover or adorn with blossoms.
On the white emblossomed spray. J. Cunningham.

Embodier

Em*bod"i*er (?), n. One who embodies.

Embodiment

Em*bod"i*ment (?), n.

1. The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.

2. That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety.

Embody

Em*bod"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embodying.] To form into a body; to invest with a body; to collect into a body, a united mass, or a whole; to incorporate; as, to embody one's ideas in a treatise. [Written also imbody.]
Devils embodied and disembodied. Sir W. Scott.
The soul, while it is embodied, can no more be divided from sin. South.

Embody

Em*bod"y, v. i. To unite in a body, a mass, or a collection; to coalesce. [Written also imbody.]
Firmly to embody against this court party. Burke.

Embogue

Em*bogue" (?), v. i. [See Disembogue.] To disembogue; to discharge, as a river, its waters into the sea or another river. [R.]

Emboguing

Em*bo"guing (?), n. The mouth of a river, or place where its waters are discharged. [R.]

Emboil

Em*boil" (?), v. i. To boil with anger; to effervesce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emboil

Em*boil", v. t. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embo\'8ctement

Em`bo\'8cte"ment` (?), n. [F., fr. embo\'8cter to fit in, insert; en in + bo\'8cte box.] (Biol.) The hypothesis that all living things proceed from pre\'89xisting germs, and that these encase the germs of all future living things, inclosed one within another. Buffon.

Embolden

Em*bold"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboldened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emboldening (?).] To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak.
The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.

Emboldener

Em*bold"en*er (?), n. One who emboldens.

Embolic

Em*bol"ic (?), a. [Gr. Embolism.]

1. Embolismic.

2. (Med.) Pertaining to an embolism; produced by an embolism; as, an embolic abscess.

3. (Biol.) Pushing or growing in; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Embolism

Em"bo*lism (?), n. [L. embolismus, from Gr. embolisme. See Emblem.]

1. Intercalation; the insertion of days, months, or years, in an account of time, to produce regularity; as, the embolism of a lunar month in the Greek year.

2. Intercalated time. Johnson.

3. (Med.) The occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus. Embolism in the brain often produces sudden unconsciousness and paralysis.

Embolismal

Em`bo*lis"mal (?), a. Pertaining to embolism; intercalary; as, embolismal months.

Embolismatic, Embolismatical

Em`bo*lis*mat"ic (?), Em`bo*lis*mat"ic*al (?), a. Embolismic.

Embolismic, Embolismical

Em`bo*lis"mic (?), Em`bo*lis"mic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. embolismique.] Pertaining to embolism or intercalation; intercalated; as, an embolismic year, i. e., the year in which there is intercalation.

Embolite

Em"bo*lite (?), n. [From Gr. (Min.) A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of silver.

Embolus

Em"bo*lus (?), n.; pl. Emboli (#). [L., fr. Gr. Emblem.]

1. Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

2. (Med.) A plug of some substance lodged in a blood vessel, being brought thither by the blood current. It consists most frequently of a clot of fibrin, a detached shred of a morbid growth, a globule of fat, or a microscopic organism.

Emboly

Em"bo*ly (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) Embolic invagination. See under Invagination.

Embonpoint

Em`bon`point" (?), n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

Emborder

Em*bor"der (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + border: cf. OF. emborder.] To furnish or adorn with a border; to imborder.

Embosom

Em*bos"om (?), v. t. [Written also imbosom.]

1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster.

Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

His house embosomed in the grove. Pope.
Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.

Emboss

Em*boss" (?; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embossed (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Embossing.] [Pref. em- (L. in) + boss: cf. OF. embosser to swell in bunches.]

1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work.

Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton.

2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like.

Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. Dryden.
Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.

Emboss

Em*boss", v. t. [Etymology uncertain.] To make to foam at the mouth, like a hunted animal. [Obs.]

Emboss

Em*boss", v. t. [Cf. Pr. & Sp. emboscar, It. imboscare, F. embusquer, and E. imbosk.]

1. To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to inclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood. [Obs.]

In the Arabian woods embossed. Milton.

2. To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.

A knight her met in mighty arms embossed. Spenser.

Emboss

Em*boss", v. i. To seek the bushy forest; to hide in the woods. [Obs.] S. Butler.

Embossed

Em*bossed" (?; 115), a.

1. Formed or covered with bosses or raised figures.

2. Having a part projecting like the boss of a shield.

3. Swollen; protuberant. [Obs.] "An embossed carbuncle." Shak.

Embosser

Em*boss"er (?; 115), n. One who embosses.

Embossment

Em*boss"ment (?), n.

1. The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.

2. A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect. "The embossment of the figure." Addison.

Embottle

Em*bot"tle (?), v. t. To bottle. [R.] Phillips.

Embouchure

Em`bou`chure" (?), n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]

1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

Embow

Em*bow" (?), v. t. To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott.
With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.

Embowel

Em*bow"el (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emboweled (?) or Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling.]

1. To disembowel.

The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam.
The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.
&hand; Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense.

2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.

Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.

Emboweler

Em*bow"el*er (?), n. One who takes out the bowels. [Written also emboweller.]

Embowelment

Em*bow"el*ment (?), n. Disembowelment.

Embower

Em*bow"er (?), v. t. To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton. -- v. i. To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.

Embowl

Em*bowl" (?), v. t. To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Embox

Em*box" (?), v. t. To inclose, as in a box; to imbox.

Emboyssement

Em*boysse"ment (?), n. [See Embushment.] An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Embrace

Em*brace" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (intens.) + brace, v. t.] To fasten on, as armor. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embrace

Em*brace", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embraced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embracing (?).] [OE. embracier, F. embrasser; pref. em- (L. in) + F. bras arm. See Brace, n.]

1. To clasp in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.

I will embrace him with a soldier's arm, That he shall shrink under my courtesy. Shak.
Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them. Acts xx. 1.

2. To cling to; to cherish; to love. Shak.

3. To seize eagerly, or with alacrity; to accept with cordiality; to welcome. "I embrace these conditions." "You embrace the occasion." Shak.

What is there that he may not embrace for truth? Locke.

4. To encircle; to encompass; to inclose.

Low at his feet a spacious plain is placed, Between the mountain and the stream embraced. Denham.

5. To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences.

Not that my song, in such a scanty space, So large a subject fully can embrace. Dryden.

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6. To accept; to undergo; to submit to. "I embrace this fortune patiently." Shak.

7. (Law) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court. Blackstone. Syn. -- To clasp; hug; inclose; encompass; include;

Embrace

Em*brace" (?), v. i. To join in an embrace.

Embrace

Em*brace", n. Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug.
We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. Tennyson.

Embracement

Em*brace"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrassement.]

1. A clasp in the arms; embrace.

Dear though chaste embracements. Sir P. Sidney.

2. State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.]

In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.

3. Willing acceptance. [Obs.]

A ready embracement of . . . his kindness. Barrow.

Embraceor

Em*brace"or (?), n. (Law) One guilty of embracery.

Embracer

Em*bra"cer (?), n. One who embraces.

Embracery

Em*bra"cer*y (?), n. (Law) An attempt to influence a court, jury, etc., corruptly, by promises, entreaties, money, entertainments, threats, or other improper inducements.

Embracive

Em*bra"cive (?), a. Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing. [R.] Thackeray.

Embraid

Em*braid" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]

1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Embranchment

Em*branch"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embranchement.] The branching forth, as of trees.

Embrangle

Em*bran"gle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brangle.] To confuse; to entangle.
I am lost and embrangled in inextricable difficulties. Berkeley.

Embrasure

Em*bra"sure (?; 135), n. [See Embrace.] An embrace. [Obs.] "Our locked embrasures."" Shak.

Embrasure

Em*bra"sure (277), n. [F., fr. embraser, perh. equiv. to \'82braser to widen an opening; of unknown origin.]

1. (Arch.) A splay of a door or window.

Apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers. Longfellow.

2. (Fort.) An aperture with slant sides in a wall or parapet, through which cannon are pointed and discharged; a crenelle. See Illust. of Casemate.

Embrave

Em*brave" (?), v. t.

1. To inspire with bravery. [Obs.] Beaumont.

2. To decorate; to make showy and fine. [Obs.]

And with sad cypress seemly it embraves. Spenser.

Embrawn

Em*brawn" (?), v. t. To harden. [Obs.]
It will embrawn and iron-crust his flesh. Nash.

Embread

Em*bread" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + bread = 1st braid.] To braid. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embreathement

Em*breathe"ment (?), n. The act of breathing in; inspiration. [R.]
The special and immediate suggestion, embreathement, and dictation of the Holy Ghost. W. Lee.

Embrew

Em*brew" (?), v. t. To imbrue; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Embright

Em*bright" (?), v. t. To brighten. [Obs.]

Embrocate

Em"bro*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embrocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embrocating.] [NL. embrocatus, p. p. of embrocare; cf. Gr. (Med.) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.

Embrocation

Em`bro*ca"tion (?), n. [NL. embrocatio: cf. F. embrocation.] (Med.) (a) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc. (b) The liquid or lotion with which an affected part is rubbed.

Embroglio

Em*brogl"io (?), n. See Imbroglio.

Embroider

Em*broid"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroidered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embroidering.] [OE. embrouden. See Broider.] To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf.
Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39.

Embroiderer

Em*broid"er*er (?), n. One who embroiders.

Embroidery

Em*broid"er*y (?), n.; pl. Embroideries (.

1. Needlework used to enrich textile fabrics, leather, etc.; also, the art of embroidering.

2. Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration.

Fields in spring's embroidery are dressed. Addison.
A mere rhetorical embroidery of phrases. J. A. Symonds.

Embroil

Em*broil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) + brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]

1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.

The royal house embroiled in civil war. Dryden.

2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.

The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with Addison.
Syn. -- To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle.

Embroil

Em*broil", n. See Embroilment.

Embroiler

Em*broil"er (?), n. One who embroils.

Embroilment

Em*broil"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. embrouillement.] The act of embroiling, or the condition of being embroiled; entanglement in a broil. Bp. Burnet.

Embronze

Em*bronze" (?), v. t.

1. To embody in bronze; to set up a bronze representation of, as of a person. [Poetic]

2. To color in imitation of bronze. See Bronze, v. t.

Embrothel

Em*broth"el (?), v. t. To inclose in a brothel. [Obs.] Donne.

Embroude, Embrowde, Embroyde

Em*broud"e (?), Em*browd"e, Em*broyd"e (?), v. t. To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.]
Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer.

Embrown

Em*brown" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brown.] To give a brown color to; to imbrown.
Summer suns embrown the laboring swain. Fenton.

Embrue

Em*brue" (?), v. t. See Imbrue, Embrew. [Obs.]

Embrute

Em*brute" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + brute. Cf. Imbrute.] To brutify; to imbrute.
All the man embruted in the swine. Cawthorn.

Embryo

Em"bry*o (?), n.; pl. Embryos (#). [F. embryon, Gr. in) + brew.] (Biol.) The first rudiments of an organism, whether animal or plant; as: (a) The young of an animal in the womb, or more specifically, before its parts are developed and it becomes a fetus (see Fetus). (b) The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." Swift.

Embryo

Em"bry*o, a. Pertaining to an embryo; rudimentary; undeveloped; as, an embryo bud.

Embryogenic

Em`bry*o*gen"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to the development of an embryo.

Embryogeny

Em`bry*og"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. embryog\'82nie.] (Biol.) The production and development of an embryo.

Embryogony

Em`bry*og"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) The formation of an embryo.

Embryography

Em`bry*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] (Biol.) The general description of embryos.

Embryologic, Embryological

Em`bry*o*log"ic (?), Em`bry*o*log"ic*al (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to embryology.

Embryologist

Em`bry*ol"o*gist (?), n. One skilled in embryology.

Embryology

Em`bry*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. embryologie.] (Biol.) The science which relates to the formation and development of the embryo in animals and plants; a study of the gradual development of the ovum until it reaches the adult stage.

Embryon

Em"bry*on (?), n. & a. [NL.] See Embryo.

Embryonal

Em"bry*o*nal (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic.

Embryonary

Em"bry*o*na*ry (?), a. (Biol.) Embryonic.

Embryonate, Embryonated

Em"bry*o*nate (?), Em"bry*o*na`ted (?), a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal.

Embryonic

Em`bry*on"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac ∨ vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.

Embryoniferous

Em`bry*o*nif"er*ous (?), a. [Embryo + -ferous.] (Biol.) Having an embryo.

Embryoniform

Em`bry*on"i*form (?), a. [Embryo + -form.] (Biol.) Like an embryo in form.

Embryoplastic

Em`bry*o*plas"tic (?), n. [Embryo + plastic.] (Biol.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.

Embryo sac

Em"bry*o sac` (?). (Bot.) See under Embryonic.

Embryotic

Em`bry*ot"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Embryonic.

Embryotomy

Em`bry*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. embryotomie.] (Med.) The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.

Embryotroph

Em"bry*o*troph` (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.

Embryous

Em"bry*ous (?), a. Embryonic; undeveloped. [R.]

Embulk

Em*bulk" (?), v. t. To enlarge in the way of bulk. [R.] Latham.

Emburse

Em*burse" (?), v. t. [See Imburse.] To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]

Embush

Em*bush" (?), v. t. [Cf. Ambush, Imbosk.] To place or hide in a thicket; to ambush. [Obs.] Shelton.

Embushment

Em*bush"ment (?), n. [OE. embusshement, OF. embuschement, F. emb\'96chement.] An ambush. [Obs.]

Embusy

Em*bus"y (?), v. t. To employ. [Obs.] Skelton.

Eme

Eme (?), n. [See Eame.] An uncle. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emeer

E*meer" (?), n. Same as Emir.

Emenagogue

E*men"a*gogue (?), n. See Emmenagogue.

Emend

E*mend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emended; p. pr. & vb. n. Emending.] [L. emendare; e out + menda, mendum, fault, blemish: cf. F. \'82mender. Cf. Amend, Mend.] To purge of faults; to make better; to correct; esp., to make corrections in (a literary work); to alter for the better by textual criticism, generally verbal. Syn. -- To amend; correct; improve; better; reform; rectify. See Amend.

Emendable

E*mend"a*ble (?), a. [L. emendabilis. Cf. Amendable.] Corrigible; amendable. [R.] Bailey.

Emendately

Em"en*date*ly (?), adv. Without fault; correctly. [Obs.]

Emendation

Em`en*da"tion (?), n. [L. emendatio: cf. F. \'82mendation.]

1. The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.

2. Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations.

Emendator

Em"en*da`tor (?), n. [L.] One who emends or critically edits.

Emendatory

E*mend"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. emendatorius.] Pertaining to emendation; corrective. "Emendatory criticism."" Johnson.

Emender

E*mend"er (?), n. One who emends.

Emendicate

E*men"di*cate (?), v. t. [L. emendicatus, p. p. of emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.] To beg. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Emerald

Em"er*ald (?), n. [OE. emeraude, OF. esmeraude, esmeralde, F. \'82meraude, L. smaragdus, fr. Gr. marakata.]

1. (Min.) A precious stone of a rich green color, a variety of beryl. See Beryl.

2. (Print.) A kind of type, in size between minion and nonpare \'b5 This line is printed in the type called emerald.

Emerald

Em"er*ald, a. Of a rich green color, like that of the emerald. "Emerald meadows." Byron. Emerald fish (Zo\'94l.), a fish of the Gulf of Mexico (Gobionellus oceanicus), remarkable for the brilliant green and blue color of the base of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of its verdure. -- Emerald spodumene, ∨ Lithia emerald. (Min.) See Hiddenite. -- Emerald nickel. (Min.) See Zaratite.

Emeraldine

Em"er*ald*ine (?; 104), n. A green compound used as a dyestuff, produced from aniline blue when acted upon by acid.

Emeraud

Em"er*aud (?), n. [See Emerald, n.] An emerald. [Obs.] Spenser.

Emerge

E*merge" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emerged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging (?).] [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.] To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden.
Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society. Burke.

Emergence

E*mer"gence (?), n.; pl. Emergences (. The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.
The white color of all refracted light, at its very first emergence . . . is compounded of various colors. Sir I. Newton.
When from the deep thy bright emergence sprung. H. Brooke.

Emergency

E*mer"gen*cy (?), n.; pl. Emergencies (#). [See Emergence.]

1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.

Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill.

2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.

To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose. Swift.
A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. Brougham.
Syn. -- Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.

Emergent

E*mer"gent (?), a. [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]

1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.

The mountains huge appear emergent. Milton.

2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly;

Protection granted in emergent danger. Burke.
Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. -- E*mer"gent*ly, adv. -- E*mer"gent*ness, n. [R.]

Emeril

Em"er*il (?), n.

1. Emery. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. A glazier's diamond. Crabb.

Emerited

Em"er*it*ed (?), a. [See Emeritus.] Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Emeritus

E*mer"i*tus (?), a. [L., having served out his time, p. p. of emerere, emereri, to obtain by service, serve out one's term; e out + merere, mereri, to merit, earn, serve.] Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.

Emeritus

E*mer"i*tus, n.; pl. Emeriti (#). [L.] A veteran who has honorably completed his service.

Emerods, Emeroids

Em"er*ods (?), Em"er*oids (?), n. pl. [OF. emmeroides. See Hemorrhoids.] Hemorrhoids; piles; tumors; boils. [R.] Deut. xxviii. 27.

Emersed

E*mersed" (?), a. [L. emersus, p. p. See Emerge.] (Bot.) Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray.

Emersion

E*mer"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82mersion. See Emerge.]

1. The act of emerging, or of rising out of anything; as, emersion from the sea; emersion from obscurity or difficulties.

Their immersion into water and their emersion out of the same. Knatchbull.

2. (Astron.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon.

Emery

Em"er*y (?), n. [F. \'82meri, earlier \'82meril, It. smeriglio, fr. Gr. smear. Cf. Emeril.] (Min.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum. Emery board, cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient. -- Emery cloth ∨ paper, cloth or paper on which the powder of emery is spread and glued for scouring and polishing. -- Emery wheel, a wheel containing emery, or having a surface of emery. In machine shops, it is sometimes called a buff wheel, and by the manufacturers of cutlery, a glazer.
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Emesis

Em"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Emetic.] (Med.) A vomiting.

Emetic

E*met"ic (?), a. [L. emeticus, Gr. vomere: cf. F. \'82m\'82tique. See Vomit.] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n. A medicine which causes vomiting.

Emetical

E*met"ic*al (?), a. Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.

Emetine

Em"e*tine (?; 104), n. [See Emetic.] (Chem.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

Emeto-cathartic

Em`e*to-ca*thar"tic (?), a. [Gr. cathartic.] (Med.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

Emeu, ∨ Emew

E"meu, ∨ E"mew (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Emu.

(?), n. [F.] A seditious tumult; an outbreak.

Emforth

Em*forth" (?), prep. [AS. em-, emn-, in comp. equiv. to efen equal + for forth.] According to; conformably to. [Obs.] Chaucer. Emforth my might, so far as lies in my power. [Obs.]

Emgalla

Em*gal"la (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) [Native name.] The South African wart hog. See Wart hog.

Emicant

Em"i*cant (?), a. [L. emicans, p. pr. of emicare. See Emication.] Beaming forth; flashing. [R.]
Which emicant did this and that way dart. Blackmore.

Emication

Em`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. emicatio, fr. emicare to spring out or forth; e. out + micare to move quickly to and fro, to sparkle.] A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation. Sir T. Browne.

Emiction

E*mic"tion (?), n. [L. e out + mingere, mictum, to make water.]

1. The voiding of urine.

2. What is voided by the urinary passages; urine.

Emictory

E*mic"to*ry (?), a. & n. (Med.) Diuretic.

Emigrant

Em"i*grant (?), a. [L. emigrans, -antis, p. pr. of emigrare to emigrate: cf. F. \'82migrant. See Emigrate, v. i.]

1. Removing from one country to another; emigrating; as, an emigrant company or nation.

2. Pertaining to an emigrant; used for emigrants; as, an emigrant ship or hospital.

Emigrant

Em"i*grant, n. One who emigrates, or quits one country or region to settle in another. Syn. -- Emigrant, Immigrant. Emigrant and emigration have reference to the country from which the migration is made; the correlative words immigrant and immigration have reference to the country into which the migration is made, the former marking the going out from a country, the latter the coming into it.

Emigrate

Em"i*grate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emigrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emigrating.] [L. emigratus, p. p. of emigrare to remove, emigrate; e out + migrare to migrate. See Migrate.] To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.
Forced to emigrate in a body to America. Macaulay.
They [the Huns] were emigrating from Tartary into Europe in the time of the Goths. J. H. Newman.

Emigrate

Em"i*grate (?), a. Migratory; roving. [Obs.]

Emigration

Em`i*gra"tion (?), n. [L. emigratio: cf. F. \'82migration.]

1. The act of emigrating; removal from one country or state to another, for the purpose of residence, as from Europe to America, or, in America, from the Atlantic States to the Western.

2. A body emigrants; emigrants collectively; as, the German emigration.

Emigrational

Em`i*gra"tion*al (?), a. Relating to emigration.

Emigrationist

Em`i*gra"tion*ist, n. An advocate or promoter of emigration.

Emigrator

Em"i*gra`tor (?), n. One who emigrates; am emigrant. [R.]

(?), n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence.

Eminence

Em"i*nence (?), n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. \'82minence.]

1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.

Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden.
The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity; social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction; preferment. Milton.

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. Shak.

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Eminency

Em"i*nen*cy (?), n.; pl Eminences (. State of being eminent; eminence. "Eminency of estate." Tillotson.

Eminent

Em"i*nent (?), a. [L. eminens, -entis, p. pr. of eminere to stand out, be prominent; e out + minere (in comp.) to project; of uncertain origin: cf. F. \'82minent. Cf. Menace.]

1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn

2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint. <-- by distinctive accomplishment --> Right of eminent domain. (Law) See under Domain. Syn. -- Lofty; elevated; exalted; conspicuous; prominent; remarkable; distinguished; illustrious; famous; celebrated; renowned; well-known. See Distinguished.

Eminently

Em"i*nent*ly, adv. In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.

Emir, Emeer

E"mir (?), E*meer" (?), n. [Ar. em\'c6r, am\'c6r, commander: cf. F. \'82mir. Cf. Admiral, Ameer.] An Arabian military commander, independent chieftain, or ruler of a province; also, an honorary title given to the descendants of Mohammed, in the line of his daughter Fatima; among the Turks, likewise, a title of dignity, given to certain high officials.

Emirship, Emeership

E`mir*ship, E*meer"ship, n. The rank or office of an Emir.

Emissary

Em"is*sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Emissaries (#). [L. emissarius, fr. emittere, emissum, to send out: cf. F. \'82missaire. See Emit.] An agent employed to advance, in a covert manner, the interests of his employers; one sent out by any power that is at war with another, to create dissatisfaction among the people of the latter.
Buzzing emissaries fill the ears Of listening crowds with jealousies and fears. Dryden.
Syn. -- Emissary, Spy. A spy is one who enters an enemy's camp or territories to learn the condition of the enemy; an emissary may be a secret agent appointed not only to detect the schemes of an opposing party, but to influence their councils. A spy must be concealed, or he suffers death; an emissary may in some cases be known as the agent of an adversary without incurring similar hazard.

Emissary

Em"is*sa*ry, a.

1. Exploring; spying. B. Jonson.

2. (Anat.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

Emissaryship

Em"is*sa*ry*ship`, n. The office of an emissary.

Emission

E*mis"sion (?), n. [L. emissio: cf. F. \'82mission. See Emit.]

1. The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the sun; the emission of heat from a fire; the emission of bank notes. <-- now, we issue bank notes. -->

2. That which is sent out, issued, or put in circulation at one time; issue; as, the emission was mostly blood. Emission theory (Physics), the theory of Newton, regarding light as consisting of emitted particles or corpuscles. See Corpuscular theory, under Corpuscular.

Emissitious

Em`is*si"tious (?), a. [L. emissitius, fr. emittere.] Looking, or narrowly examining; prying. [Obs.] "Those emissitious eyes." Bp. Hall.

Emissive

E*mis"sive (?), a. Sending out; emitting; as, emissive powers.

Emissivity

Em`is*siv"i*ty (?), n. Tendency to emission; comparative facility of emission, or rate at which emission takes place, as of heat from the surface of a heated body.

Emissory

E*mis"so*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Emissary, a., 2.

Emit

E*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emitting.] [L. emittere to send out; e out + mittere to send. See Mission.]

1. To send forth; to throw or give out; to cause to issue; to give vent to; to eject; to discharge; as, fire emits heat and smoke; boiling water emits steam; the sun emits light.

Lest, wrathful, the far-shooting god emit His fatal arrows. Prior.

2. To issue forth, as an order or decree; to print and send into circulation, as notes or bills of credit.

No State shall . . . emit bills of credit. Const. of the U. S.

Emittent

E*mit"tent (?), a. [L. emittens, p. pr. emittere.] Sending forth; emissive. Boyle.

Emmantle

Em*man"tle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mantle: cf. F. emmanteler. Cf. Inmantle.] To cover over with, or as with, a mantle; to put about as a protection. [Obs.] Holland.

Emmanuel

Em*man"u*el (?), n. See Immanuel. Matt. i. 23.

Emmarble

Em*mar"ble (?), v. t. To turn to marble; to harden. [Obs.]
Thou dost emmarble the proud heart. Spenser.

Emmenagogue

Em*men"a*gogue (?), n. [Gr. n. pl., menses (emm\'82nagogue.] (Med.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

Emmet

Em"met (?), n. [OE. emete, amete, AS. \'91mete. See Ant.] (Zo\'94l.) An ant. Emmet hunter (Zo\'94l.), the wryneck.

Emmetropia

Em`me*tro"pi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) That refractive condition of the eye in which the rays of light are all brought accurately and without undue effort to a focus upon the retina; -- opposed to hypermetropia, myopia, an astigmatism.

Emmetropic

Em`me*trop"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia.
The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.

Emmetropy

Em*met"ro*py (?), n. (Med.) Same as Emmetropia.

Emmew

Em*mew" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + mew. Cf. Immew.] To mew or coop up. [Obs.] Shak.

Emmove

Em*move" (?), v. t. [For emove: cf. F. \'82mouvoir, L. emovere. See Emotion.] To move; to rouse; to excite. [Obs.]

Emodin

Em"o*din (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-red crystalline substance, C15H10O5, obtained from the buckthorn, rhubarb, etc., and regarded as a derivative of anthraquinone; -- so called from a species of rhubarb (Rheum emodei).

Emollescence

Em`ol*les"cence (?), n. [L. e out + mollescere, incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.] That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

Emolliate

E*mol"li*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emolliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emolliating.] [See Emollient, a.] To soften; to render effeminate.
Emolliated by four centuries of Roman domination, the Belgic colonies had forgotten their pristine valor. Pinkerton.

Emollient

E*mol"lient (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p. pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis soft: cf. F. \'82mollient. See Mollify.] Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient applications." Arbuthnot.

Emollient

E*mol"lient (?; 105), n. (Med.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc.

Emollition

Em`ol*li"tion (?), n. The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation. Bacon.

Emolument

E*mol"u*ment (?), n. [L. emolumentum, lit., a working out, fr. emoliri to move out, work out; e out + moliri to set in motion, exert one's self, fr. moles a huge, heavy mass: cf. F. \'82molument. See Mole a mound.] The profit arising from office, employment, or labor; gain; compensation; advantage; perquisites, fees, or salary.
A long . . . enjoyment of the emoluments of office. Bancroft.

Emolumental

E*mol`u*men"tal (?), a. Pertaining to an emolument; profitable. [R.] Evelyn.

Emong, Emongst

E*mong" (?), E*mongst" (?), (prep
. Among. [Obs.]

Emotion

E*mo"tion (?), n. [L. emovere, emotum, to remove, shake, stir up; e out + movere to move: cf. F. \'82motion. See Move, and cf. Emmove.] A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
How different the emotions between departure and return! W. Irving.
Some vague emotion of delight. Tennyson.
Syn. -- Feeling; agitation; tremor; trepidation; perturbation; passion; excitement. -- Emotion, Feeling, Agitation. Feeling is the weaker term, and may be of the body or the mind. Emotion is of the mind alone, being the excited action of some inward susceptibility or feeling; as, an emotion of pity, terror, etc. Agitation may the bodily or mental, and usually arises in the latter case from a vehement struggle between contending desires or emotions. See Passion. "Agitations have but one character, viz., that of violence; emotions vary with the objects that awaken them. There are emotions either of tenderness or anger, either gentle or strong, either painful or pleasing." Crabb.

Emotioned

E*mo"tioned (?), a. Affected with emotion. [R.] "The emotioned soul." Sir W. Scott.

Emotional

E*mo"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

Emotionalism

E*mo"tion*al*ism (?), n. The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.

Emotionalize

E*mo"tion*al*ize (?), v. t. To give an emotional character to.
Brought up in a pious family where religion was not talked about emotionalized, but was accepted as the rule of thought and conduct. Froude.

Emotive

E*mo"tive (?), a. Attended by, or having the character of, emotion. H. Brooke. -- E*mo"tive*ly, adv.

Emotiveness

E*mo"tive*ness, n. Susceptibility to emotion. G. Eliot.

Emotivity

E`mo*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Emotiveness. Hickok.

Emove

E*move" (?), v. t. To move. [Obs.] Thomson.

Empair

Em*pair" (?), v. t. To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empaistic

Em*pais"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Fine Arts) Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.

Empale

Em*pale" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF. empalir.] To make pale. [Obs.]
No bloodless malady empales their face. G. Fletcher.

Empale

Em*pale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empaling.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and cf. Impale.] >[Written also impale.]

1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.

All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. To inclose; to surround. See Impale.

3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

4. (Her.) Same as Impale.

Empalement

Em*pale"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.] >[Written also impalement.]

1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.

2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

3. (Her.) Same as Impalement.

Empanel

Em*pan"el (?), n. [Pref. em- (L. in) + panel.] (Law) A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell.

Empanel

Em*pan"el, v. t. See Impanel.

Empanoplied

Em*pan"o*plied (?), a. [Pref. em- + panoply.] Completely armed; panoplied. Tennyson.

Emparadise

Em*par"a*dise (?), v. t. Same as Imparadise.

Empark

Em*park" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + park: cf. OF. emparchier, emparkier. Cf. Impark.] To make a park of; to inclose, as with a fence; to impark. [Obs.]

Emparlance

Em*par"lance (?), n. Parley; imparlance. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empasm

Em*pasm" (?), n. [F. empasme, fr. Gr. A perfumed powder sprinkled upon the body to mask the odor of sweat.

Empassion

Em*pas"sion (?), v. t. To move with passion; to affect strongly. See Impassion. [Obs.]
Those sights empassion me full near. Spenser.

Empassionate

Em*pas"sion*ate (?), a. Strongly affected. [Obs.]
The Briton Prince was sore empassionate. Spenser.

Empawn

Em*pawn" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + pawn. Cf. Impawn.] To put in pawn; to pledge; to impawn.
To sell, empawn, and alienate the estates. Milman.

Empeach

Em*peach" (?), v. t. To hinder. See Impeach. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empearl

Em*pearl" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + pearl. Cf. Impearl.] To form like pearls; to decorate with, or as with, pearls; to impearl.
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Empeople

Em*peo"ple (?), v. t. To form into a people or community; to inhabit; to people. [Obs.]
We now know 't is very well empeopled. Sir T. Browne.

Emperess

Em"per*ess (?), n. See Empress. [Obs.]

Emperice

Em"per*ice (?), n. An empress. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Emperil

Em*per"il (?), v. t. To put in peril. See Imperil. Spenser.

Emperished

Em*per"ished (?), a. Perished; decayed. [Obs.]
I deem thy brain emperished be. Spenser.

Emperor

Em"per*or (?), n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zo\'94l.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. -- Emperor moth (Zo\'94l.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturnia pavonia). -- Emperor paper. See under Paper. -- Purple emperor (Zo\'94l.), a large, strong British butterfly (Apatura iris).

Emperorship

Em"per*or*ship, n. The rank or office of an emperor.

Empery

Em"per*y (?), n. [L. imperium, influenced by OF. emperie, empire. See Empire.] Empire; sovereignty; dominion. [Archaic] Shak.
Struggling for my woman's empery. Mrs. Browning.

Emphasis

Em"pha*sis (?), n.; pl. Emphases (#). [L., fr. Gr. In, and Phase.]

1. (Rhet.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.

The province of emphasis is so much more important than accent, that the customary seat of the latter is changed, when the claims of emphasis require it. E. Porter.

2. A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.

External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

Emphasize

Em"pha*size (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emphasized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emphasizing (?).] To utter or pronounce with a particular stress of voice; to make emphatic; as, to emphasize a word or a phrase.

Emphatic, Emphatical

Em*phat"ic (?), Em*phat"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. emphatique. See Emphasis.]

1. Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.

2. Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible. "Emphatical colors." Boyle. "Emphatical evils." Bp. Reynolds. Syn. -- Forcible; earnest; impressive; energetic; striking; positive; important; special; significant.

Emphatically

Em*phat"ic*al*ly, adv.

1. With emphasis; forcibly; in a striking manner or degree; pre\'89minently.

He was indeed emphatically a popular writer. Macaulay.

2. Not really, but apparently. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Emphaticalness

Em*phat"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being emphatic; emphasis.

Emphractic

Em*phrac"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.

Emphrensy

Em*phren"sy (?), v. t. To madden. [Obs.]

Emphysema

Em`phy*se"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. emphys\'8ame.] (Med.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. Emphysema of the lungs, Pulmonary emphysema (Med.), a common disease of the lungs in which the air cells are distended and their partition walls ruptured by an abnormal pressure of the air contained in them.

Emphysematous

Em`phy*sem"a*tous (?), a. [Cf. F. emphys\'82mateux.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated.

Emphyteusis

Em`phy*teu"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rom. Law) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent. Heumann.

Emphyteutic

Em`phy*teu"tic (?), a. [L. emphyteuticus.] Of or pertaining to an emphyteusis; as, emphyteutic lands.

Emphyteuticary

Em`phy*teu"ti*ca*ry (?), n. [L. emphyteuticarius, a.] One who holds lands by emphyteusis.

Empierce

Em*pierce" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + pierce. Cf. Impierce.] To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empight

Em*pight" (?), a. [Pref. em- + pight pitched, fixed.] Fixed; settled; fastened. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empire

Em"pire (?), n. [F., fr. L. imperium a command, sovereignty, dominion, empire, fr. imperare. See Emperor; cf. Imperial.]

1. Supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion. "The empire of the sea." Shak.

Over hell extend His empire, and with iron scepter rule. Milton.

2. The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.

Empire carries with it the idea of a vast and complicated government. C. J. Smith.

3. Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason. "Under the empire of facts." M. Arnold.

Another force which, in the Middle Ages, shared with chivalry the empire over the minds of men. A. W. Ward.
Celestial empire. See under Celestial. -- Empire City, a common designation of the city of New York. -- Empire State, a common designation of the State of New York. Syn. -- Sway; dominion; rule; control; reign; sovereignty; government; kingdom; realm; state.

Empiric

Em*pir"ic (?; 277), n. [L. empiricus an empiric, Gr. fare: cf. F. empirique. See In, and Fare.]

1. One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.

2. One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan.

Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience called themselves empirics. Krauth-Fleming.
Swallow down opinions as silly people do empirics' pills. Locke.

Empiric, Empirical

Em*pir"ic (?), Em*pir"ic*al (?), a.

1. Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.

In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton.
The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical rules learnt in his apprenticeship. H. Spencer.

2. Depending upon experience or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula. Syn. -- See Transcendental.

Empirically

Em*pir"ic*al*ly, adv. By experiment or experience; without science; in the manner of quacks.

Empiricism

Em*pir"i*cism (?), n.

1. The method or practice of an empiric; pursuit of knowledge by observation and experiment.

2. Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.

3. (Metaph.) The philosophical theory which attributes the origin of all our knowledge to experience.

Empiricist

Em*pir"i*cist (?), n. An empiric.

Empiristic

Em`pi*ris"tic (?), a. (Physics) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic.

Emplaster

Em*plas"ter (?), n. [OF. emplastre, F. empl\'83tre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr. See Plaster. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Emplaster

Em*plas"ter, v. t. [Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. empl\'83trer. See Emplaster, n.] To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. [Obs.] "Fair as ye his name emplaster." Chaucer.

Emplastic

Em*plas"tic (?), a. [Cf. F. emplastique, fr. Gr. Emplaster.] Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications.

Emplastic

Em*plas"tic, n. A medicine causing constipation.

Emplastration

Em`plas*tra"tion (?), n. [L. emplastratio a budding.]

1. The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. [Obs.] Holland.

2. [See 1st Emplaster.] (Med.) The application of a plaster or salve.

Emplead

Em*plead" (?), v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + plead: cf. F. emplaidier. Cf. Implead.] To accuse; to indict. See Implead.

Emplection

Em*plec"tion (?), n. See Emplecton.

Emplecton

Em*plec"ton (?), n. [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr. A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.

Emplore

Em*plore" (?), v. t. See Implore. [Obs.]

Employ

Em*ploy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Employed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Employing.] [F. employer, fr. L. implicare to fold into, infold, involve, implicate, engage; in + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicate.]

1. To inclose; to infold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies.

This is a day in which the thoughts . . . ought to be employed on serious subjects. Addison.
(b) To occupy; as, to employ time in study. (c) To have or keep at work; to give employment or occupation to; to intrust with some duty or behest; as, to employ a hundred workmen; to employ an envoy.
Jonathan . . . and Jahaziah . . . were employed about this matter. Ezra x. 15.
Thy vineyard must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. Dryden.
To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self. Syn. -- To use; busy; apply; exercise; occupy; engross; engage. See Use.

Employ

Em*ploy", n. [Cf. F. emploi.] That which engages or occupies a person; fixed or regular service or business; employment.
The whole employ of body and of mind. Pope.
In one's employ, in one's service.

Employable

Em*ploy"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. employable.] Capable of being employed; capable of being used; fit or proper for use. Boyle.

Employ\'82

Em`ploy`\'82" (?), n. [F., p. p. of employer.] One employed by another; a clerk or workman in the service of an employer.

Employee

Em`ploy*ee" (?), n. [The Eng. form of employ\'82.] One employed by another.

Employer

Em*ploy"er (?), n. One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

Employment

Em*ploy"ment (?), n.

1. The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed.

2. That which engages or occupies; that which consumes time or attention; office or post of business; service; as, agricultural employments; mechanical employments; public employments; in the employment of government.

Cares are employments, and without employ The soul is on a rack. Young.
Syn. -- Work; business; occupation; vocation; calling; office; service; commission; trade; profession.

Emplumed

Em*plumed" (?), a. Plumed. [R.]

Emplunge

Em*plunge" (?), v. t. [Cf. Implunge.] To plunge; to implunge. [Obs.] Spenser.

Empoison

Em*poi"son (?), v. t. [F. empoisonner; pref. em- + F. poison. See Poison, and cf. Impoison.] To poison; to impoison. Shak.

Empoison

Em*poi"son, n. Poison. [Obs.] Remedy of Love.

Empoisoner

Em*poi"son*er (?), n. Poisoner. [Obs.] Bacon.

Empoisonment

Em*poi"son*ment (?), n. [F. empoisonnement.] The act of poisoning. Bacon.

Emporetic, Emporetical

Em`po*ret"ic (?), Em`po*ret"ic*al (?), a. [L. emporeticus, Gr. Emporium.] Pertaining to an emporium; relating to merchandise. [Obs.] Johnson.

Emporium

Em*po"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Emporiums (#), L. Emporia (#). [L., fr. Gr. In, and Empiric, Fare.]

1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.

That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill-built market town. Macaulay.
It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.

2. (Physiol.) The brain. [Obs.]

Empoverish

Em*pov"er*ish (?), v. t. See Impoverish.

Empower

Em*pow"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empowering.]

1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. "These eyes . . . empowered to gaze." Keble.

Empress

Em"press (?), n. [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]

1. The consort of an emperor. Shak.

2. A female sovereign.

3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." Shak. Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.

Emprint

Em*print" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Imprint.

Emprise

Em*prise" (?), n. [OF. emprise, fr. emprendre to undertake; pref. em- (L. in) + F. prendre to take, L. prehendere, prendere; prae before + a verb akin to E. get. See Get, and cf. Enterprise, Impresa.] [Archaic]

1. An enterprise; endeavor; adventure. Chaucer.

In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser.
The deeds of love and high emprise. Longfellow.

2. The qualifies which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits.

I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

Emprise

Em*prise", v. t. To undertake. [Obs.] Sackville.

Emprising

Em*pris"ing (?), a. [From Emprise, v. t.] Full of daring; adventurous. [Archaic] T. Campbell.

Emprison

Em*pris"on (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Imprison.

Emprosthotonos

Em`pros*thot"o*nos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Gross.

Empte

Emp"te (?), v. t. To empty. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Emptier

Emp"ti*er (?; 215), n. One who, or that which, empties.

Emptier

Emp"ti*er, compar. of Empty.

Emptiness

Emp"ti*ness, n. [From Empty.]

1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.

3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. Pope.
The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. Tennyson.

Emption

Emp"tion (?), n. [L. emptio, fr. emere to buy.] The act of buying. [R.] Arbuthnot.

Emptional

Emp"tion*al (?), a. Capable of being purchased.

Empty

Emp"ty (?; 215), a. [Compar. Emptier (?); superl. Emptiest.] [AS. emtig, \'91mtig, \'91metig, fr. \'91mta, \'91metta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.]

1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.


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2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton.

I shall find you empty of that fault. Shak.

3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." Shak.

When ye go ye shall not go empty. Ex. iii. 21.

4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; -- said of language; as, empty words, or threats.

Words are but empty thanks. Cibber.

5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; -- said of pleasure, the world, etc.

Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise. Pope.

6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; -- said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine.

Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind. Gen. xli. 27.

7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.

That in civility thou seem'st so empty. Shak.

8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. &hand; Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling. Syn. -- See Vacant.

Empty

Emp"ty (?), n.; pl. Empties (. An empty box, crate, cask, etc.; -- used in commerce, esp. in transportation of freight; as, "special rates for empties."

Empty

Emp"ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emptied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emptying.] To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to pour out; to discharge; as, to empty a vessel; to empty a well or a cistern.
The clouds . . . empty themselves upon the earth. Eccl. xi. 3.

Empty

Emp"ty, v. i.

1. To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

2. To become empty. "The chapel empties." B. Jonson.

Emptying

Emp"ty*ing, n.

1. The act of making empty. Shak.

2. pl. The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. [U.S.]

Empugn

Em*pugn" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Impugn.

Empurple

Em*pur"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Empurpled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Empurpling (?).] [Pref. em- + purple. Cf. Impurple.] To tinge or dye of a purple color; to color with purple; to impurple. "The deep empurpled ran." Philips.

Empuse

Em*puse" (?), n. [LL. empusa, Gr. A phantom or specter. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Empuzzle

Em*puz"zle (?), v. t. [Pref. em- + puzzle.] To puzzle. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Empyema

Em`py*e"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A collection of blood, pus, or other fluid, in some cavity of the body, especially that of the pleura. Dunglison. &hand; The term empyema is now restricted to a collection of pus in the cavity of the pleura.

Empyesis

Em`py*e"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) An eruption of pustules.

Empyreal

Em*pyr"e*al (?), a. [L. empyrius, empyreus, fiery, Gr. In, and Fire.] Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond a\'89rial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.
Go, soar with Plato to the empyreal sphere. Pope.
Empyreal air, oxygen gas.

Empyreal

Em*pyr"e*al, n. Empyrean. Mrs. Browning.

Empyrean

Em`py*re"an (?; 277), n. [See Empyreal.] The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist.
The empyrean rung With hallelujahs. Milton.

Empyrean

Em`py*re"an, a. Empyreal. Akenside.

Empyreuma

Em`py*reu"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. empyreume. See Empyreal.] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Empyreumatic, Empyreumatical

Em`py*reu*mat"ic (?), Em`py*reu*mat"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. empyreumatique.] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C.

Empyreumatize

Em`py*reu"ma*tize (?), v. t. To render empyreumatic. [R.]

Empyrical

Em*pyr"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Empyreal.] Containing the combustible principle of coal. Kirwan.

Empyrosis

Em"py*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. A general fire; a conflagration. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Emrods

Em"rods (?), n. pl. See Emerods. [Obs.]

Emu

E"mu (?), n. [Cf. Pg. ema ostrich, F. \'82mou, \'82meu, emu.] (Zo\'94l.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91 and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [Written also emeu and emew.] &hand; The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren. See in the Vocabulary.

Emulable

Em"u*la*ble (?), a. [L. aemulari to emulate + -able.] Capable of being emulated. [R.]
Some imitable and emulable good. Abp. Leighton.

Emulate

Em"u*late (?), a. [L. aemulatus, p. p. of aemulari, fr. aemulus emulous; prob. akin to E. imitate.] Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

Emulate

Em"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating (?).] To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.

Emulation

Em`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. aemulatio: cf. F. \'82mulation.]

1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.

2. Jea

Such factious emulations shall arise. Shak.
Syn. -- Competition; rivalry; contest; contention; strife. -- Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. "Competition and emulation have honor for their basis; rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort; rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success; rivalry is contented with obtaining it." Crabb.

Emulative

Em"u*la*tive (?), a. Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort. "Emulative zeal." Hoole.

Emulatively

Em"u*la*tive*ly, adv. In an emulative manner; with emulation.

Emulator

Em"u*la`tor (?), n. [L. aemulator.] One who emulates, or strives to equal or surpass.
As Virgil rivaled Homer, Milton was the emulator of both. Bp. Warburton.

Emulatory

Em"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry. [R.] "Emulatory officiousness." Bp. Hall.

Emulatress

Em"u*la`tress (?), n. A female emulator. [R.]

Emule

Em"ule (?), v. t. [F. \'82muler. See Emulate.] To emulate. [Obs.] "Emuled of many." Spenser.

Emulge

E*mulge" (?), v. t. [L. emulgere, emulsum; e out + mulgere to milk; akin to E. milk. See Milk.] To milk out; to drain. [Obs.] Bailey.

Emulgent

E*mul"gent (?), a. [L. emulgens, p. pr. of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. \'82mulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. -- n. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein.

Emulgent

E*mul"gent, n. (Med.) A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.

Emulous

Em"u*lous (?), a. [L. aemulus. See Emulate.]

1. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

2. Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." B. Jonson.

Emulous missions 'mongst the gods. Shak.

Emulously

Em"u*lous*ly, adv. In an emulous manner.

Emulousness

Em"u*lous*ness, n. The quality of being emulous.

Emulsic

E*mul"sic (?), a. Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Hoblyn.

Emulsify

E*mul"si*fy (?), v. t. [Emulsion + -fy.] To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

Emulsin

E*mul"sin (?), n. [See Emulsion, Emulge.] (Chem.) (a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.] (b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.

Emulsion

E*mul"sion (?), n. [From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F. \'82mulsion. See Emulge.] Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.

Emulsive

E*mul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82mulsif.]

1. Softening; milklike.

2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds.

3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids.

Emunctory

E*munc"to*ry (?), n.; pl. Emunctories (#). [L. emunctorium a pair of snuffers, fr. emungere, emunctum, to blow the nose, hence, to wipe, cleanse; e out + mungere to blow the nose: cf. F. \'82monctoire, formerly spelled also \'82monctoire.] (Physiol.) Any organ or part of the body (as the kidneys, skin, etc.,) which serves to carry off excrementitious or waste matter.

Emuscation

Em`us*ca"tion (?), n. [L. emuscare to clear from moss; e out + muscus moss.] A freeing from moss. [Obs.]

Emu wren

E"mu wren` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers.

Emyd

E"myd (?), n.; pl. E. Emyds (#), E. Emyd (#). [See Emydea.] (Zo\'94l.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydid\'91.

Emydea

E*myd"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins.

En-

En- (?).

1. [F. en-, L. in.] A prefix signifying in or into, used in many English words, chiefly those borrowed from the French. Some English words are written indifferently with en- or in-. For ease of pronunciation it is commonly changed to em- before p, b, and m, as in employ, embody, emmew. It is sometimes used to give a causal force, as in enable, enfeeble, to cause to be, or to make, able, or feeble; and sometimes merely gives an intensive force, as in enchasten. See In-.

-en

-en.

1. A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, such as children and brethren, it has been added to older plural forms.

2. A suffix corresponding to AS. -en and -on, formerly used to form the plural of verbs, as in housen, escapen.

3. A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an.

4. [AS. -en; akin to Goth. -eins, L. -inus, Gr. An adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden.

5. [AS. -en; akin to Skr. -na.] The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

En

En (?), n. (Print.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.

Enable

En*a"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enabling (?).]

1. To give strength or ability to; to make firm and strong. [Obs.] "Who hath enabled me." 1 Tim. i. 12.

Receive the Holy Ghost, said Christ to his apostles, when he enabled them with priestly power. Jer. Taylor.

2. To make able (to do, or to be, something); to confer sufficient power upon; to furnish with means, opportunities, and the like; to render competent for; to empower; to endow.

Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison.

Enablement

En*a"ble*ment (?), n. The act of enabling, or the state of being enabled; ability. Bacon.

Enact

En*act" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enacting.]

1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law.

2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]

The king enacts more wonders than a man. Shak.

3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.

I did enact Julius Caesar. Shak.
Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally expresses the legislative sanction.

Enact

En*act", n. Purpose; determination. [Obs.]

Enactive

En*act"ive (?), a. Having power to enact or establish as a law. Abp. Bramhall.

Enactment

En*act"ment (?), n.

1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, a prohibitory enactment; a social enactment.

Enactor

En*act"or (?), n. One who enacts a law; one who decrees or establishes as a law. Atterbury.

Enacture

En*ac"ture (?; 135), n. Enactment; resolution. [Obs.] Shak.

Enaliosaur

En*al"i*o*saur` (?), n. (Paleon.) One of the Enaliosauria.

Enaliosauria

En*al`i*o*sau"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct group of marine reptiles, embracing both the Ichthyosauria and the Plesiosauria, now regarded as distinct orders.

Enaliosaurian

En*al`i*o*sau"ri*an (?), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the Enaliosauria. -- n. One of the Enaliosauria.

Enallage

E*nal"la*ge (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another.

Enambush

En*am"bush (?), v. t. To ambush. [Obs.]

Enamel

En*am"el (?), n. [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]

1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

2. (Min.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.

3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.

4. (Anat.) The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. -- Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.

Enamel

En*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled (?) or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]

1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.


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2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel.

Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.

3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.

4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

Enamel

En*am"el (?), v. i. To practice the art of enameling.

Enamel

En*am"el, a. Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.

Enamelar

En*am"el*ar (?), a. Consisting of enamel; resembling enamel; smooth; glossy. [R.] Craig.

Enameled

En*am"eled (?), a. Coated or adorned with enamel; having a glossy or variegated surface; glazed. [Written also enamelled.]

Enameler, Enamelist

En*am"el*er (?), En*am"el*ist, n. One who enamels; a workman or artist who applies enamels in ornamental work. [Written also enameller, enamellist.]

Enamor

En*am"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enamored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enamoring.] [OF. enamourer, enamorer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. amour love, L. amor. See Amour, and cf. Inamorato.] To inflame with love; to charm; to captivate; -- with of, or with, before the person or thing; as, to be enamored with a lady; to be enamored of books or science. [Written also enamour.]
Passionately enamored of this shadow of a dream. W. Irving.

Enamorment

En*am"or*ment (?), n. The state of being enamored. [R.]

Enantiomorphous

E*nan`ti*o*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. (Crystallog.) Similar, but not superposable, i. e., related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- said of certain hemihedral crystals.

Enantiopathic

E*nan`ti*o*path"ic (?), a. (Med.) Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

Enantiopathy

E*nan`ti*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr.

1. An opposite passion or affection. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. (Med.) Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

Enantiosis

E*nan`ti*o"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure of speech by which what is to be understood affirmatively is stated negatively, and the contrary; affirmation by contraries.

Enarch

En**arch" (?), v. t. To arch. [Obs.] Lydgate.

Enarched

En*arched" (?), a. (Her.) Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.

Enargite

En*ar"gite (?), n. (Min.) An iron-black mineral of metallic luster, occurring in small orthorhombic crystals, also massive. It contains sulphur, arsenic, copper, and often silver.

Enarmed

En*armed" (?), a. (Her.) Same as Armed, 3.

Enarration

En`ar*ra"tion (?), n. [L. enarratio. See Narration.] A detailed exposition; relation. [Obs.] Hakewill.

Enarthrodia

En`ar*thro"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Arthrodia.] (Anat.) See Enarthrosis. -- En`ar*thro"di*al, a.

Enarthrosis

En`ar*thro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) A ball and socket joint, or the kind of articulation represented by such a joint. See Articulation.

Enascent

E*nas"cent (?), a. [L. enascens, p. pr. of enasci to spring up; e out + nasci to be born.] Coming into being; nascent. [Obs.] Bp. Warburton.

Enatation

E`na*ta"tion (?), n. [L. enatare to swim out. See Natation.] A swimming out. [Obs.] Bailey.

Enate

E*nate" (?), a. [L. enatus, p. p. of enasci. See Enascent.] Growing out.

Enation

E*na"tion (?), n. (Bot.) Any unusual outgrowth from the surface of a thing, as of a petal; also, the capacity or act of producing such an outgrowth.

Enaunter

E*naun"ter (?), adv. [Pref. en- + aunter.] Lest that. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enavigate

E*nav"i*gate (?), v. t. [L. enavigatus, p. p. of enavigare.] To sail away or over. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Enbattled

En*bat"tled (?), a. Embattled. [Obs.]

Enbibe

En*bibe" (?), v. t. To imbibe. [Obs.] Skelton.

Enbroude

En*broud"e (?), v. t. See Embroude.

Encage

En*cage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.] To confine in a cage; to coop up. Shak.

Encalendar

En*cal"en*dar (?), v. t. To register in a calendar; to calendar. Drayton.

Encamp

En*camp" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.
The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15.

Encamp

En*camp", v. t. To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.
Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.

Encampment

En*camp"ment (?), n.

1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon.
A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian.

Encanker

En*can"ker (?), v. t. To canker. [Obs.]

Encapsulation

En*cap`su*la"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The act of inclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to inclose it in a capsule.

Encarnalize

En*car"nal*ize (?), v. t. To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.

Encarpus

En*car"pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. encarpa, pl., Gr. (Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]

Encase

En*case" (?), v. t. [Cf. Enchase.] To inclose as in a case. See Incase. Beau. & Fl.

Encasement

En*case"ment (?), n. [Cf. Casement.]

1. The act of encasing; also, that which encases.

2. (Biol.) An old theory of generation similar to emboOvulist.

Encash

En*cash" (?), v. t. (Eng. Banking) To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.

Encashment

En*cash"ment (?), n. (Eng. Banking) The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

Encauma

En*cau"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. Encaustic.] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison.

Encaustic

En*caus"tic (?), a. [L. encausticus, Gr. encaustique. See Caustic, and cf. Ink.] (Fine Arts) Prepared by means of heat; burned in. Encaustic painting (Fine Arts), painting by means of wax with which the colors are combined, and which is afterwards fused with hot irons, thus fixing the colors. -- Encaustic tile (Fine Arts), an earthenware tile which has a decorative pattern and is not wholly of one color.

Encaustic

En*caus"tic, n. [L. encaustica, Gr. encaustique. See Encaustic, a.] The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors.

Encave

En*cave" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.] To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.

-ence

-ence (?). [F. -ence, L. -entia.] A noun suffix signifying action, state, or quality; also, that which relates to the action or state; as in emergence, diffidence, diligence, influence, difference, excellence. See -ance.

Enceinte

En`ceinte" (?), n. [F., fr. enceindre to gird about, surround, L. incingere; in (intens). + cingere to gird. See Cincture.]

1. (Fort.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

2. The area or town inclosed by a line of fortification.

The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte. S. W. Williams.

Enceinte

En`ceinte", a. [F., fr. L. in not + cinctus, p. p. of cingere to gird about.] Pregnant; with child.

Encenia

En*ce"ni*a (?), n. pl. [LL. encaenia, fr. Gr. A festival commemorative of the founding of a city or the consecration of a church; also, the ceremonies (as at Oxford and Cambridge, England) commemorative of founders or benefactors.

Encense

En*cense" (?), v. t. & i. [F. encenser, fr. encens. See Incense, n.] To offer incense to or upon; to burn incense. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Encephalic

En`ce*phal"ic (?), a. [See Encephalon.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the encephalon or brain.

Encephalitis

En*ceph`a*li"tis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the brain. -- En`ceph*a*lit"ic (#), a.

Encephalocele

En*ceph"a*lo*cele (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Hernia of the brain.

Encephaloid

En*ceph"a*loid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform. Encephaloid cancer (Med.), a very malignant form of cancer of brainlike consistency. See under Cancer.

Encephaloid

En*ceph"a*loid, n. An encephaloid cancer.

Encephalology

En*ceph`a*lol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

Encephalon

En*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL. See Encephalos.] (Anat.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Encephalopathy

En*ceph`a*lop"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Any disease or symptoms of disease referable to disorders of the brain; as, lead encephalopathy, the cerebral symptoms attending chronic lead poisoning.

Encephalos

En*ceph"a*los (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The encephalon.
In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.

Encephalotomy

En*ceph`a*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) The act or art of dissecting the brain.

Encephalous

En*ceph"a*lous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

Enchafe

En*chafe" (?), v. t. To chafe; to enrage; to heat. [Obs.] Shak.

Enchafing

En*chaf"ing, n. Heating; burning. [Obs.]
The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer.

Enchain

En*chain" (?), v. t. [F. encha\'8cner; pref. en- (L. in) cha\'8cne chain. See Chain, and cf. Incatenation.]

1. To bind with a chain; to hold in chains.

2. To hold fast; to confine; as, to enchain attention.

3. To link together; to connect. Howell.

Enchainment

En*chain"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. encha\'8cnement.] The act of enchaining, or state of being enchained.

Enchair

En*chair" (?), v. t. To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

Enchannel

En*chan"nel (?), v. t. To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.

Enchant

En*chant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting.] [F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation.]

1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak.
He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear.

Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. Sir P. Sidney.
Syn. -- To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm.

Enchanted

En*chant"ed (?), a. Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

Enchanter

En*chant"er (?), n. [Cf. F. enchanteur.] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment.
Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley.
Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circ\'91a) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

Enchanting

En*chant"ing, a. Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.

Enchantment

En*chant"ment (?), n. [F. enchantement.]

1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation.

After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.

2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment.

3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights.

Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.
Syn. -- Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery.

Enchantress

En*chant"ress (?), n. [Cf. F. enchanteresse.] A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

Encharge

En*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging (?).] [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.] To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.
His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.

Encharge

En*charge", n. A charge. [Obs.] A. Copley.

Enchase

En*chase" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enchased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enchasing.] [F. ench\'83sser; pref. en- (L. in) + ch\'83sse box containing relics, frame, case, the same word as caisse case. See 1st Case, and cf. Chase, Encase, Incase.]

1. To incase or inclose in a border or rim; to surround with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn.

Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser.
An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.

2. To chase; to ornament by embossing or engraving; as, to enchase a watch case.

With golden letters . . . well enchased. Spenser.

3. To delineate or describe, as by writing. [Obs.]

All which . . . for to enchase, Him needeth sure a golden pen, I ween. Spenser.

Enchaser

En*chas"er (?), n. One who enchases.

Enchasten

En*chas"ten (?), v. t. To chasten. [Obs.]

Encheson, Encheason

En*che"son, En*chea"son (?), n. [OF. enchaison, fr. L. incidere to happen; in + cadere to fall.] Occasion, cause, or reason. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enchest

En*chest" (?), v. t. [Cf. Inchest.] To inclose in a chest. Vicars.

Enchiridion

En`chi*rid"i*on (?), n. [L., from Gr. Handbook; a manual of devotions. Evelyn.

Enchisel

En*chis"el (?), v. t. To cut with a chisel.

Enchodus

En"cho*dus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).

Enchondroma

En`chon*dro"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.

Enchorial, Enchoric

En*cho"ri*al (?), En*chor"ic (?), a. [Gr. Belonging to, or used in, a country; native; domestic; popular; common; -- said especially of the written characters employed by the common people of ancient Egypt, in distinction from the hieroglyphics. See Demotic.

Enchylemma

En`chy*lem"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

Enchyma

En"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The primitive formative juice, from which the tissues, particularly the cellular tissue, are formed.

Encincture

En*cinc"ture (?), n. A cincture. [Poetic]
The vast encincture of that gloomy sea. Wordsworth.

Encindered

En*cin"dered (?), a. Burnt to cinders. [R.]

Encircle

En*cir"cle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encircled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encircling (?).] [Pref. en- + circle: cf. OF. encercler.] To form a circle about; to inclose within a circle or ring; to surround; as, to encircle one in the arms; the army encircled the city.
Her brows encircled with his serpent rod. Parnell.
Syn. -- To encompass; surround; environ; inclose.

Encirclet

En*cir"clet (?), n. [Encircle + -let.] A small circle; a ring. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Enclasp

En*clasp" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + clasp. Cf. Inclasp.] To clasp. See Inclasp.

Enclave

En*clave" (?), n. [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

Enclave

En*clave", v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.] To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]

Enclavement

En*clave"ment (?), n. [F.] The state of being an enclave. [Recent]
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Enclitic, Enclitical

En*clit"ic (?), En*clit"ic*al (?), a. [L. encliticus, Gr. In, and Lean, v. i.] (Gram.) Affixed; subjoined; -- said of a word or particle which leans back upon the preceding word so as to become a part of it, and to lose its own independent accent, generally varying also the accent of the preceding word.

Enclitic

En*clit"ic, n. (Gram.) A word which is joined to another so closely as to lose its proper accent, as the pronoun thee in prithee (pray thee).

Enclitically

En*clit"ic*al*ly, adv. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back. Walker.

Enclitics

En*clit"ics (?), n. (Gram.) The art of declining and conjugating words.

Encloister

En*clois"ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloister.] To shut up in a cloister; to cloister.

Enclose

En*close" (?), v. t. [F. enclos, p. p. of enclore to enclose; pref. en- (L. in) + clore to close. See Close, and cf. Inclose, Include.] To inclose. See Inclose.

Enclosure

En*clo"sure (?; 135), n. Inclosure. See Inclosure. &hand; The words enclose and enclosure are written indiscriminately enclose or inclose and enclosure or inclosure.

Enclothe

En*clothe" (?), v. t. To clothe.

Encloud

En*cloud" (?), v. t. [Cf. Incloud.] To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.

Encoach

En*coach" (?), v. t. [Cf. Incoach.] To carry in a coach. [R.] Davies (Wit's Pilgr.)

Encoffin

En*cof"fin (?), v. t. To put in a coffin. [R.]

Encolden

En*cold"en (?), v. t. To render cold. [Obs.]

Encollar

En*col"lar (?), v. t. To furnish or surround with a collar. [R.]

Encolor

En*col"or (?), v. t. To color. [R.]

Encolure

En`co`lure" (?), n. [F.] The neck of horse. R. Browning.

Encomber

En*com"ber (?), v. t. See Encumber. [Obs.]

Encomberment

En*com"ber*ment (?), n. [See Encumberment.] Hindrance; molestation.[Obs.] Spenser.

Encomiast

En*co"mi*ast (?), n. [Gr. encomiaste. See Encomium.] One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

Encomiastic, Encomiastical

En*co`mi*as"tic (?), En*co`mi*as"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

Encomiastic

En*co`mi*as"tic, n. A panegyric. B. Jonson.

Encomion

En*co"mi*on (?), n. [NL.] Encomium; panegyric. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Encomium

En*co"mi*um (?), n.; pl. Encomiums (#). [NL., fr. Gr. Comedy.] Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.
Syn. -- See Eulogy.

Encompass

En*com"pass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.] To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world. Shak.
A question may be encompassed with difficulty. C. J. Smith.
The love of all thy sons encompass thee. Tennyson.
Syn. -- To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ; invest; hem in; shut up.

Encompassment

En*com"pass*ment (?), n. The act of surrounding, or the state of being surrounded; circumvention.
By this encompassment and drift of question. Shak.

Encore

En`core" (?), adv. ∨ interj. [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See Hour.] Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

Encore

En`core", n. A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

Encore

En`core", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encoring.] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.
[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray.

Encorporing

En*cor"po*ring (?), n. [Pref. en- + L. corpus body.] Incorporation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Encoubert

En`cou`bert" (?), n. [F., Pg. encorberto, encuberto, lit., covered.] (Zo\'94l.) One of several species of armadillos of the genera Dasypus and Euphractus, having five toes both on the fore and hind feet.

Encounter

En*coun"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encountered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encountering.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See Counter, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. Acts xvii. 18.
I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. Shak.

Encounter

En*coun"ter, v. i. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.
I will encounter with Andronicus. Shak.
Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. Tatham.

Encounter

En*coun"ter, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.]

1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. Pope.

2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.

As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. Spenser.
To join their dark encounter in mid-air. Milton
. Syn. -- Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See Contest.

Encounterer

En*coun"ter*er (?), n. One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist. Atterbury.

Encourage

En*cour"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging (?).] [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage.
David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.
Syn. -- To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.

Encouragement

En*cour"age*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. encouragement.]

1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

All generous encouragement of arts. Otway.

2. That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.

To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byron.

Encourager

En*cour"a*ger (?), n. One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer.
The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.

Encouraging

En*cour"a*ging (?), a. Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

Encowl

En*cowl" (?), v. t. To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [R.] Drayton.

Encradle

En*cra"dle (?), v. t. To lay in a cradle.

Encratite

En"cra*tite (?), n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.

Encrease

En*crease" (?), v. t. & i. [Obs.] See Increase.

Encrimson

En*crim"son (?), v. t. To give a crimson or red color to; to crimson. Shak.

Encrinic, Encrinal, Encrinital

En*crin"ic (?), En*cri"nal (?), En*crin"i*tal (?), a. (Paleon.) Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.

Encrinite

En"cri*nite (?), n. [Gr. encrinite.] (Paleon.) A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.

Encrinitic, Encrinitical

En`cri*nit"ic (?), En`cri*nit"ic*al (?), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to encrinites; encrinal.

Encrinoidea

En`cri*noid"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Encrinus and -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea.

Encrinus

En"cri*nus (?), n.; pl. Encrini (#). [NL. See Encrinite.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.

Encrisped

En*crisped" (?), a. Curled. [Obs.] Skelton.

Encroach

En*croach" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encroached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encroaching.] [OF. encrochier to perch, prop., to hook, fasten a hook (perh. confused with acrochier, F. accrocher, to hook, get hold of, E. accroach); pref. en- (L. in) + F. croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Accroach.] To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another; to trespass; to intrude; to trench; -- commonly with on or upon; as, to encroach on a neighbor; to encroach on the highway.
No sense, faculty, or member must encroach upon or interfere with the duty and office of another. South.
Superstition, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker.
Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.
Syn. -- To intrude; trench; infringe; invade; trespass.

Encroach

En*croach", n. Encroachment. [Obs.] South.

Encroacher

En*croach"er (?), n. One who by gradual steps enters on, and takes possession of, what is not his own.

Encroachingly

En*croach"ing*ly, adv. By way of encroachment.

Encroachment

En*croach"ment (?), n.

1. The act of entering gradually or silently upon the rights or possessions of another; unlawful intrusion.

An unconstitutional encroachment of military power on the civil establishment. Bancroft.

2. That which is taken by encroaching on another.

3. (Law) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Encrust

En*crust" (?), v. t. To incrust. See Incrust.

Encrustment

En*crust"ment (?), n. That which is formed as a crust; incrustment; incrustation.
Disengaging truth from its encrustment of error. I. Taylor.

Encumber

En*cum"ber (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encumbered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Encumbering.] [F. encombrer; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. combrer to hinder. See Cumber, and cf. Incumber.] >[Written also incumber.]

1. To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning.

Not encumbered with any notable inconvenience. Hooker.

2. To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages. Syn. -- To load; clog; oppress; overload; embarrass; perplex; hinder; retard; obstruct; check; block.

Encumberment

En*cum"ber*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. encombrement.] Encumbrance. [R.]

Encumbrance

En*cum"brance (?), n. [Cf. OF. encombrance. Cf. Incumbrance.]

1. That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

2. (Law) Same as Incumbrance. Syn. -- Burden; clog; impediment; check; hindrance.

Encumbrancer

En*cum"bran*cer (?), n. (Law) Same as Incumbrancer.

Encurtain

En*cur"tain (?), v. t. To inclose with curtains.

-ency

-en*cy (?). [L. -entia.] A noun suffix having much the same meaning as -ence, but more commonly signifying the quality or state; as, emergency, efficiency. See -ancy.

Encyclic, Encyclical

En*cyc"lic (?), En*cyc"li*cal (?), a. [L. encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. encyclique. See Cycle.] Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.

Encyclic, Encyclical

En*cyc"lic, En*cyc"li*cal, n. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. Shipley.

Encyclopedia, Encyclop\'91dia

En*cy`clo*pe"di*a, En*cy`clo*p\'91"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. encyclop\'82die. See Cyclopedia, and Encyclical.] [Formerly written encyclop\'91dy and encyclopedy.] The circle of arts and sciences; a comprehensive summary of knowledge, or of a branch of knowledge; esp., a work in which the various branches of science or art are discussed separately, and usually in alphabetical order; a cyclopedia.

Encyclopediacal

En*cy`clo*pe*di"a*cal (?), a. Encyclopedic.

Encyclopedian

En*cy`clo*pe"di*an (?), a. Embracing the whole circle of learning, or a wide range of subjects.

Encyclopedic, Encyclopedical

En*cy`clo*ped"ic (?), En*cy`clo*ped"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. encyclop\'82dique.] Pertaining to, or of the nature of, an encyclopedia; embracing a wide range of subjects.

Encyclopedism

En*cy`clo*pe"dism (?), n. The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning.

Encyclopedist

En*cy`clo*pe"dist (?), n. [Cf. F. encyclop\'82diste.] The compiler of an encyclopedia, or one who assists in such compilation; also, one whose knowledge embraces the whole range of the sciences. The Encyclopedists, the writers of the great French encyclopedia which appeared in 1751-1772. The editors were Diderot and D'Alembert. Among the contributors were Voltaire and Rousseau.

Encyst

En*cyst" (?), v. t. To inclose in a cyst.

Encystation

En`cys*ta"tion (?), n. Encystment.

Encysted

En*cyst"ed (?), a. Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.
The encysted venom, or poison bag, beneath the adder's fang. Coleridge.

Encystment

En*cyst"ment (?), n.

1. (Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. &hand; The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

End

End (?), n. [OE. & AS. ende; akin to OS. endi, D. einde, eind, OHG. enti, G. ende, Icel. endir, endi, Sw. \'84nde, Dan. ende, Goth. andeis, Skr. anta. Ante-, Anti-, Answer.]

1. The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. Eccl. vii. 8.

2. Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

My guilt be on my head, and there an end. Shak.
O that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak.

3. Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

Unblamed through life, lamented in thy end. Pope.
Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of you to be the other's end. Shak.
I shall see an end of him. Shak.

4. The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

Losing her, the end of living lose. Dryden.
When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end. Coleridge.

5. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. Shak.

6. (Carpet Manuf.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.


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An end. (a) On end; upright; erect; endways. Spenser (b) To the end; continuously. [Obs.] Richardson. -- End bulb (Anat.), one of the bulblike bodies in which some sensory nerve fibers end in certain parts of the skin and mucous membranes; -- also called end corpuscles. -- End fly, a bobfly. -- End for end, one end for the other; in reversed order. -- End man, the last man in a row; one of the two men at the extremities of a line of minstrels. -- End on (Naut.), bow foremost. -- End organ (Anat.), the structure in which a nerve fiber ends, either peripherally or centrally. -- End plate (Anat.), one of the flat expansions in which motor nerve fibers terminate on muscular fibers. -- End play (Mach.), movement endwise, or room for such movement. -- End stone (Horol.), one of the two plates of a jewel in a timepiece; the part that limits the pivot's end play. -- Ends of the earth, the remotest regions of the earth. -- In the end, finally. Shak. -- On end, upright; erect. -- To the end, in order. Bacon. -- To make both ends meet, to live within one's income. Fuller. -- To put an end to, to destroy.

End

End (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ended; p. pr. & vb. n. Ending.]

1. To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. "I shall end this strife." Shak.

On the seventh day God ended his work. Gen. ii. 2.

2. To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

3. To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him." Shak. To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead.

End

End, v. i. To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

Endable

End"a*ble (?), a. That may be ended; terminable.

Endall

End"*all` (?), n. Complete termination. [R.]
That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.

Endamage

En*dam"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endamaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Endamaging (?).] [Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager.] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [R.]
The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton.

Endamageable

En*dam"age*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [Obs.]

Endamagement

En*dam"age*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. endommagement.] Damage; injury; harm. [Obs.] Shak.

Endamnify

En*dam"ni*fy (?), v. t. To damnify; to injure. [R.] Sandys.

Endanger

En*dan"ger (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endangered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endangering.]

1. To put to hazard; to bring into danger or peril; to expose to loss or injury; as, to endanger life or peace.

All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him. Burke.

2. To incur the hazard of; to risk. [Obs.]

He that turneth the humors back . . . endangereth malign ulcers. Bacon.

Endangerment

En*dan"ger*ment (?), n. Hazard; peril. Milton.

Endark

En*dark" (?), v. t. To darken. [Obs.] Feltham.

Endaspidean

En`das*pid"e*an (?), a. [Endo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds.

Endazzle

En*daz"zle (?), v. t. To dazzle. [Obs.] "Endazzled eyes." Milton.

Endear

En*dear" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endearing.]

1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak.

2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. [R.] King James I. (1618).

Endearedly

En*dear"ed*ly (?), adv. With affection or endearment; dearly.

Endearedness

En*dear"ed*ness, n. State of being endeared.

Endearing

En*dear"ing, a. Making dear or beloved; causing love. -- En*dear"ing*ly, adv.

Endearment

En*dear"ment (?), n. The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech." Jer. Taylor.
Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.

Endeavor

En*deav"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endeavored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endeavoring.] [OE. endevor; pref. en- + dever, devoir, duty, F. devoir: cf. F. se mettre en devoir de faire quelque chose to try to do a thing, to go about it. See Devoir, Debt.] [Written also endeavour.] To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. Ld. Chatham.
To endeavor one's self, to exert one's self strenuously to the fulfillment of a duty. [Obs.] "A just man that endeavoreth himself to leave all wickedness." Latimer.

Endeavor

En*deav"or, v. i. To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.
And such were praised who but endeavored well. Pope.
Usually with an infinitive; as, to endeavor to outstrip an antagonist.
He had . . . endeavored earnestly to do his duty. Prescott.
Syn. -- To attempt; try; strive; struggle; essay; aim; seek.

Endeavor

En*deav"or, n. [Written also endeavour.] An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.
To employ all my endeavor to obey you. Sir P. Sidney.
To do one's endeavor, to do one's duty; to put forth strenuous efforts to attain an object; -- a phrase derived from the Middle English phrase "to do one's dever" (duty). "Mr. Prynne proceeded to show he had done endeavor to prepare his answer." Fuller. Syn. -- Essay; trial; effort; exertion. See Attempt.

Endeavorer

En*deav"or*er (?), n. One who makes an effort or attempt. [Written also endeavourer.]

Endeavorment

En*deav"or*ment (?), n. Act of endeavoring; endeavor. [Obs.] Spenser.

Endecagon

En*dec"a*gon (?), n. [See Hendecagon.] (Geom.) A plane figure of eleven sides and angles.

Endecagynous

En`de*cag"y*nous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having eleven pistils; as, an endecagynous flower.

Endecane

En"de*cane (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [Written also hendecane.]

Endecaphyllous

En`de*caph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Composed of eleven leaflets; -- said of a leaf.

Endeictic

En*deic"tic (?), a. [Gr. Serving to show or exhibit; as, an endeictic dialogue, in the Platonic philosophy, is one which exhibits a specimen of skill. Enfield.

Endeixis

En*deix"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Endeictic.] (Med.) An indication.

Endemial

En*de"mi*al (?), a. Endemic. [R.]

Endemic, Endemical

En*de"mic (?), En*de"mic*al (?), a. [Gr. end\'82mique
.]
(Med.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease. &hand; An endemic disease is one which is constantly present to a greater or less degree in any place, as distinguished from an epidemic disease, which prevails widely at some one time, or periodically, and from a sporadic disease, of which a few instances occur now and then.

Endemic

En*dem"ic, n. (Med.) An endemic disease.
Fear, which is an endemic latent in every human heart, sometimes rises into an epidemic. J. B. Heard.

Endemically

En*dem"ic*al*ly, adv. In an endemic manner.

Endemiology

En*dem`i*ol"o*gy (?), n. The science which treats of endemic affections.

Endenization

En*den`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of naturalizing. [R.]

Endenize

En*den"ize (?), v. t. To endenizen. [Obs.]

Endenizen

En*den"i*zen (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + denizen. Cf. Indenizen.] To admit to the privileges of a denizen; to naturalize. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Ender

End"er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes an end of something; as, the ender of my life.

Endermatic

En`der*mat"ic (?), a. Endermic.

Endermic

En*der"mic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Acting through the skin, or by direct application to the skin. Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.

Endermically

En*der"mic*al*ly (?), adv. By the endermic method; as, applied endermically.

Enderon

En"de*ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The deep sensitive and vascular layer of the skin and mucous membranes. -- En`de*ron"ic, a.

Endiademed

En*di"a*demed (?), a. Diademed. [R.]

Endiaper

En*di"a*per (?), v. t. [See Diaper.] To decorate with a diaper pattern.

Endict

En*dict" (?), v. t. See Indict.

Endictment

En*dict"ment (?), n. See Indictment.

Ending

End"ing (?), n.

1. Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

2. (Gram.) The final syllable or letter of a word; the part joined to the stem. See 3d Case, 5. Ending day, day of death. Chaucer.

Endite

En*dite (?), v. t. See Indite. Spenser.

Endive

En"dive (?), n. [F. endive (cf. Pr., Sp. Pg., & It. endivia), fr. a deriv. of L. intibus, intybus, endive.] (Bot.) A composite herb (Cichorium Endivia). Its finely divided and much curled leaves, when blanched, are used for salad. Wild endive (Bot.), chicory or succory.

Endless

End"less (?), a. [AS. endele\'a0s. See End.]

1. Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

2. Infinite; excessive; unlimited. Shak.

3. Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] "All loves are endless." Beau. & Fl.

4. Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends. -- Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw. Syn. -- Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable.

Endlessly

End"less*ly, adv. In an endless manner.

Endlessness

End"less*ness, n. [AS. endele\'a0snys.] The quality of being endless; perpetuity.

Endlong

End"long` (?; 115), adv. & prep. [Cf. Along.] Lengthwise; along. [Archaic]
The doors were all of adamants eterne, I-clenched overthwart and endelong With iron tough. Chaucer.
He pricketh endelong the large space. Chaucer.
To thrust the raft endlong across the moat. Sir W. Scott.

Endmost

End"most` (?), a. Farthest; remotest; at the very end. Tylor.

Endo-, End-

En"do- (?), End- (?). [Gr. In.] A combining form signifying within; as, endocarp, endogen, endocuneiform, endaspidean.

Endoblast

En"do*blast (?), n. [Endo- + -blast.] (Biol.) Entoblast; endoplast. See Nucleus,

Endoblastic

En`do*blas"tic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to the endoblast; as, the endoblastic layer.

Endocardiac, Endocardial

En`do*car"di*ac (?), En`do*car"di*al (?), a.

1. Pertaining to the endocardium.

2. (Med.) Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs.

Endocarditis

En`do*car*di"tis (?), n. [NL. See -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the endocardium.

Endocardium

En`do*car"di*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The membrane lining the cavities of the heart.

Endocarp

En"do*carp (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. endocarpe.] (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

Endochondral

En`do*chon"dral (?), a. [Endo- + Gr. (Physiol.) Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone.

Endochrome

En"do*chrome (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.) The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color.

Endoctrine

En*doc"trine (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + doctrine.] To teach; to indoctrinate. [Obs.] Donne.

Endocyst

En"do*cyst (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

Endoderm

En"do*derm (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal. (b) The innermost layer of the blastoderm and the structures derived from it; the hypoblast; the entoblast. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Endodermal, Endodermic

En`do*der"mal (?), En`do*der"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the endoderm.

Endodermis

En`do*der"mis (?), n. [NL. See Endoderm.] (Bot.) A layer of cells forming a kind of cuticle inside of the proper cortical layer, or surrounding an individual fibrovascular bundle.

Endogamous

En*dog"a*mous (?), a. [Endo- + Gr. Marrying within the same tribe; -- opposed to exogamous.

Endogamy

En*dog"a*my (?), n. Marriage only within the tribe; a custom restricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

Endogen

En"do*gen (?), n. [Endo- + -gen: cf. F. endog\'8ane.] (Bot.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

Endogenesis

En`do*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Endo- + genesis.] (Biol.) Endogeny.

Endogenetic

En`do*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Endogenous.

Endogenous

En*dog"e*nous (?), a.

1. (Bot.) Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

2. (Biol.) Originating from within; increasing by internal growth. Endogenous multiplication (Biol.), a method of cell formation, seen in cells having a cell wall. The nucleus and protoplasm divide into two distinct masses; these in turn become divided and subdivided, each division becoming a new cell, until finally the original cell wall is ruptured and the new cells are liberated (see Segmentation, and Illust. of Cell Division, under Division). This mode of growth is characteristic of many forms of cells, both animal and vegetable.

Endogenously

En*dog"e*nous*ly, adv. By endogenous growth.

Endogeny

En*dog"e*ny (?), n. [See Endogenesis.] (Biol.) Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell.

Endognath

En"dog*nath (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

Endognathal

En*dog"na*thal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the endognath.

Endolymph

En"do*lymph (?), n. [Endo- + lymph: cf. F. endolymphe.] (Anat.) The watery fluid contained in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.

Endolymphangial

En"do*lym*phan"gi*al (?), a. [Endo- + lymphangial.] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel.

Endolymphatic

En"do*lym*phat"ic (?), a. [Endo- + lymphatic.] (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph; as, the endolymphatic duct. (b) Within a lymphatic vessel; endolymphangial.

Endome

En*dome" (?), v. t. To cover as with a dome.

Endometritis

En`do*me*tri"tis (?), n. [NL. See Endometrium, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the endometrium.

Endometrium

En`do*me"tri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb.

Endomorph

En"do*morph (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Min.) A crystal of one species inclosed within one of another, as one of rutile inclosed in quartz.

Endomysium

En`do*my"si*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue interspersed among muscular fibers.

Endoneurium

En`do*neu"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.

Endoparasite

En`do*par"a*site (?), n. [Endo- + parasite.] (Zo\'94l.) Any parasite which lives in the internal organs of an animal, as the tapeworms, Trichina, etc.; -- opposed to ectoparasite. See Entozo\'94n. -- En`do*par`a*sit"ic (#), a.
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Endophl En`do*phl (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) The inner layer of the bark of trees.

Endophragma

En`do*phrag"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A chitinous structure above the nervous cord in the thorax of certain Crustacea.

Endophragmal

En`do*phrag"mal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the endophragma.

Endophyllous

En*doph"yl*lous (?), a. [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.) Wrapped up within a leaf or sheath.

Endoplasm

En"do*plasm (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.) The protoplasm in the interior of a cell.

Endoplasma

En`do*plas"ma (?), n. [NL. See Endoplasm.] (Biol.) Same as Entoplasm and Endosarc.

Endoplast

En"do*plast (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.) See Nucleus.

Endoplastica

En`do*plas"ti*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of Rhizopoda having a distinct nucleus, as the am

Endoplastule

En`do*plas"tule (?; 135), n. [A dim. fr. endo- + Gr. (Biol.) See Nucleolus.

Endopleura

En`do*pleu"ra, n. [NL., fr. Gr. Pleura.] (Bot.) The inner coating of a seed. See Tegmen.

Endopleurite

En`do*pleu"rite (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The portion of each apodeme developed from the interepimeral membrane in certain crustaceans.

Endopodite

En*dop"o*dite (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Endorhiza

En`do*rhi"za (?), n.; pl. Endorhiz\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo. &hand; Endorhiza was proposed by Richard as a substitute for the term endogen, and exorhiza as a substitute for the term exogen; but they have not been generally adopted.

Endorhizal, Endorhizous

En`do*rhi"zal (?), En`do*rhi"zous (?), a. (Bot.) Having the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

Endorse

En*dorse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endorsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.] [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.] Same as Indorse. &hand; Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.

Endorse

En*dorse", n. (Her.) A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

Endorsee

En`dor*see" (?), n. Same as Indorsee.

Endorsement

En*dorse"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. endossement.] Same as Indorsement.

Endorser

En*dors"er (?), n. Same as Indorser.

Endosarc

En"do*sarc (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Biol.) The semifluid, granular interior of certain unicellular organisms, as the inner layer of sarcode in the am\'d2ba; entoplasm; endoplasta.

Endoscope

En"do*scope (?), n. [Endo- + -scope.] (Med.) An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder.

Endoscopy

En*dos"co*py (?), n. (Med.) The art or process of examining by means of the endoscope.

Endoskeletal

En`do*skel"e*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the endoskeleton; as, endoskeletal muscles.

Endoskeleton

En`do*skel"e*ton (?), n. [Endo- + skeleton.] (Anat.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.

Endosmometer

En`dos*mom"e*ter (?), n. [Endosmose + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.

Endosmometric

En*dos`mo*met"ric (?), a. Pertaining to, or designed for, the measurement of endosmotic action.

Endosmose, Endosmosis

En"dos*mose` (?), En`dos*mo"sis (?), n. [NL. endosmosis, fr. Gr. endosmose.] (Physics) The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

Endosmosmic

En`dos*mos"mic (?), a. Endosmotic.

Endosmotic

En`dos*mot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to endosmose; of the nature endosmose; osmotic. Carpenter.

Endosperm

En"do*sperm (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Bot.) The albumen of a seed; -- limited by recent writers to that formed within the embryo sac.

Endospermic

En`do*sper"mic (?), a. (Bot.) Relating to, accompanied by, or containing, endosperm.

Endospore

En"do*spore (?), n. [Endo- + spore.] (Bot.) The thin inner coat of certain spores.

Endosporous

En`do*spor"ous (?), a. (Bot.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Endoss

En*doss" (?; 115), v. t. [F. endosser. See Endorse.] To put upon the back or outside of anything; -- the older spelling of endorse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Endosteal

En*dos"te*al (?), a. (Physiol.) Relating to endostosis; as, endosteal ossification.

Endosternite

En`do*ster"nite (?), n. [Endo- + sternum.] (Zo\'94l.) The part of each apodeme derived from the intersternal membrane in Crustacea and insects.

Endosteum

En*dos"te*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Endostoma

En*dos"to*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea.

Endostome

En"do*stome (?), n. [See Endostoma.]

1. (Bot.) The foramen or passage through the inner integument of an ovule.

2. (Zo\'94l.) And endostoma.

Endostosis

En`dos*to"sis (?), n. [NL. See Endo-, and Ostosis.] (Physiol.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.

Endostyle

En"do*style (?), n. [Endo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

Endotheca

En`do*the"ca (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal (#), a.

Endothecium

En`do*the"ci*um (?), n. [NL. See Endotheca.] (Bot.) The inner lining of an another cell.

Endothelial

En`do*the"li*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of, or relating to, endothelium.

Endothelium

En`do*the"li*um (?), n.; pl. Endothelia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The thin epithelium lining the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities. See Epithelium.

Endotheloid

En`do*the"loid (?), a. [Endothelium + -oid.] (Anat.) Like endothelium.

Endothorax

En`do*tho"rax (?), n. [Endo- + thorax.] (Zo\'94l.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects.

Endow

En*dow" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Endowing.] [OF. endouer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. douer to endow, L. dotare. See Dower, and cf. 2d Endue.]

1. To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution.

Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. To enrich or furnish with anything of the nature of a gift (as a quality or faculty); -- followed by with, rarely by of; as, man is endowed by his Maker with reason; to endow with privileges or benefits.

Endower

En*dow"er (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. endouairer. See Dower, Endow.] To endow. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

Endower

En*dow"er, n. One who endows.

Endowment

En*dow"ment (?), n.

1. The act of bestowing a dower, fund, or permanent provision for support.

2. That which is bestowed or settled on a person or an institution; property, fund, or revenue permanently appropriated to any object; as, the endowment of a church, a hospital, or a college.

3. That which is given or bestowed upon the person or mind; gift of nature; accomplishment; natural capacity; talents; -- usually in the plural.

His early endowments had fitted him for the work he was to do. I. Taylor.

Endozoa

En`do*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) See Entozoa.

Endrudge

En*drudge" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + drudge.] To make a drudge or slave of. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Endue

En*due" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduing.] [L. induere, prob. confused with E. endow. See Indue.] To invest. Latham.
Tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. Luke xxiv. 49.
Endue them . . . with heavenly gifts. Book of Common Prayer.

Endue

En*due", v. t. An older spelling of Endow. Tillotson.

Enduement

En*due"ment (?), n. Act of enduing; induement.

Endurable

En*dur"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. endurable. See Endure.] Capable of being endured or borne; sufferable. Macaulay. -- En*dur"a*ble*ness, n.

Endurably

En*dur"a*bly, adv. In an endurable manner.

Endurance

En*dur"ance (?), n. [Cf. OF. endurance. See Endure.]

1. A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

Slurring with an evasive answer the question concerning the endurance of his own possession. Sir W. Scott.

2. The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.

Their fortitude was most admirable in their patience and endurance of all evils, of pain and of death. Sir W. Temple.
Syn. -- Suffering; patience; fortitude; resignation.

Endurant

En*dur"ant (?), a. Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
The ibex is a remarkably endurant animal. J. G. Wood.

Endure

En*dure" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring (?).] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v. i., and cf. Indurate.]

1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.

Their verdure still endure. Shak.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii. 15.

2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.

Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee? Ezek. xxii. 14.

Endure

En*dure", v. t.

1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.

Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes of two such arms endure. Dryden.

2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.

I will no longer endure it. Shak.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? Esther viii. 6.

3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]

Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.
Syn. -- To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.

Endurement

En*dure"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. endurement.] Endurance. [Obs.] South.

Endurer

En*dur"er (?), n. One who, or that which, endures or lasts; one who bears, suffers, or sustains.

Enduring

En*dur"ing, a. Lasting; durable; long-suffering; as, an enduring disposition. "A better and enduring substance." Heb. x. 34. -- En*dur"ing*ly, adv. T. Arnold. -- En*dur"ing*ness, n.

Endways, Endwise

End"ways` (?), End"wise (?), adv.

1. On end; erectly; in an upright position.

2. With the end forward.

Endyma

En"dy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) See Ependyma.

Endysis

En"dy*sis (?), n.; pl. Endyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The act of developing a new coat of hair, a new set of feathers, scales, etc.; -- opposed to ecdysis.

Enecate

En"e*cate (?), v. t. [L. enecatus, p. p. of enecare; e out, utterly + necare to kill.] To kill off; to destroy. [Obs.] Harvey.

Eneid

E*ne"id (?), n. Same as \'92neid.

Enema

En"e*ma (?), n.; pl. L. Enemata (#). [L. enema, Gr. (Med.) An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn.

Enemy

En"e*my (?), n.; pl. Enemies (#). [OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable.] One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood.
To all good he enemy was still. Spenser.
I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44.
The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

Enemy

En"e*my, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]
They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. Jer. Taylor.

Enepidermic

En*ep`i*der"mic (?), a. [Pref. en- (Gr. epidermic.] (Med.) Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

Energetic, Energetical

En`er*get"ic (?), En`er*get"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Energy.]

1. Having energy or energies; possessing a capacity for vigorous action or for exerting force; active. "A Being eternally energetic." Grew.

2. Exhibiting energy; operating with force, vigor, and effect; forcible; powerful; efficacious; as, energetic measures; energetic laws. Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; efficacious; potent; vigorous; effective; strenuous. -- En`er*get"ic*al*ly, adv. -- En`er*get"ic*al*ness, n.

Energetics

En`er*get"ics (?), n. That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. [R.]

Energic, Energical

En*er"gic (?), En*er"gic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82nergique.]

1. In a state of action; acting; operating.

2. Having energy or great power; energetic.

The energic faculty that we call will. Blackw. Mag.

Energize

En"er*gize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Energized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Energizing (?).] [From Energy.] To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards. J. C. Shairp.

Energize

En"er*gize, v. t. To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.

Energizer

En"er*gi`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.

Energizing

En"er*gi`zing (?), a. Capable of imparting or exercising energy.
Those nobler exercises of energizing love. Bp. Horsley.

Energumen

En`er*gu"men (?), n. [L. energumenos, fr. Gr. \'82nergum\'8ane. See Energetic.] (Eccl. Antiq.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

Energy

En"er*gy (?), n.; pl. Energies (#). [F. \'82nergie, LL. energia, fr. Gr.In, and Work.]

1. Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.

The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects. Paley.

2. Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.

3. Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.

4. (Physics) Capacity for performing work. &hand; The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half of the product of the mass of each element of the body multiplied by the square of the velocity of the element, relative to some given body or point. The available kinetic energy of a material system unconnected with any other system is that energy which is due to the motions of the parts of the system relative to its center of mass. The potential energy of a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic; -- energy due to configuration. Kinetic energy is sometimes called actual energy. Kinetic energy is exemplified in the vis viva of moving bodies, in heat, electric currents, etc.; potential energy, in a bent spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the earth and acted on by gravity.


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Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, ∧ Degradation of energy, etc. (Physics) See under Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, etc. Syn. -- Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit; efficiency; resolution.

Enervate

E*ner"vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of.
A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. Macaulay.
And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. Dryden.
Syn. -- To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate.

Enervate

E*ner"vate (?), a. [L. enervatus, p. p.] Weakened; weak; without strength of force. Pope.

Enervation

En`er*va"tion (?), n. [L. enervatio: cf. F. \'82nervation.]

1. The act of weakening, or reducing strength.

2. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. Bacon.

Enervative

E*ner"va*tive (?), a. Having power, or a tendency, to enervate; weakening. [R.]

Enerve

E*nerve" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. \'82nerver. See Enervate.] To weaken; to enervate. [Obs.] Milton.

Enervous

E*nerv"ous (?), a. [L. enervis, enervus.] Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [R.]

Enfamish

En*fam"ish (?), v. t. To famish; to starve.

Enfect

En*fect" (?), a. [See Infect, a.] Contaminated with illegality. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enfeeble

En*fee"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeebling (?).] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L. in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.] To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil. Prescott.
Syn. -- To weaken; debilitate; enervate.

Enfeeblement

En*fee"ble*ment (?), n. The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.

Enfeebler

En*fee"bler (?), n. One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.

Enfeeblish

En*fee"blish, v. i. To enfeeble. [Obs.] Holland.

Enfeloned

En*fel"oned (?), a. [Pref. en- + felon: cf. OF. enfelonner.] Rendered fierce or frantic. [Obs.] "Like one enfeloned or distraught." Spenser.

Enfeoff

En*feoff" (?; see Feoff, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]

1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. Mozley & W.

2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.]

[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. Shak.

Enfeoffment

En*feoff"ment (?), n. (Law) (a) The act of enfeoffing. (b) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.

Enfester

En*fes"ter (?), v. t. To fester. [Obs.] "Enfestered sores." Davies (Holy Roode).

Enfetter

En*fet"ter (?), v. t. To bind in fetters; to enchain. "Enfettered to her love." Shak.

Enfever

En*fe"ver (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + fever: cf. F. enfi\'82vrer.] To excite fever in. [R.] A. Seward.

Enfierce

En*fierce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfierced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfiercing (?).] To make fierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enfilade

En`fi*lade" (?; 277), n. [F., fr. enfiler to thread, go trough a street or square, rake with shot; pref. en- (L. in) + fil thread. See File a row.]

1. A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line. [R.]

2. (Mil.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire.

Enfilade

En`fi*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfiladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfilading.] (Mil.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops. Campbell.

Enfiled

En*filed" (?), p. a. [F. enfiler to pierce, thread.] (Her.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.

Enfire

En*fire" (?), v. t. To set on fire. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enflesh

En*flesh" (?), v. t. To clothe with flesh. [Obs.]
Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio.

Enflower

En*flow"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enflowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enflowering.] To cover or deck with flowers. [Poetic]
These odorous and enflowered fields. B. Jonson.

Enfold

En*fold" (?), v. t. To infold. See Infold.

Enfoldment

En*fold"ment (?), n. The act of infolding. See Infoldment.

Enforce

En*force" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enforced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enforcing (?).] [OF. enforcier to strengthen, force, F. enforcir; pref. en- (L. in) + F. force. See Force.]

1. To put force upon; to force; to constrain; to compel; as, to enforce obedience to commands.

Inward joy enforced my heart to smile. Shak.

2. To make or gain by force; to obtain by force; as, to enforce a passage. "Enforcing furious way." Spenser.

3. To put in motion or action by violence; to drive.

As swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Shak.

4. To give force to; to strengthen; to invigorate; to urge with energy; as, to enforce arguments or requests.

Enforcing sentiment of the thrust humanity. Burke.

5. To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.

6. To urge; to ply hard; to lay much stress upon.

Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

Enforce

En*force (?), v. i.

1. To attempt by force. [Obs.]

2. To prove; to evince. [R.] Hooker.

3. To strengthen; to grow strong. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enforce

En*force", n. Force; strength; power. [Obs.]
A petty enterprise of small enforce. Milton.

Enforceable

En*force"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being enforced.

Enforced

En*forced" (?), a. Compelled; forced; not voluntary. "Enforced wrong." "Enforced smiles." Shak. -- En*for"ced*ly, adv. Shak.

Enforcement

En*force"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. enforcement.]

1. The act of enforcing; compulsion.

He that contendeth against these enforcements may easily master or resist them. Sir W. Raleigh.
Confess 't was hers, and by what rough enforcement You got it from her. Shak.

2. A giving force to; a putting in execution.

Enforcement of strict military discipline. Palfrey.

3. That which enforces, constraints, gives force, authority, or effect to; constraint; force applied.

The rewards and punishment of another life, which the Almighty has established as the enforcements of his law. Locke.

Enforcer

En*for"cer (?), n. One who enforces.

Enforcible

En*for"ci*ble (?), a. That may be enforced.

Enforcive

En*for"cive (?), a. Serving to enforce or constrain; compulsive. Marsion. -- En*for"cive*ly, adv.

Enforest

En*for"est (?), v. t. To turn into a forest.

Enform

En*form" (?), v. t. [F. enformer. See Inform.] To form; to fashion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enfouldred

En*foul"dred (?), a. [Pref. en- + OF. fouldre, foldre, lightning, F. foudre, L. fulgur.] Mixed with, or emitting, lightning. [Obs.] "With foul enfouldred smoke." Spenser.

Enframe

En*frame" (?), v. t. To inclose, as in a frame.

Enfranchise

En*fran"chise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising (?).] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.]

1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. Bacon.

2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman.

3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. I. Watts.

Enfranchisement

En*fran"chise*ment (?), n.

1. Releasing from slavery or custody. Shak.

2. Admission to the freedom of a corporation or body politic; investiture with the privileges of free citizens. Enfranchisement of copyhold (Eng. Law), the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold. Mozley & W.

2. A prefix from Gr. in; as, encephalon, entomology. See In-.

6. (Gunnery) The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line odirection.

Enfranchiser

En*fran"chis*er (?), n. One who enfranchises.

Enfree

En*free" (?), v. t. To set free. [Obs.] "The enfreed Antenor." Shak.

Enfreedom

En*free"dom (?), v. t. To set free. [Obs.] Shak.

Enfreeze

En*freeze" (?), v. t. To freeze; to congeal. [Obs.]
Thou hast enfrozened her disdainful breast. Spenser.

Enfroward

En*fro"ward (?), v. t. To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Engage

En*gage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging (?).] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See Gage.]

1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.

2. To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

Good nature engages everybody to him. Addison.

4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. Pope.
Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. Hawthorne.

5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. Ludlow.

6. (Mach.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

Engage

En*gage", v. i.

1. To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. Fuller.

2. To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

3. To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

4. (Mach.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Engaged

En*gaged" (?), a.

1. Occupied; employed; busy.

2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight. Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

Engagedly

En*ga"ged*ly (?), adv. With attachment; with interest; earnestly.

Engagedness

En*ga"ged*ness, n. The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.

Engagement

En*gage"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. engagement.]

1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league. Milton.

4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle.

In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden.

5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part. Syn. -- Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle.

Engager

En*ga"ger (?), n. One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood.

Engaging

En*ga"ging (?), a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear ∨ machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

Engallant

En*gal"lant (?), v. t. To make a gallant of. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Engaol

En*gaol" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + gaol: cf. OF. engaoler, engeoler. See Gaol, and cf. Enjail.] To put in jail; to imprison. [Obs.] Shak.

Engarboil

En*gar"boil (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + garboil.] To throw into disorder; to disturb. [Obs.] "To engarboil the church." Bp. Montagu.

Engarland

En*gar"land (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + garland: cf. F. enguirlander.] To encircle with a garland, or with garlands. Sir P. Sidney.

Engarrison

En*gar"ri*son (?), v. t. To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison. Bp. Hall.

Engastrimuth

En*gas"tri*muth (?), n. [Gr. engastrimythe
.]
An ventriloquist. [Obs.]

Engender

En*gen"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engendering.] [F. engender, L. ingenerare; in + generare to beget. See Generate, and cf. Ingenerate.]

1. To produce by the union of the sexes; to beget. [R.]

2. To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife.

Engendering friendship in all parts of the common wealth. Southey.
Syn. -- To breed; generate; procreate; propagate; occasion; call forth; cause; excite; develop.

Engender

En*gen"der, v. i.

1. To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.

Thick clouds are spread, and storms engender there. Dryden.

2. To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace. "I saw their mouths engender." Massinger.

Engender

En*gen"der (?), n. One who, or that which, engenders.

Engendrure

En`gen*drure" (?), n. [OF. engendreure.] The act of generation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Engild

En*gild" (?), v. t. To gild; to make splendent.
Fair Helena, who most engilds the night. Shak.

Engine

En"gine (?), n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin a snare.]

1. (Pronounced, in this sense, [Obs.]

A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and intellect also. Chaucer.

2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. Shak.

You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make? Bunyan.
Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. Shak.

3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture. "Terrible engines of death." Sir W. Raleigh.

4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. -- Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe. -- Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth. -- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by means of a rose engine. &hand; The term engine is more commonly applied to massive machines, or to those giving power, or which produce some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are distinguished according to the source of power, as steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or the purpose on account of which the power is applied, as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or some peculiarity of construction or operation, as single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.

Engine

En"gine, v. t.

1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.]

To engine and batter our walls. T. Adams.

2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

3. (Pronounced, in this sense, [Obs.] Chaucer.

Engineer

En`gi*neer" (?), n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ing\'82nieur. See Engine, n.]

1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver.

3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. -- Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering.


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Engineer

En`gi*neer" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engineered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering.]

1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. J. Hamilton.

2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.]

Engineering

En`gi*neer"ing, n. Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer. &hand; In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. -- Civil engineering, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc. -- Mechanical engineering relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc. -- Mining engineering deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc.

Engineman

En"gine*man (?), n.; pl. Enginemen (. A man who manages, or waits on, an engine.

Enginer

En"gin*er (?), n. [See Engineer.] A contriver; an inventor; a contriver of engines. [Obs.] Shak.

Enginery

En"gine*ry (?), n.

1. The act or art of managing engines, or artillery. Milton.

2. Engines, in general; instruments of war.

Training his devilish enginery. Milton.

3. Any device or contrivance; machinery; structure or arrangement. Shenstone.

Engine-sized

En"gine-sized` (?), a. Sized by a machine, and not while in the pulp; -- said of paper. Knight.

Enginous

En"gi*nous (?), a. [OF. engignos. See Ingenious.]

1. Pertaining to an engine. [Obs.]

That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all. Decker.

2. Contrived with care; ingenious. [Obs.]

The mark of all enginous drifts. B. Jonson.

Engird

En*gird" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engirded or Engirt (p. pr. & vb. n.
Engirding.] [Pref. en- + gird. Cf. Ingirt.] To gird; to encompass. Shak.

Engirdle

En*gir"dle (?), v. t. To surround as with a girdle; to girdle.

Engirt

En*girt" (?), v. t. To engird. [R.] Collins.

Engiscope

En"gi*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] (Opt.) A kind of reflecting microscope. [Obs.]

Englaimed

En*glaimed" (?), a. [OE. engleimen to smear, gleim birdlime, glue, phlegm.] Clammy. [Obs.]

Engle

En"gle (?), n. [OE. enghle to coax or cajole. Cf. Angle a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, Ingle.] A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Engle

En"gle, v. t. To cajole or coax, as favorite. [Obs.]
I 'll presently go and engle some broker. B. Jonson.

English

Eng"lish (?), a. [AS. Englisc, fr. Engle, Angle, Engles, Angles, a tribe of Germans from the southeast of Sleswick, in Denmark, who settled in Britain and gave it the name of England. Cf. Anglican.] Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race. English bond (Arch.) See 1st Bond, n.,

8. -- English breakfast tea. See Congou. -- English horn. (Mus.) See Corno Inglese. -- English walnut. (Bot.) See under Walnut.

English

Eng"lish, n.

1. Collectively, the people of England; English people or persons.

2. The language of England or of the English nation, and of their descendants in America, India, and other countries. &hand; The English language has been variously divided into periods by different writers. In the division most commonly recognized, the first period dates from about 450 to 1150. This is the period of full inflection, and is called Anglo-Saxon, or, by many recent writers, Old English. The second period dates from about 1150 to 1550 (or, if four periods be recognized, from about 1150 to 1350), and is called Early English, Middle English, or more commonly (as in the usage of this book), Old English. During this period most of the inflections were dropped, and there was a great addition of French words to the language. The third period extends from about 1350 to 1550, and is Middle English. During this period orthography became comparatively fixed. The last period, from about 1550, is called Modern English.

3. A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type. The type called English.

4. (Billiards) A twist or spinning motion given to a ball in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, ∨ Queen's, English. See under King.

English

Eng"lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Englishing.]

1. To translate into the English language; to Anglicize; hence, to interpret; to explain.

Those gracious acts . . . may be Englished more properly, acts of fear and dissimulation. Milton.
Caxton does not care to alter the French forms and words in the book which he was Englishing. T. L. K. Oliphant.

2. (Billiards) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion. [U.S.]

Englishable

Eng"lish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being translated into, or expressed in, English.

Englishism

Eng"lish*ism (?), n.

1. A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold.

2. A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Englishman

Eng"lish*man (-man), n.; pl. Englishmen (-men). A native or a naturalized inhabitant of England.

Englishry

Eng"lish*ry (?), n.

1. The state or privilege of being an Englishman. [Obs.] Cowell.

2. A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

A general massacre of the Englishry. Macaulay.

Englishwoman

Eng"lish*wom`an (?), n.; pl. Englishwomen (. Fem. of Englishman. Shak.

Engloom

En*gloom" (?), v. t. To make gloomy. [R.]

Englue

En*glue" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + glue: cf. F. engluer to smear with birdlime.] To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued. Gower.

Englut

En*glut" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Englutted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting (?).] [Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir.]

1. To swallow or gulp down. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To glut. [Obs.] "Englutted with vanity." Ascham.

Engore

En*gore" (?), v. t.

1. To gore; to pierce; to lacerate. [Obs.]

Deadly engored of a great wild boar. Spenser.

2. To make bloody. [Obs.] Chapman.

Engorge

En*gorge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engorged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engorging (?).] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to obstruct, cram.]

1. To gorge; to glut. Mir. for Mag.

2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour. Spenser.

Engorge

En*gorge", v. i. To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food. Beaumont.

Engorged

En*gorged" (?), p. a.

1. Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts.

2. (Med.) Filled to excess with blood or other liquid; congested.

Engorgement

En*gorge"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. engorgement.]

1. The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

2. (Med.) An overfullness or obstruction of the vessels in some part of the system; congestion. Hoblyn.

3. (Metal.) The clogging of a blast furnace.

Engouled

En*gouled" (?), a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled.

Engoul\'82e

En`gou`l\'82e" (?), a. [F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth.] (Her.) Same as Engouled.

Engraff

En*graff" (?), v. t. [See Ingraft.] To graft; to fix deeply. [Obs.]

Engraffment

En*graff"ment (?), n. See Ingraftment. [Obs.]

Engraft

En*graft" (?), v. t. See Ingraft. Shak.

Engraftation, Engraftment

En`graf*ta"tion (?), En*graft"ment (?), n. The act of ingrafting; ingraftment. [R.]

Engrail

En*grail" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engrailing.] [F. engr\'88ler; pref. en- (L. in) + gr\'88le hail. See Grail gravel.]

1. To variegate or spot, as with hail.

A caldron new engrailed with twenty hues. Chapman.

2. (Her.) To indent with small curves. See Engrailed.

Engrail

En*grail", v. i. To form an edging or border; to run in curved or indented lines. Parnell.

Engrailed

En*grailed" (?), a. (Her.) Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.

Engrailment

En*grail"ment (?), n.

1. The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.

2. (Her.) Indentation in curved lines, as of a line of division or the edge of an ordinary.

Engrain

En*grain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engraining.] [Pref. en- + grain. Cf. Ingrain.]

1. To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.

Leaves engrained in lusty green. Spenser.

2. To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.

The stain hath become engrained by time. Sir W. Scott.

3. To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.

Engrapple

En*grap"ple (?), v. t. & i. To grapple. [Obs.]

Engrasp

En*grasp" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engrasping.] To grasp; to grip. [R.] Spenser.

Engrave

En*grave", v. t. [Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Cf. Engrave to carve.] To deposit in the grave; to bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." Spenser.

Engrave

En*grave" (?), v. t. [imp. Engraved (?); p. p. Engraved or Engraven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]

1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.]

Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. Spenser.

2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. Ex. xxviii. 11.

3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.

Engrave principles in men's minds. Locke.

Engraved

En*graved" (?), a.

1. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.

Engravement

En*grave"ment (?), n.

1. Engraving.

2. Engraved work. [R.] Barrow.

Engraver

En*grav"er (?), n. One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.

Engravery

En*grav"er*y (?), n. The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Engraving

En*grav"ing, n.

1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. &hand; Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.

Engregge

En*greg"ge (?), v. t. [OF. engregier, from (assumed) LL. ingreviare; in + (assumed) grevis heavy, for L. gravis. Cf. Aggravate.] To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Engrieve

En*grieve" (?), v. t. To grieve. [Obs.] Spenser.

Engross

En*gross" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.] [F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]

1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. [Obs.]

Waves . . . engrossed with mud. Spenser.
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. Shak.

2. To amass. [Obs.]

To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. Shak.

3. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.

Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. Hawthorne.
Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. De Quincey.

4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.

5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power. Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage. -- Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc. Syn. -- To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See Absorb.

Engrosser

En*gross"er (?), n.

1. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.

2. One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller. Locke.

Engrossment

En*gross"ment (?), n.

1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

Engrossments of power and favor. Swift.

2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.

Enguard

En*guard" (?), v. t. To surround as with a guard. [Obs.] Shak.

Engulf

En*gulf" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.] [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf. Ingulf.] To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
It quite engulfs all human thought. Young.
Syn. -- See Absorb.

Engulfment

En*gulf"ment (?), n. A swallowing up as if in a gulf. [R.]

Engyn

En*gyn" (?). Variant of Engine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enhalo

En*ha"lo (?), v. t. To surround with a halo.

Enhance

En*hance" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enhanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enhancing (?).] [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser.]

1. To raise or lift up; to exalt. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Who, naught aghast, his mighty hand enhanced. Spenser.

2. To advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime.

The reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated. Southey.

Enhance

En*hance", v. i. To be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.

Enhancement

En*hance"ment (?), n. The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.

Enhancer

En*han"cer (?), n. One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.

Enharbor

En*har"bor (?), v. t. To find harbor or safety in; to dwell in or inhabit. W. Browne.

Enharden

En*hard"en (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + harden: cf. F. enhardir to embolden.] To harden; to embolden. [Obs.] Howell.

Enharmonic, Enharmonical

En`har*mon"ic (?), En`har*mon"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. enharmonique.]
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1. (Anc. Mus.) Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.

2. (Mus.) (a) Pertaining to a change of notes to the eye, while, as the same keys are used, the instrument can mark no difference to the ear, as the substitution of A♭ for G♯. (b) Pertaining to a scale of perfect intonation which recognizes all the notes and intervals that result from the exact tuning of diatonic scales and their transposition into other keys.

Enharmonically

En`har*mon"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

Enhearten

En*heart"en (?), v. t. To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden.
The enemy exults and is enheartened. I. Taylor.

Enhedge

En*hedge" (?), v. t. To surround as with a hedge. [R.] Vicars.

Enhort

En*hort" (?), v. t. [OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari. Cf. Exhort.] To encourage. [Obs.] "To enhort the people." Chaucer.

Enhunger

En*hun"ger (?), v. t. To make hungry.
Those animal passions which vice had . . . enhungered to feed on innocence and life. J. Martineau.

Enhydros

En*hy"dros (?), n. [NL. See Enhydrous.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony containing water.

Enhydrous

En*hy"drous (?), a. [Gr. Having water within; containing fluid drops; -- said of certain crystals.

Enigma

E*nig"ma (?), n.; pl. Enigmas (#). [L. aenigma, Gr.

1. A dark, obscure, or inexplicable saying; a riddle; a statement, the hidden meaning of which is to be discovered or guessed.

A custom was among the ancients of proposing an enigma at festivals. Pope.

2. An action, mode of action, or thing, which cannot be satisfactorily explained; a puzzle; as, his conduct is an enigma.

Enigmatic; 277, Enigmatical

E`nig*mat"ic (?; 277), E`nig*mat"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82nigmatique.] Relating to or resembling an enigma; not easily explained or accounted for; darkly expressed; obscure; puzzling; as, an enigmatical answer.

Enigmatically

E`nig*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. Darkly; obscurely.

Enigmatist

E*nig"ma*tist (?), n. [Gr. One who makes, or talks in, enigmas. Addison.

Enigmatize

E*nig"ma*tize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Enigmatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enigmatizing (?).] To make, or talk in, enigmas; to deal in riddles.

Enigmatography, Enigmatology

E*nig`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), E*nig`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy, -logy.] The art of making or of solving enigmas.

Enisled

En*isled" (?), p. a. Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island. [R.] "In the sea of life enisled." M. Arnold.

Enjall

En*jall" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjailed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjailing.] [Pref. en- + jail. Cf. Engaol.] To put into jail; to imprison. [R.] Donne.

Enjoin

En*join" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction.]

1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

High matter thou enjoin'st me. Milton.
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. Shak.

2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. Kent.
&hand; Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. "This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command." Johnson.

Enjoin

En*join", v. t. To join or unite. [Obs.] Hooker.

Enjoiner

En*join"er (?), n. One who enjoins.

Enjoinment

En*join"ment (?), n. Direction; command; authoritative admonition. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Enjoy

En*joy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoying.] [OF. enjoier to receive with joy; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. & F. joie joy: cf. OF. enjoir to enjoy. See Joy.]

1. To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.

2. To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.

That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. Num. xxxvi. 8.
To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. Heb. xi. 25.

3. To have sexual intercourse with. Milton. To enjoy one's self, to feel pleasure; to be happy.

Enjoy

En*joy", v. i. To take satisfaction; to live in happiness. [R.] Milton.

Enjoyable

En*joy"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being enjoyed or of giving joy; yielding enjoyment. Milton.

Enjoyer

En*joy"er (?), n. One who enjoys.

Enjoyment

En*joy"ment (?), n.

1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.

2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

The hope of everlasting enjoyments. Glanvill.
Syn. -- Pleasure; satisfaction; gratification; fruition; happiness; felicity; delight.

Enkennel

En*ken"nel (?), v. t. To put into a kennel.

Enkerchiefed

En*ker"chiefed (?), a. Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton.
That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.

Enkindle

En*kin"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enkindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enkindling (?).]

1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle. Shak.

2. To excite; to rouse into action; to incite.

To enkindle the enthusiasm of an artist. Talfourd.

Enlace

En*lace" (?), v. t. To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace; to lace; to encircle; to enfold; hence, to entangle.
Ropes of pearl her neck and breast enlace. P. Fletcher.

Enlacement

En*lace"ment (?), n. The act of enlacing, or state of being enlaced; a surrounding as with a lace.

Enlard

En*lard" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + lard: cf. OF. enlarder to put on the spit, Pr. & Sp. enlardar to rub with grease, baste.] To cover or dress with lard or grease; to fatten. Shak.

Enlarge

En*large" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlarged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enlarging (?).] [OF. enlargier; pref. en- (L. in) + F. large wide. See Large.]

1. To make larger; to increase in quantity or dimensions; to extend in limits; to magnify; as, the body is enlarged by nutrition; to enlarge one's house.

To enlarge their possessions of land. Locke.

2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, and the like; as, knowledge enlarges the mind.

O ye Corinthians, our . . . heart is enlarged. 2 Cor. vi. 11.

3. To set at large or set free. [Archaic]

It will enlarge us from all restraints. Barrow.
Enlarging hammer, a hammer with a slightly rounded face of large diameter; -- used by gold beaters. Knight. -- To enlarge an order ∨ rule (Law), to extend the time for complying with it. Abbott. -- To enlarge one's self, to give free vent to speech; to spread out discourse. "They enlarged themselves on this subject." Clarendon. -- To enlarge the heart, to make free, liberal, and charitable. Syn. -- To increase; extend; expand; spread; amplify; augment; magnify. See Increase.

Enlarge

En*large", v. i.

1. To grow large or larger; to be further extended; to expand; as, a plant enlarges by growth; an estate enlarges by good management; a volume of air enlarges by rarefaction.

2. To speak or write at length; to be diffuse in speaking or writing; to expatiate; to dilate.

To enlarge upon this theme. M. Arnold.

3. (Naut.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; -- said of the wind.

Enlarged

En*larged" (?), a. Made large or larger; extended; swollen. -- En*lar"ged*ly (#), adv. -- En*lar"ged*ness, n.

Enlargement

En*large"ment (?), n.

1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.

3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.

Give enlargement to the swain. Shak.

4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.

An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that were got into the army. Clarendon.

Enlarger

En*lar"ger (?), n. One that enlarges.

Enlay

En*lay" (?), v. t. See Inlay.

Enlengthen

En*length"en (?), v. t. To lengthen. [Obs.]

Enleven

En*lev"en (?), n. Eleven. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enlight

En*light" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + light. Cf. Enlighten.] To illumine; to enlighten. [R.]
Which from the first has shone on ages past, Enlights the present, and shall warm the last. Pope.

Enlighten

En*light"en (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + lighten: cf. AS. inl\'c6htan. Cf. Enlight.]

1. To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.

His lightnings enlightened the world. Ps. xcvii. 4.

2. To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.

The conscience enlightened by the Word and Spirit of God. Trench.

Enlightener

En*light"en*er (?), n. One who enlightens or illuminates; one who, or that which, communicates light to the eye, or clear views to the mind.

Enlightenment

En*light"en*ment (?), n. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

Enlimn

En*limn" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + limn. Cf. Enlumine, Illuminate.] To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.

Enlink

En*link" (?), v. t. To chain together; to connect, as by links. Shak.

Enlist

En*list" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enlisting.]

1. To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

2. To engage for military or naval service, the name being entered on a list or register; as, to enlist men.

3. To secure the support and aid of; to employ in advancing interest; as, to enlist persons in the cause of truth, or in a charitable enterprise.

Enlist

En*list", v. i.

1. To enroll and bind one's self for military or naval service; as, he enlisted in the regular army; the men enlisted for the war.

2. To enter heartily into a cause, as if enrolled.

Enlistment

En*list"ment (?), n.

1. The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.

2. The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.

Enlive

En*live" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + live, a.] To enliven. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Enliven

En*liv"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enlivened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enlivening (?).] [Pref. en- + liven.].

1. To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.

Lo! of themselves th' enlivened chessmen move. Cowley.

2. To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music. Syn. -- To animate; rouse; inspire; cheer; encourage; comfort; exhilarate; inspirit; invigorate.

Enlivener

En*liv"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, enlivens, animates, or invigorates.

Enlock

En*lock" (?), v. t. To lock; to inclose.

Enlumine

En*lu"mine (?), v. t. [F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn.] To illumine. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enlute

En*lute" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + L. lutum mud, clay.] To coat with clay; to lute. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enmanch\'82

En`man`ch\'82" (?), a. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + manche sleeve.] (Her.) Resembling, or covered with, a sleeve; -- said of the chief when lines are drawn from the middle point of the upper edge upper edge to the sides.

Enmarble

En*mar"ble (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + marble.] To make hard as marble; to harden. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enmesh

En*mesh" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + mesh. Cf. Inmesh.] To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes. Shak.
My doubts enmesh me if I try. Lowell.

Enmew

En*mew" (?), v. t. See Emmew.

Enmist

En*mist" (?), v. t. To infold, as in a mist.

Enmity

En"mi*ty (?), n.; pl. Enmities (#). [OE. enemyte, fr. enemy: cf. F. inimiti\'82, OF. enemisti\'82. See Enemy, and cf. Amity.]

1. The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

No ground of enmity between us known. Milton.

2. A state of opposition; hostility.

The friendship of the world is enmity with God. James iv. 4.
Syn. -- Rancor; hostility; hatred; aversion; antipathy; repugnance; animosity; ill will; malice; malevolence. See Animosity, Rancor.

Enmossed

En*mossed" (?; 115), a. [Pref. en- + moss.] Covered with moss; mossed. Keats.

Enmove

En*move" (?), v. t. See Emmove. [Obs.]

Enmuffle

En*muf"fle (?), v. t. To muffle up.

Enmure

En*mure" (?), v. t. To immure. [Obs.]

Ennation

En*na"tion (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The ninth segment in insects.

Ennead

En"ne*ad (?), n. [Gr. The number nine or a group of nine. The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

Enneagon

En"ne*a*gon (?; 277), n. [Gr. enn\'82agone.] (Geom.) A polygon or plane figure with nine sides and nine angles; a nonagon.

Enneagonal

En`ne*ag"o*nal (?), a. (Geom.) Belonging to an enneagon; having nine angles.

Enneagynous

En`ne*ag"y*nous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.

Enheahedral

En`he*a*he"dral (?), a. [Gr. (Geom.) Having nine sides.

Enheahedria, Enheahedron

En`he*a*he"dri*a (?), En`he*a*he"dron (?), n. (Geom.) A figure having nine sides; a nonagon.

Enneandria

En`ne*an"dri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. enn\'82andrie.] (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants having nine stamens.

Enneandrian, Enneandrous

En`ne*an"dri*an (?), En`ne*an"drous (?), a. (Bot.) Having nine stamens.

Enneapetalous

En`ne*a*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Gr. petalous: cf. F. enn\'82ap\'82tale.] (Bot.) Having nine petals, or flower leaves.

Enneaspermous

En`ne*a*sper"mous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.

Enneatic, Enneatical

En`ne*at"ic (?), En`ne*at"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. Enneatical day, every ninth day of a disease. -- Enneatical year, every ninth year of a man's life.

Ennew

En*new" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + new. Cf. Innovate.] To make new. [Obs.] Skelton.

Enniche

En*niche" (?), v. t. To place in a niche. Sterne.

Ennoble

En*no"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ennobled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling (?).] [Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir.]

1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench.

What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope.

2. To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner. Syn. -- To raise; dignify; exalt; elevate; aggrandize.

Ennoblement

En*no"ble*ment, n.

1. The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility. Bacon.

2. That which ennobles; excellence; dignity.

Ennobler

En*no"bler (?), n. One who ennobles.

Ennui

En`nui" (?), n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See Annoy.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. T. Gray.

Ennuy\'82

En`nuy`\'82" (?), a. [F., p. p. of ennuyer. See Ennui.] Affected with ennui; weary in spirits; emotionally exhausted.

Ennuy\'82

En`nuy`\'82", n. [F.] One who is affected with ennui.

Ennuy\'82e

En`nuy`\'82e" (?), n. [F.] A woman affected with ennui. Mrs. Jameson.

Enodal

E*nod"al (?), a. (Bot.) Without a node. Gray.
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Enodation

En`o*da"tion (?), n. [L. enodatio explanation, fr. enodare to free from knots. See Enode.] The act or operation of clearing of knots, or of untying; hence, also, the solution of a difficulty. [R.] Bailey.

Enode

E*node" (?), v. t. [L. enodare; e out + nodare to fill with knots, nodus a knot.] To clear of knots; to make clear. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Enoint

E*noint" (?), a. Anointed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enomotarch

E*nom"o*tarch (?), n. [Gr. Enomoty.] (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of an enomoty. Mitford.

Enomoty

E*nom"o*ty (?), n. [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.

Enopla

En"o*pla (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.

Enoptomancy

En*op"to*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy.] Divination by the use of a mirror.

Enorm

E*norm" (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82norme. See Enormous.] Enormous. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enormity

E*nor"mi*ty (?), n.; pl. Enormities (#). [L. enormitas, fr. enormis enormous: cf. F. \'82normit\'82. See Enormous.]

1. The state or quality of exceeding a measure or rule, or of being immoderate, monstrous, or outrageous.

The enormity of his learned acquisitions. De Quincey.

2. That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity.

These clamorous enormities which are grown too big and strong for law or shame. South.

Enormous

E*nor"mous (?), a. [L. enormis enormous, out of rule; e out + norma rule: cf. F. \'82norme. See Normal.]

1. Exceeding the usual rule, norm, or measure; out of due proportion; inordinate; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns.

Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.

2. Exceedingly wicked; outrageous; atrocious; monstrous; as, an enormous crime.

That detestable profession of a life so enormous. Bale.
Syn. -- Huge; vast; immoderate; immense; excessive; prodigious; monstrous. -- Enormous, Immense, Excessive. We speak of a thing as enormous when it overpasses its ordinary law of existence or far exceeds its proper average or standard, and becomes -- so to speak -- abnormal in its magnitude, degree, etc.; as, a man of enormous strength; a deed of enormous wickedness. Immense expresses somewhat indefinitely an immeasurable quantity or extent. Excessive is applied to what is beyond a just measure or amount, and is always used in an evil; as, enormous size; an enormous crime; an immense expenditure; the expanse of ocean is immense. "Excessive levity and indulgence are ultimately excessive rigor." V. Knox. "Complaisance becomes servitude when it is excessive." La Rochefoucauld (Trans).

Enormously

E*nor"mous*ly, adv. In an enormous degree.

Enormousness

E*nor"mous*ness, n. The state of being enormous.

Enorthotrope

En*or"tho*trope (?), n. [Gr. An optical toy; a card on which confused or imperfect figures are drawn, but which form to the eye regular figures when the card is rapidly revolved. See Thaumatrope.

Enough

E*nough" (?), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen, gen, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na, Gr. Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare! Luke xv. 17.

Enough

E*nough", adv.

1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.

2. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.

I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio. Shak.
Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time to lend money. Shak.

3. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough. &hand; Enough usually follows the word it modifies.

Enough

E*nough", n. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. "Enough is as good as a feast."
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen. xxxiii. 9.

Enough

E*nough", interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.

Enounce

E*nounce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enounced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enouncing (?).] [F. \'82noncer, L. enuntiare; e out + nuntiare to announce, fr. nuntius messenger. See Nuncio, and cf. Enunciate.]

1. To announce; to declare; to state, as a proposition or argument. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. To utter; to articulate.

The student should be able to enounce these [sounds] independently. A. M. Bell.

Enouncement

E*nounce"ment (?), n. Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.

Enow

E*now" (?). A form of Enough. [Archaic] Shak.

Enpatron

En*pa"tron (?), v. t. To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. [Obs.] Shak.

Enpierce

En*pierce" (?), v. t. [See Empierce.] To pierce. [Obs.] Shak.

Enquere

En*quere" (?), v. i. To inquire. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enquicken

En*quick"en (?), v. t. To quicken; to make alive. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Enquire

En*quire" (?), v. i. & t. See Inquire.

Enquirer

En*quir"er (?), n. See Inquirer.

Enquiry

En*quir"y (?), n. See Inquiry.

Enrace

En*race" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + race lineage.] To enroot; to implant. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enrage

En*rage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enraging (?).] [F. enrager to be enraged; pref. en- (L. in) + rage rage. See Rage.] To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious. Syn. -- To irritate; incense; inflame; exasperate; provoke; anger; madden; infuriate.

Enragement

En*rage"ment (?), n. Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [Obs.]

Enrange

En*range" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + range. Cf. Enrank, Arrange.]

1. To range in order; to put in rank; to arrange. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To rove over; to range. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enrank

En*rank" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + rank.] To place in ranks or in order. [R.] Shak.

Enrapt

En*rapt" (?), p. a. [Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. Enravish.] Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak.

Enrapture

En*rap"ture (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enraptured (?; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrapturing.] To transport with pleasure; to delight beyond measure; to enravish. Shenstone.

Enravish

En*rav"ish (?), v. t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser.

Enravishingly

En*rav"ish*ing*ly, adv. So as to throw into ecstasy.

Enravishment

En*rav"ish*ment (?), n. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill.

Enregister

En*reg"is*ter (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Inregister.] To register; to enroll or record; to inregister.
To read enregistered in every nook His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. Spenser.

Enrheum

En*rheum" (?), v. i. [Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer.] To contract a rheum. [Obs.] Harvey.

Enrich

En*rich" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enriched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enriching.] [F. enrichir; pref. en- (L. in) + riche rich. See Rich.]

1. To make rich with any kind of wealth; to render opulent; to increase the possessions of; as, to enrich the understanding with knowledge.

Seeing, Lord, your great mercy Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream.

2. To supply with ornament; to adorn; as, to enrich a ceiling by frescoes.

3. To make rich with manure; to fertilize; -- said of the soil; as, to enrich land by irrigation.

4. To supply with knowledge; to instruct; to store; -- said of the mind. Sir W. Raleigh.

Enricher

En*rich"er (?), n. One who enriches.

Enrichment

En*rich"ment (?), n. The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment.

Enridge

En*ridge" (?), v. t. To form into ridges. Shak.

Enring

En*ring" (?), v. t. To encircle. [R.]
The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes, Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst. Tennyson.

Enripen

En*rip"en (?), v. t. To ripen. [Obs.] Donne.

Enrive

En*rive" (?), v. t. To rive; to cleave. [Obs.]

Enrobe

En*robe" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober.] To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire.

Enrockment

En*rock"ment (?), n. [Pref. en- + rock.] A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc.

Enroll

En*roll" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enrolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enrolling.] [Pref. en- + roll: cf. F. enr\'93ler; pref. en- (L. in) + r\'93le roll or register. See Roll, n.] [Written also enrol.]

1. To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leave in writing; as, to enroll men for service; to enroll a decree or a law; also, reflexively, to enlist.

An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling. Milton.
All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. Prescott.

2. To envelop; to inwrap; to involve. [Obs.] Spenser.

Enroller

En*roll"er (?), n. One who enrolls or registers.

Enrollment

En*roll"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enr\'93lement.] [Written also enrolment.]

1. The act of enrolling; registration. Holland.

2. A writing in which anything is enrolled; a register; a record. Sir J. Davies.

Enroot

En*root" (?), v. t. To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak.

Enround

En*round" (?), v. t. To surround. [Obs.] Shak.

En route

En` route" (?). [F.] On the way or road.

Ens

Ens (?), n. [L., ens, entis, a thing. See Entity.]

1. (Metaph.) Entity, being, or existence; an actually existing being; also, God, as the Being of Beings.

2. (Chem.) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]

Ensaf En*saf (?), v. t. To make safe. [Obs.] Hall.

Ensample

En*sam"ple (?), n. [OF. ensample, essample, F. exemple. See Example.] An example; a pattern or model for imitation. [Obs.] Tyndale.
Being ensamples to the flock.

Ensample

En*sam"ple (?), v. t. To exemplify, to show by example. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ensanguine

En*san"guine (?), v. t. To stain or cover with blood; to make bloody, or of a blood-red color; as, an ensanguined hue. "The ensanguined field." Milton.

Ensate

En"sate (?), a. [NL. ensatus, fr. L. ensis sword.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform.

Enscale

En*scale" (?), v. t. To cover with scales.

Enshedule

En*shed"ule (?; 135), v. t. To insert in a schedule. See Schedule. [R.] Shak.

Ensconce

En*sconce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensconced (?); imp. & p. p. Ensconcing (?).] To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal.
She shall not see me: I will ensconce me behind the arras. Shak.

Enseal

En*seal" (?), v. t. To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.]
This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman.

Enseam

En*seam" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. Inseam.] To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.

Enseam

En*seam", v. t. [Pref. en- + seam grease.] To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.]
In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. Shak.

Ensear

En*sear" (?), v. t. To sear; to dry up. [Obs.]
Ensear thy fertile and conceptious womb. Shak.

Ensearch

En*search" (?), v. i. [OF. encerchier. See Search.] To make search; to try to find something. [Obs.] -- v. t. To search for. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Enseel

En*seel" (?), v. t. To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [Obs.]

Enseint

En*seint" (?), a. (Law) With child; pregnant. See Enceinte. [Obs.]

Ensemble

En`sem"ble (?), n. [F.] The whole; all the parts taken together.

Ensemble

En`sem"ble, adv. [F.] All at once; together.

Enshelter

En*shel"ter (?), v. t. To shelter. [Obs.]

Enshield

En*shield" (?), v. t. To defend, as with a shield; to shield. [Archaic] Shak.

Enshield

En*shield", a. Shielded; enshielded. [Obs.] Shak.

Enshrine

En*shrine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enshrined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enshrining.] To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory.
We will enshrine it as holy relic. Massinger.

Enshroud

En*shroud" (?), v. t. To cover with, or as with, a shroud; to shroud. Churchill.

Ensiferous

En*sif"er*ous (?), a. [L. ensifer; ensis sword + ferre to bear: cf. F. ensif\'8are.] Bearing a sword.

Ensiform

En"si*form (?), a. [L. ensis sword + -form: cf. F. ensiforme.] Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf. Ensiform cartilage, ∧ Ensiform process. (Anat.) See Xiphisternum.

Ensign

En"sign (?), n. [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.]

1. A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers, or private signals, and the like.

Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still. Shak.

2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.

He will lift an ensign to the nations from far. Is. v. 26.

3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.

The ensigns of our power about we bear. Waller.

4. (a) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment. (b) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army. Ham. Nav. Encyc. &hand; In the British army the rank of ensign was abolished in 1871. In the United States army the rank is not recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a sergeant called the color sergeant. Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign.

Ensign

En"sign, v. t.

1. To designate as by an ensign. [Obs.]

Henry but joined the roses that ensigned Particular families. B. Jonson.

2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

Ensigncy

En"sign*cy (?; 277), n.; pl. Ensigncies (. The rank or office of an ensign.

Ensignship

En"sign*ship, n. The state or rank of an ensign.

Ensilage

En"si*lage (?), n. [F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo.]

1. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as the ensilage of fodder.

2. The fodder preserved in a silo.

Ensilage

En"si*lage (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensilaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging (?).] To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks.

Ensky

En*sky" (?), v. t. To place in the sky or in heaven. [R.] "A thing enskied and sainted." Shak.

Enslave

En*slave" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enslaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving.] To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence.
The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war, Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will. Cowper.

Enslavedness

En*slav"ed*ness (?), n. State of being enslaved.

Enslavement

En*slave"ment (?), n. The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.
A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South.

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Enslaver

En*slav"er (?), n. One who enslaves. Swift.

Ensnare

En*snare" (?), v. t. To catch in a snare. See Insnare.

Ensnarl

En*snarl" (?), v. t. To entangle. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ensober

En*so"ber (?), v. t. To make sober. [Obs.]
Sad accidents to ensober his spirits. Jer. Taylor.

Ensoul

En*soul" (?), v. t. To indue or imbue (a body) with soul. [R.] Emerson.

Ensphere

En*sphere" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + sphere. Cf. Insphere.]

1. To place in a sphere; to envelop.

His ample shoulders in a cloud ensphered. Chapman.

2. To form into a sphere.

Enstamp

En*stamp" (?), v. t. To stamp; to mark as
It is the motive . . . which enstamps the character. Gogan.

Enstate

En*state" (?), v. t. See Instate.

Enstatite

En"sta*tite (?), n. [Named fr. Gr. (Min.) A mineral of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

Enstatitic

En`sta*tit"ic (?), a. Relating to enstatite.

Enstore

En*store" (?), v. t. [See Instaurate.] To restore. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Enstyle

En*style" (?), v. t. To style; to name. [Obs.]

Ensuable

En*su"a*ble (?), a. Ensuing; following.

Ensue

En*sue" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ensuing.] [OF. ensevre, OF. & F. ensuivre, fr. L. insequi; in + sequi to pursue. See Sue.] To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek peace, and ensue it." 1 Pet. iii. 11.
To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding.

Ensue

En*sue", v. i. To follow or come afterward; to follow as a consequence or in chronological succession; to result; as, an ensuing conclusion or effect; the year ensuing was a cold one.
So spoke the Dame, but no applause ensued. Pope.
Damage to the mind or the body, or to both, ensues, unless the exciting cause be presently removed. I. Taylor.
Syn. -- To follow; pursue; succeed. See Follow.

Ensure

En*sure" (?), v. t.

1. To make sure. See Insure.

2. To betroth. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Ensurer

En*sur"er (?), n. See Insurer.

Enswathe

En*swathe" (?), v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak.

Enswathement

En*swathe"ment (?), n. The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed.

Ensweep

En*sweep" (?), v. t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [R.] Thomson.

Ent-

Ent- (?). A prefix signifying within. See Ento-.

-ent

-ent (?). [F. -ent, L. -ens, -entis.] An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.

Entablature

En*tab"la*ture (?; 135), n. [OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table.] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. &hand; It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker.

Entablement

En*tab"le*ment (?), n. [F. entablement, LL. intabulamentum.] See Entablature. [R.] Evelyn.

Entackle

En*tac"kle (?), v. t. To supply with tackle. [Obs.] Skelton.

Entad

En"tad (?), adv. [Ent- + L. ad towards.] (Anat.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder.

Entail

En*tail" (?), n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor.]

1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed.

A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. Hume.

2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] "A work of rich entail." Spenser.

Entail

En*tail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.]

1. To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.

Allowing them to entail their estates. Hume.
I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. Shak.

2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]

To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. Shak.

3. To cut or carve in a ornamental way. [Obs.]

Entailed with curious antics. Spenser.

Entailment

En*tail"ment, n.

1. The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.

2. The condition of being entailed.

3. A thing entailed.

Brutality as an hereditary entailment becomes an ever weakening force. R. L. Dugdale.

Ental

En"tal (?), a. [See Ent-.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal. B. G. Wilder.

Entame

En*tame" (?), v. t. To tame. [Obs.] Shak.

Entangle

En*tan"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entangling (?).]

1. To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.

2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net, or in briers. "Entangling alliances." Washington.

The difficulties that perplex men's thoughts and entangle their understandings. Locke.
Allowing her to entangle herself with a person whose future was so uncertain. Froude.

Entanglement

En*tan"gle*ment (?), n. State of being entangled; intricate and confused involution; that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity.

Entangler

En*tan"gler (?), n. One that entangles.

Entasia

En*ta"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Entasis.] (Med.) Tonic spasm; -- applied generically to denote any disease characterized by tonic spasms, as tetanus, trismus, etc.

Entasis

En"ta*sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr.

1. (Arch.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.

2. (Med.) Same as Entasia.

Entassment

En*tass"ment (?), n. [F. entassement, fr. entasser to heap up.] A heap; accumulation. [R.]

Entastic

En*tas"tic (?), a. [Formed as if fr. (assumed) Gr. Entasis.] (Med.) Relating to any disease characterized by tonic spasms.

Entelechy

En*tel"e*chy (?), n. [L. entelechia, Gr. (Peripatetic Philos.) An actuality; a conception completely actualized, in distinction from mere potential existence.

Entellus

En*tel"lus (?), n. [NL., the specific name, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian long-tailed bearded monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) regarded as sacred by the natives. It is remarkable for the caplike arrangement of the hair on the head. Called also hoonoomaun and hungoor.

Entend

En*tend" (?), v. i. [F. entendre, fr. L. intendere. See Intend.] To attend to; to apply one's self to. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Entender

En*ten"der (?), v. t.

1. To make tender. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

2. To treat with tenderness. [R.] Young.

Ententive

En*ten"tive (?), a. [OF. ententif.] Attentive; zealous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enter-

En"ter- (?). [F. entre between, fr. L. inter. See Inter-] A prefix signifying between, among, part.

Enter

En"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entering.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare, fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in between, between. See Inter-, In, and cf. Interior.]

1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea.

That darksome cave they enter. Spenser.
I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall enter heaven, long absent. Milton.

2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an army.

3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the legal profession, the book trade, etc.

4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new dispensation.

5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship or of merchandise at the customhouse.

7. (Law) (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. (b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order; as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment. Burrill.

8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties. See Entry,

4.

9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf pre\'89mption. [U.S.] Abbott.

10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.); as, "entered according to act of Congress."

11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] Shak.

Enter

En"ter, v. i.

1. To go or come in; -- often with in used pleonastically; also, to begin; to take the first steps. "The year entering." Evelyn.

No evil thing approach nor enter in. Milton.
Truth is fallen in the street, and equity can not enter. Is. lix. 14.
For we which have believed do enter into rest. Heb. iv. 3.

2. To get admission; to introduce one's self; to penetrate; to form or constitute a part; to become a partaker or participant; to share; to engage; -- usually with into; sometimes with on or upon; as, a ball enters into the body; water enters into a ship; he enters into the plan; to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.

3. To penetrate mentally; to consider attentively; -- with into.

He is particularly pleased with . . . Sallust for his entering into internal principles of action. Addison.

Enteradenography

En`ter*ad`e*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] A treatise upon, or description of, the intestinal glands.

Enteradenology

En`ter*ad`e*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal.

Enteralgia

En`ter*al"gi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ent\'82ralgie.] (Med.) Pain in the intestines; colic.

Enterdeal

En"ter*deal` (?), n. [Enter- + deal.] Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.]
The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser.

Enterer

En"ter*er (?), n. One who makes an entrance or beginning. A. Seward.

Enteric

En*ter"ic (?), a. [Gr. Enteritis.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal. Enteric fever (Med.), typhoid fever.

Enteritis

En`te*ri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the intestines. Hoblyn.

Enterlace

En`ter*lace" (?), v. t. See Interlace.

Entermete

En`ter*mete" (?), v. i. [F. s'entremettre; entre between + mettre to place.] To interfere; to intermeddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Entermewer

En"ter*mew`er (?), n. [Enter- + mew to molt.] (Zo\'94l.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year.

Entermise

En`ter*mise" (?), n. [F. entremise, fr. s'entremettre. See Entermete.] Mediation. [Obs.]

Enterocele

En"ter*o*cele` (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A hernial tumor whose contents are intestine.

Enteroc\'d2le

En"ter*o*c\'d2le` (?), n. [Gr. (Anat.) A perivisceral cavity which arises as an outgrowth or outgrowths from the digestive tract; distinguished from a schizoc\'d2le, which arises by a splitting of the mesoblast of the embryo.

Enterography

En`ter*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] (Anat.) A treatise upon, or description of, the intestines; enterology.

Enterolith

En"ter*o*lith (?), n. [Gr. -lith.] (Med.) An intestinal concretion.

Enterology

En`ter*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. ent\'82rologie.] The science which treats of the viscera of the body.

Enteron

En"te*ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The whole alimentary, or enteric, canal.

Enteropathy

En`ter*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Disease of the intestines.

Enteropneusta

En`te*rop*neus"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of wormlike invertebrates having, along the sides of the body, branchial openings for the branchial sacs, which are formed by diverticula of the alimentary canal. Balanoglossus is the only known genus. See Illustration in Appendix.

Enterorrhaphy

En`ter*or"rha*phy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.

Enterotome

En"ter*o*tome (?), n. [F. ent\'82rotome. See Enterotomy.] (Med.) A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.

Enterotomy

En`ter*ot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Incision of the intestines, especially in reducing certain cases of hernia.

Enterparlance

En`ter*par"lance (?), n. Mutual talk or conversation; conference. [Obs.] Sir J. Hayward.

Enterplead

En`ter*plead" (?), v. i. Same as Interplead.

Enterprise

En"ter*prise (?), n. [F. enterprise, fr. entreprendre to undertake; entre between (L. inter) + prendre to take. See Inter, and Emprise.]

1. That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise. Shak.

Their hands can not perform their enterprise. Job v. 12.

2. Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

Enterprise

En"ter*prise, v. t.

1. To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon. [R.]

The business must be enterprised this night. Dryden.
What would I not renounce or enterprise for you! T. Otway.

2. To treat with hospitality; to entertain. [Obs.]

Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise. Spenser.

Enterprise

En"ter*prise, v. i. To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult. [R.] Pope.

Enterpriser

En"ter*pri`ser (?), n. One who undertakes enterprises. Sir J. Hayward.

Enterprising

En"ter*pri`sing (?), a. Having a disposition for enterprise; characterized by enterprise; resolute, active or prompt to attempt; as, an enterprising man or firm. -- En"ter*pri`sing*ly, adv.

Entertain

En`ter*tain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entertained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entertaining.] [F. entretenir; entre between (L. inter) + tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Tenable.]

1. To be at the charges of; to take or keep in one's service; to maintain; to support; to harbor; to keep.


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You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred. Shak.

2. To give hospitable reception and maintenance to; to receive at one's board, or into one's house; to receive as a guest.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained unawares. Heb. xiii. 2.

3. To engage the attention of agreeably; to amuse with that which makes the time pass pleasantly; to divert; as, to entertain friends with conversation, etc.

The weary time she can not entertain. Shak.

4. To give reception to; to receive, in general; to receive and take into consideration; to admit, treat, or make use of; as, to entertain a proposal.

I am not here going to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. De Quincey.
A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. Hawthorne.

5. To meet or encounter, as an enemy. [Obs.] Shak.

6. To keep, hold, or maintain in the mind with favor; to keep in the mind; to harbor; to cherish; as, to entertain sentiments.

7. To lead on; to bring along; to introduce. [Obs.]

To baptize all nations, and entertain them into the services institutions of the holy Jesus. Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- To amuse; divert; maintain. See Amuse.

Entertain

En`ter*tain" (?), v. i. To receive, or provide entertainment for, guests; as, he entertains generously.

Entertain

En`ter*tain", n. [Cf. F. entretien, fr. entretenir.] Entertainment. [Obs.] Spenser.

Entertainer

En`ter*tain"er (?), n. One who entertains.

Entertaining

En`ter*tain"ing, a. Affording entertainment; pleasing; amusing; diverting. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ly, adv. -- En`ter*tain"ing*ness, n.

Entertainment

En`ter*tain"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. entretenement.]

1. The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

The entertainment of Christ by faith. Baxter.
The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the gospel. Bp. Sprat.

2. That which entertains, or with which one is entertained; as: (a) Hospitality; hospitable provision for the wants of a guest; especially, provision for the table; a hospitable repast; a feast; a formal or elegant meal. (b) That which engages the attention agreeably, amuses or diverts, whether in private, as by conversation, etc., or in public, by performances of some kind; amusement.

Theatrical entertainments conducted with greater elegance and refinement. Prescott.

3. Admission into service; service.

Some band of strangers in the adversary's entertainment. Shak.

4. Payment of soldiers or servants; wages. [Obs.]

The entertainment of the general upon his first arrival was but six shillings and eight pence. Sir J. Davies.
Syn. -- Amusement; diversion; recreation; pastime; sport; feast; banquet; repast; carousal.

Entertake

En`ter*take" (?), v. t. To entertain. [Obs.]

Entertissued

En`ter*tis"sued (?), a. Same as Intertissued.

Entheal, Enthean

En"the*al (?), En"the*an (?), a. [Gr. Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.]

Entheasm

En"the*asm (?), n. Inspiration; enthusiasm. [R.] "Religious entheasm." Byron.

Entheastic

En`the*as"tic (?), a. [Gr. Entheal.] Of godlike energy; inspired. -- En`the*as"tic*al*ly (#), adv.

Entheat

En"the*at (?), a. [Cf. L. entheatus, fr. Gr. Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond.

Enthelmintha, Enthelminthes

En`thel*min"tha (?), En`thel*min"thes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Intestinal worms. See Helminthes.

Entheic

En*the"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis.

Enthrall

En*thrall" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + thrall. Cf. Inthrall.] [Written also enthral.] To hold in thrall; to enslave. See Inthrall.
The bars survive the captive they enthrall. Byron.

Enthrallment

En*thrall"ment (?), n. The act of enthralling, or state of being enthralled. See Inthrallment.

Enthrill

En*thrill" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + thrill.] To pierce; to thrill. [Obs.] Sackville.

Enthrone

En*throne" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. Inthronize.]

1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.

Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope.
It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak.

2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.

Enthronement

En*throne"ment (?), n. The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]

Enthronization

En*thron`i*za"tion (?), n. The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral.

Enthronize

En*thron"ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enthronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enthronizing (?).] [See Inthronize.] To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop.
There openly enthronized as the very elected king. Knolles.

Enthuse

En*thuse" (?), v. t. & i. To make or become enthusiastic. [Slang]

Enthusiasm

En*thu"si*asm (?), n. [Gr. enthousiasme. See Entheal, Theism.]

1. Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse.

Enthusiasm is founded neither on reason nor divine revelation, but rises from the conceits of a warmed or overweening imagination. Locke.

2. A state of impassioned emotion; transport; elevation of fancy; exaltation of soul; as, the poetry of enthusiasm.

Resolutions adopted in enthusiasm are often repented of when excitement has been succeeded by the wearing duties of hard everyday routine. Froude.
Exhibiting the seeming contradiction of susceptibility to enthusiasm and calculating shrewdness. Bancroft.

3. Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Emerson.

4. Lively manifestation of joy or zeal.

Philip was greeted with a tumultuous enthusiasm. Prescott.

Enthusiast

En*thu"si*ast (?), n. [Gr. enthousiaste.] One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other. W. Irving.
Syn. -- Visionary; fanatic; devotee; zealot.

Enthusiastic, Enthusiastical

En*thu`si*as"tic (?), En*thu`si*as"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. Filled with enthusiasm; characterized by enthusiasm; zealous; as, an enthusiastic lover of art. "Enthusiastical raptures." Calamy. -- En*thu`si*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
A young man . . . of a visionary and enthusiastic character. W. Irving.

Enthusiastic

En*thu`si*as"tic, n. An enthusiast; a zealot. [Obs.]

Enthymematic, Enthymematical

En`thy*me*mat"ic (?), En`thy*me*mat"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to, or of the form of, an enthymeme.

Enthymeme

En"thy*meme (?), n. [Gr. (Logic) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble.

Entice

En*tice" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enticed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enticing (?).] [OE. entisen, enticen, OF. enticier, entichier; pref. en- (L. in) + a word of uncertain origin, cf. OF. atisier to stir a fire, provoke, L. titio firebrand, or MHG. zicken to push.] To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.
Roses blushing as they blow, And enticing men to pull. Beau. & Fl.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Prov. i. 10.
Go, and thine erring brother gain, Entice him home to be forgiven. Keble.
Syn. -- To allure; lure; coax; decoy; seduce; tempt; inveigle; incite; persuade; prevail on. See Allure.

Enticeable

En*tice"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being enticed.

Enticement

En*tice"ment (?), n. [OF. enticement.]

1. The act or practice of alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

2. That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; alluring object; as, an enticement to sin. Syn. -- Allurement; attraction; temptation; seduction; inveiglement; persuasion; inducement.

Enticer

En*ti"cer (?), n. One who entices; one who incites or allures to evil. Burton.

Enticing

En*ti"cing (?), a. That entices; alluring.

Enticingly

En*ti"cing*ly, adv. In an enticing manner; charmingly. "She . . . sings most enticingly." Addison.

Entierty

En*tier"ty (?), n. See Entirety. [Obs.]

Entire

En*tire" (?), a. [F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.]

1. Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.

That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James i. 4.
With strength entire and free will armed. Milton.
One entire and perfect chrysolite. Shak.

2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.

Pure fear and entire cowardice. Shak.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king. Clarendon.

3. (Bot.) (a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. (b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.

4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.

5. Internal; interior. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical.

Entire

En*tire", n.

1. Entirely. "Too long to print in entire." Thackeray.

2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.] "Foker's Entire." Thackeray.

Entirely

En*tire"ly, adv.

1. In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; as, the trace is entirely lost.

Euphrates falls not entirely into the Persian Sea. Raleigh.

2. Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.

To highest God entirely pray. Spenser.

Entireness

En*tire"ness (?), n.

1. The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; as, the entireness of an arch or a bridge.

This same entireness or completeness. Trench.

2. Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty. [R.]

Entireness in preaching the gospel. Udall.

3. Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association. [Obs.]

True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from entireness. Bp. Hall.

Entirety

En*tire"ty (?), n.; pl. Entireness (#). [OF. entieret\'82. Cf. Integrity.]

1. The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest. Blackstone.

2. That which is entire; the whole. Bacon.

Entitative

En"ti*ta*tive (?), a. [See Entity.] Considered as pure entity; abstracted from all circumstances. Ellis. -- En"ti*ta*tive*ly, adv.

Entitle

En*ti"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entitled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entitling (?).] [OF. entituler, F. intituler, LL. intitulare, fr. L. in + titulus title. See Title, and cf. Intitule.]

1. To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable."

That which . . . we entitle patience. Shak.

2. To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command.

3. To attribute; to ascribe. [Obs.]

The ancient proverb . . . entitles this work . . . peculiarly to God himself. Milton.
Syn. -- To name; designate; style; characterize; empower; qualify; enable; fit.

Entitule

En*tit"ule (?), v. t. [See Entitle.] To entitle. B. Jonson.

Entity

En"ti*ty (?), n.; pl. Entities (#). [LL. entitas, fr. L. ens, entis, thing, prop. p. pr. of esse to be: cf. F. entit\'82. See Essence, Is.] A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Self-subsisting entities, such as our own personality. Shairp.
Fortune is no real entity, . . . but a mere relative signification. Bentley.

Ento-

En"to- (?). [Gr. In.] A combining form signifying within; as, entoblast.

Entoblast

En"to*blast (?), n. [Ento- + -blast.] (Biol.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.

Entobronchium

En`to*bron"chi*um (?), n.; pl. Entobronchia (#). [See Ento-, and Bronchia.] (Anat.) One of the main bronchi in the lungs of birds.

Entocuneiform, Entocuniform

En`to*cu*ne"i*form (?), En`to*cu"ni*form (?), n. [Ento- + cuneiform, cuniform.] (Anat.) One of the bones of the tarsus. See Cuneiform.

Entoderm

En"to*derm (?), n. [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.) See Endoderm, and Illust. of Blastoderm.

Entodermal, Entodermic

En`to*der"mal (?), En`to*der"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to the entoderm.

Entogastric

En`to*gas"tric (?), a. [Ento- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids.

Entogenous

En*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Ento- + -genous.] (Biol.) See Endogenous.

Entoglossal

En`to*glos"sal (?), a. [Ento- + Gr. (Anat.) Within the tongue; -- applied to the glossohyal bone.

Entoil

En*toil" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entoiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entoiling.] To take with toils or bring into toils; to insnare. [R.]
Entoiled in woofed phantasies. Keats.

Entomb

En*tomb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entombing.] [Pref. en- + tomb: cf. OF. entomber.] To deposit in a tomb, as a dead body; to bury; to inter; to inhume. Hooker.

Entombment

En*tomb"ment (?), n. The act of entombing or burying, or state of being entombed; burial. Barrow.

Entomere

En"to*mere (?), n. [Ento- + -mere.] (Biol.) The more granular cells, which finally become internal, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

Entomic, Entomical

En*tom"ic (?), En*tom"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Entomology.] (Zo\'94l.) Relating to insects; entomological.

Entomoid

En"to*moid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Resembling an insect. -- n. An object resembling an insect.

Entomolin

En*tom"o*lin (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) See Chitin.

Entomolite

En*tom"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite.] (Paleon.) A fossil insect.

Entomologic, Entomological

En`to*mo*log"ic (?), En`to*mo*log"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. entomologique.] Of or relating to entomology. -- En`to*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Entomologist

En`to*mol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. entomologiste.] One versed in entomology.

Entomologize

En`to*mol"o*gize (?), v. i. To collect specimens in the study of entomology. C. Kingsley.

Entomology

En`to*mol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Entomologies (#). [Gr. 'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr. 'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F. entomologie. See In, and Tome, and cf. Insect.]

1. That part of zo\'94logy which treats of insects.

2. A treatise on the science of entomology.

Entomophaga

En`to*moph"a*ga (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect + fagei^n to eat.] (Zo\'94l.)

1. One of a group of hymenopterous insects whose larv\'91 feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon,

2.

2. A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum.

3. A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters.


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Entomophagan

En`to*moph"a*gan (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Relating to the Entomophaga. -- n. One of the Entomophaga.

Entomophagous

En`to*moph"a*gous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous.

Entomophilous

En`to*moph"i*lous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Fertilized by the agency of insects; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by insects.

Entomostraca

En`to*mos"tra*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.

Entomostracan

En`to*mos"tra*can (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n. One of the Entomostraca.

Entomostracous

En`to*mos"tra*cous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Entomostracans.

Entomotomist

En`to*mot"o*mist (?), n. One who practices entomotomy.

Entomotomy

En`to*mot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. The science of the dissection of insects.

Entonic

En*ton"ic (?), a. [Gr. Entasis.] (Med.) Having great tension, or exaggerated action. Dunglison.

Entoperipheral

En`to*pe*riph"er*al (?), a. [Ento- + peripheral.] (Physiol.) Being, or having its origin, within the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to feelings, such as hunger, produced by internal disturbances. Opposed to epiperipheral.

Entophyte

En"to*phyte (?), n. [Ento- + Gr. (Med.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.

Entophytic

En`to*phyt"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to entophytes; as, an entophytic disease.

Entoplasm

En"to*plasm (?), n. [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.) (a) The inner granular layer of protoplasm in a developing ovum. (b) Endosarc.

Entoplastic

En`to*plas"tic (?), a. [Ento- + Gr. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm; as, the entoplastic products of some Protozoa, or the entoplastic modification of the cell protoplasm, by which a nucleus is produced.

Entoplastron

En`to*plas"tron (?), n.; pl. Entoplastra (#). [Ento- + plastron.] (Anat.) The median plate of the plastron of turtles; -- called also entosternum.

Entoprocta

En`to*proc"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of Bryozoa in which the anus is within the circle of tentacles. See Pedicellina.

Entoptic

Ent*op"tic (?), a. [Ent- + optic.] (Physiol.) Relating to objects situated within the eye; esp., relating to the perception of objects in one's own eye.

Entorganism

Ent*or"gan*ism (?), n. [Ent- + organism.] (Biol.) An internal parasitic organism.

Entortilation

En*tor`ti*la"tion (?), n. [F. entortiller to twist; pref. en- (L. in) + tortiller to twist.] A turning into a circle; round figures. [Obs.] Donne.

Entosternum

En`to*ster"num (?), n.; pl. Entosterna (#). [NL. See Ento-, and Sternum.] (Anat.) See Entoplastron. -- En`to*ster"nal (#), a.

Entosthoblast

En*tos"tho*blast (?), n. [Gr. 'e`ntosthe from within + -blast.] (Biol.) The granule within the nucleolus or entoblast of a nucleated cell. Agassiz.

Entothorax

En`to*tho"rax (?), n. [Ento- + thorax.] (Zo\'94l.) See Endothorax.

Entotic

Ent*ot"ic (?), a. [Ent- + Gr. (Anat.) Pertaining to the interior of the ear.

Entozoa

En`to*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.)

1. A group of worms, including the tapeworms, flukes, roundworms, etc., most of which live parasitically in the interior of other animals; the Helminthes.

2. An artificial group, including all kinds of animals living parasitically in others.

Entozoal, Entozoic

En`to*zo"al (?), En`to*zo"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, the Entozoa.

Entozo\'94logist

En`to*zo*\'94l"o*gist (?), n. [Entozo\'94n + -logy + -ist.] One versed in the science of the Entozoa.

Entozo\'94n

En`to*zo"\'94n (?), n.; pl. Entozoa (#). [NL. See Entozoa.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Entozoa.

Entr'acte

En`tr'acte" (?), n. [F. Cf. Interact.]

1. The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.

2. A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.

Entrail

En*trail" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + OF. treiller to grate, lattice, F. treille vine, arbor. See Trellis.] To interweave; to intertwine. [Obs.] Spenser.

Entrail

En*trail", n. Entanglement; fold. [Obs.] Spenser.

Entrails

En"trails (?), n. pl. [F. entrailles, LL. intralia, intranea, fr. interaneum, pl. interanea, intestine, interaneus inward, interior, fr. inter between, among, within. See Internal.]

1. The internal parts of animal bodies; the bowels; the guts; viscera; intestines.

2. The internal parts; as, the entrails of the earth.

That treasure . . . hid the dark entrails of America. Locke.

Entrain

En*train" (?), v. t. [F. entrainer.] To draw along as a current does; as, water entrained by steam.

Entrain

En*train", v. t. [Pref. en- + train.] To put aboard a railway train; as, to entrain a regiment. [Recent, Eng.]

Entrain

En*train", v. i. To go aboard a railway train; as, the troops entrained at the station. [Recent, Eng.]

Entrammel

En*tram"mel (?), v. t. [See Trammel.] To trammel; to entangle. Bp. Hacket.

Entrance

En"trance (?), n. [OF. entrance, fr. OF. & F. entrant, p. pr. of entrer to enter. See Enter.]

1. The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.

2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends. Shak.

3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering.

Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. Judg. i. 24.

4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business. "Beware of entrance to a quarrel." Shak.

St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. Hakewill.

5. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.

6. (Naut.) (a) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. Totten.

Entrance

En*trance" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entranced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entrancing (?).] [Pref. en- + trance.]

1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.

Him, still entranced and in a litter laid, They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. Dryden.

2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.

And I so ravished with her heavenly note, I stood entranced, and had no room for thought. Dryden.

Entrancement

En*trance"ment (?), n. The act of entrancing, or the state of trance or ecstasy. Otway.

Entrant

En"trant (?), n. [See Entrance, n.]

1. One who enters; a beginner. "The entrant upon life." Bp. Terrot.

2. An applicant for admission. Stormonth.

Entrap

En*trap" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entrapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Entrapping.] [Pref. en- + trap: cf. OF. entraper.] To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men.
A golden mesh, to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.
Syn. -- To insnare; inveigle; tangle; decoy; entangle.

Entreat

En*treat" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.]

1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]

Fairly let her be entreated. Shak.
I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11.

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. "Entreat my wife to come." "I do entreat your patience." Shak.

I must entreat of you some of that money. Shak.
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe.
Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21.

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers.

4. To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] "Pleasures to entreat." Spenser. Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.

Entreat

En*treat", v. i.

1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [Obs.]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill.
Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47.

2. To make an earnest petition or request.

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles.

Entreat

En*treat", n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Ford.

Entreatable

En*treat"a*ble (?), a. That may be entreated.

Entreatance

En*treat"ance (?), n. Entreaty. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Entreater

En*treat"er (?), n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher.

Entreatful

En*treat"ful (?), a. Full of entreaty. [R.] See Intreatful.

Entreatingly

En*treat"ing*ly, adv. In an entreating manner.

Entreative

En*treat"ive (?), a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [R.] "Entreative phrase." A. Brewer.

Entreatment

En*treat"ment (?), n. Entreaty; invitation. [Obs.] Shak.

Entreaty

En*treat"y, n.; pl. Entreaties (.

1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.

Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser.
Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity.

Entr\'82e

En`tr\'82e" (?), n. [F. See Entry.]

1. A coming in, or entrance; hence, freedom of access; permission or right to enter; as, to have the entr\'82e of a house.

2. (Cookery) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc.

Entremets

En`tre*mets" (?), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. entre between + mets a dish, mess.]

1. (Cookery) A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

2. Any small entertainment between two greater ones. [R.]

Entrench

En*trench" (?), v. t. See Intrench.

Entrep\'93t

En`tre*p\'93t" (?), n. [F.] A warehouse; a magazine for depositing goods, stores, etc.; a mart or place where merchandise is deposited; as, an entrep\'93t for shipping goods in transit.

Entrepreneur

En`tre*pre*neur" (?), n. [F. See Enterprise.] (Polit. Econ.) One who creates a product on his own account; whoever undertakes on his own account an industrial enterprise in which workmen are employed. F. A. Walker.

Entresol

En`tre*sol" (?), n. [F.] (Arch.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker.

Entrick

En*trick" (?), v. t. [Cf. OE. entriken to perplex, OF. entriquer. Cf. Trick, Intrigue.] To trick, to perplex. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Entrochal

En"tro*chal (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

Entrochite

En"tro*chite (?), n. [Pref. en- + Gr. (Paleon.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

Entropion

En*tro"pi*on (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Entropium.

Entropium

En*tro"pi*um (?), n. [NL. See Entropy.] (Med.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.

Entropy

En"tro*py (?), n. [Gr. (Thermodynamics) A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h . The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermodynamic function.
The entropy of the universe tends towards a maximum. Clausius.

Entrust

En*trust" (?), v. t. See Intrust.

Entry

En"try (?), n.; pl. Entries (#). [OE. entree, entre, F. entr\'82e, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf. Entr\'82e.]

1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance; ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an entry upon an undertaking.

2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.

A notary made an entry of this act. Bacon.

3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine.

A straight, long entry to the temple led. Dryden.

4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n.,

5.

5. (Law) (a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them. (b) A putting upon record in proper form and order. (c) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary. Burrill. Bill of entry. See under Bill. -- Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping. -- Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries of transactions in a business. -- Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully entered and continues in possession. Bouvier.

Entryng

En"tryng (?), n. Am entrance. [Obs.]
So great an entryng and so large. Chaucer.

Entune

En*tune" (?), v. t. To tune; to intone. Chaucer.

Entwine

En*twine" (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + twine. Cf. Intwine.] To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round. [Written also intwine.]
Entwined in duskier wreaths her braided locks. Shelley.
Thy glorious household stuff did me entwine. Herbert.

Entwine

En*twine", v. i. To be twisted or twined.
With whose imperial laurels might entwine no cypress. De Quincey.

Entwinement

En*twine"ment (?), n. A twining or twisting together or round; union. Bp. Hacket.

Entwist

En*twist" (?), v. t. To twist or wreathe round; to intwine. Shak.

Enubilate

E*nu"bi*late (?), v. t. [L. enubilatus, p. p. of enubilare to enubilate; e out + nubila clouds, fr. nubilis cloudy, nubes cloud.] To clear from mist, clouds, or obscurity. [R.] Bailey.

Enubilous

E*nu"bi*lous (?), a. [See Enubilate.] Free from fog, mist, or clouds; clear. [R.]

Enucleate

E*nu"cle*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enucleated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating (?).] [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.]

1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.

2. (Med.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor).

3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654).

Enucleation

E*nu`cle*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82nucl\'82ation.] The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition.
Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. Tooke.

Enumerate

E*nu"mer*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enumerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enumerating (?).] [L. enumeratus, p. p. of enumerare to count out, enumerate; e out + numerare to count, fr. numerus number. See Number.] To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation.
Enumerating the services he had done. Ludlow.
Syn. -- To reckon; compute; calculate; count; estimate; relate; rehearse; recapitulate; detail.
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Enumeration

E*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [L. enumeratio: cf. F. \'82num\'82ration.]

1. The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

2. A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.

Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration. Paley.

3. (Rhet.) A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.

Enumerative

E*nu"mer*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82num\'82ratif.] Counting, or reckoning up, one by one.
Enumerative of the variety of evils. Jer. Taylor.

Enumerator

E*nu"mer*a`tor (?), n. One who enumerates.

Enunciable

E*nun"ci*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being enunciated or expressed.

Enunciate

E*nun"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enunciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enunciating (?).] [L. enuntiatus, -ciatus, p. p. of enuntiare, -ciare. See Enounce.]

1. To make a formal statement of; to announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth.

The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge.

2. To make distinctly audible; to utter articulately; to pronounce; as, to enunciate a word distinctly.

Enunciate

E*nun"ci*ate, v. i. To utter words or syllables articulately.

Enunciation

E*nun`ci*a"tion (?; 277), n. [L. enuntiatio, -ciatio.]

1. The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration; as, the enunciation of an important truth.

By way of interpretation and enunciation. Jer. Taylor.

2. Mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially as regards fullness and distinctness or articulation; as, to speak with a clear or impressive enunciation.

3. That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; an announcement; a formal declaration; a statement.

Every intelligible enunciation must be either true or false. A. Clarke.

Enunciative

E*nun"ci*a*tive (?), a. [L. enuntiativus, -ciativus.] Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative. Ayliffe. -- E*nun"ci*a*tive*ly, adv.

Enunciator

E*nun"ci*a`tor (?), n. [L. enuntiator, enunciator.] One who enunciates or proclaims.

Enunciatory

E*nun"ci*a*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation or utterance.

Enure

En*ure" (?), v. t. See Inure.

Enuresis

En`u*re"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) An involuntary discharge of urine; incontinence of urine.

Envassal

En*vas"sal (?), v. t. To make a vassal of. [Obs.]

Envault

En*vault" (?), v. t. To inclose in a vault; to entomb. [R.] Swift.

Enveigle

En*vei"gle (?), v. t. To entice. See Inveigle.

Envelop

En*vel"op (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enveloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enveloping.] [OE. envolupen, envolipen, OF. envoluper, envoleper, F. envelopper; pref. en- (L. in) + voluper, voleper. See Develop.] To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a letter; the fog envelops a ship.
Nocturnal shades this world envelop. J. Philips.

Envelope; 277, Envelop

En"vel*ope (?; 277), En*vel"op (?; 277), n. [F. enveloppe.]

1. That which envelops, wraps up, encases, or surrounds; a wrapper; an inclosing cover; esp., the cover or wrapper of a document, as of a letter.

2. (Astron.) The nebulous covering of the head or nucleus of a comet; -- called also coma.

3. (Fort.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it. Wilhelm.

4. (Geom.) A curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents. <-- 4. A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphorically to refer to capabilities of any system in general, including human organizations, esp. in the phrase push the envelope. It is used to refer to the maximum performance available at the current state of the technology, and therefore refers to a class of machines in general, not a specific machine. push the envelope Increase the capability of some type of machine or system; -- usu. by technological development. -->

Envelopment

En*vel"op*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. enveloppement.]

1. The act of enveloping or wrapping; an inclosing or covering on all sides.

2. That which envelops or surrounds; an envelop.

Envenime

En*ven"ime (?), v. t. To envenom. [Obs.]

Envenom

En*ven"om (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envenomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envenoming.] [OE. envenimen, F. envenimer; pref. en- (L. in) + F. venin poison. See Venom.]

1. To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom.

Alcides . . . felt the envenomed robe. Milton.
O, what a world is this, when what is comely Envenoms him that bears it! Shak.

2. To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter.

The envenomed tongue of calumny. Smollett.
On the question of slavery opinion has of late years been peculiarly envenomed. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Envermeil

En*ver"meil (?), v. t. [Pref. en- + vermeil: cf. OF. envermeiller. See Vermil.] To color with, or as with, vermilion; to dye red. [Obs.] Milton.

Enviable

En"vi*a*ble (?), a. [From Envy.] Fitted to excite envy; capable of awakening an ardent desire to posses or to resemble.
One of most enviable of human beings. Macaulay.
-- En"vi*a*ble*ness, n. -- En"vi*a*bly, adv.

Envie

En*vie" (?), v. i. [See Vie.] To vie; to emulate; to strive. [Obs.] Spenser.

Envier

En"vi*er (?), n. One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.

Envigor

En*vig"or (?), v. t. To invigorate. [Obs.]

Envious

En"vi*ous (?), a. [OF. envios, F. envieux, fr. L. invidiosus, fr. invidia envy. See Envy, and cf. Invidious.]

1. Malignant; mischievous; spiteful. [Obs.]

Each envious brier his weary legs doth scratch. Shak.

2. Feeling or exhibiting envy; actuated or directed by, or proceeding from, envy; -- said of a person, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues.

My soul is envious of mine eye. Keble.
Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 19.

3. Inspiring envy. [Obs. or Poetic]

He to him leapt, and that same envious gage Of victor's glory from him snatched away. Spenser.

4. Excessively careful; cautious. [Obs.]

No men are so envious of their health. Jer. Taylor.
-- En"vi*ous*ly, adv. -- En"vi*ous*ness, n.

Environ

En*vi"ron (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer.] To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop.
Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. Spenser.
Environed he was with many foes. Shak.
Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne.

Environ

En*vi"ron, adv. [F.] About; around. [Obs.]
Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.

Environment

En*vi"ron*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. environnement.]

1. Act of environing; state of being environed.

2. That which environs or surrounds; surrounding conditions, influences, or forces, by which living forms are influenced and modified in their growth and development.

It is no friendly environment, this of thine. Carlyle.

Environs

En*vi"rons (?; 277), n. pl. [F.] The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.

Envisage

En*vis"age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envisaged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging (?).] [F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage.] To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [R.] Keats.
From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh.

Envisagement

En*vis"age*ment (?), n. The act of envisaging.

Envolume

En*vol"ume (?), v. t. To form into, or incorporate with, a volume. [R.]

Envolup

En*vol"up (?), v. t. [See Envelop.] To wrap up; to envelop. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Envoy

En"voy (?), n. [F. envoy\'82 envoy, fr. envoyer to send; pref. en- (L. in) + voie way, L. via: cf. F. envoi an envoy (in sense 2). See Voyage, and cf. Invoice.]

1. One dispatched upon an errand or mission; a messenger; esp., a person deputed by a sovereign or a government to negotiate a treaty, or transact other business, with a foreign sovereign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

2. [F. envoi, fr. envoyer to send.] An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi.

The envoy of a ballad is the "sending" of it forth. Skeat.

Envoyship

En"voy*ship, n. The office or position of an envoy.

Envy

En"vy (?), n.; pl. Envies (#). [F. envie, L. invidia envious; akin to invidere to look askance at, to look with enmity; in against + videre to see. See Vision.]

1. Malice; ill will; spite. [Obs.]

If he evade us there, Enforce him with his envy to the people. Shak.

2. Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of C\'91sar.

Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of another, or anger and displeasure at any good of another which we want, or any advantage another hath above us. Ray.
No bliss Enjoyed by us excites his envy more. Milton.
Envy, to which the ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learned or brave. Pope.

3. Emulation; rivalry. [Obs.]

Such as cleanliness and decency Prompt to a virtuous envy. Ford.

4. Public odium; ill repute. [Obs.]

To lay the envy of the war upon Cicero. B. Jonson.

5. An object of envious notice or feeling.

This constitution in former days used to be the envy of the world. Macaulay.

Envy

En"vy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Envying.] [F. envier.]

1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or good fortune and a longing to possess it.

A woman does not envy a man for his fighting courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. Collier.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority. Rambler.

2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.); to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.

I have seen thee fight, When I have envied thy behavior. Shak.
Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their cool mountain breezes. Froude.

3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.

Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. T. Gray.

4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.]

If I make a lie To gain your love and envy my best mistress, Put me against a wall. J. Fletcher.

5. To hate. [Obs.] Marlowe.

6. To emulate. [Obs.] Spenser.

Envy

En"vy (?), v. i.

1. To be filled with envious feelings; to regard anything with grudging and longing eyes; -- used especially with at.

Who would envy at the prosperity of the wicked? Jer. Taylor.

2. To show malice or ill will; to rail. [Obs.] "He has . . . envied against the people." Shak.

Envyned

En*vyned" (?), a. [OF. enviner to store with wine; pref. en- (L. in) + vin wine. See Vine.] Stored or furnished with wine. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Enwall

En*wall" (?), v. t. See Inwall. Sir P. Sidney.

Enwallow

En*wal"low (?), v. t. To plunge into, or roll in, flith; to wallow.
So now all three one senseless lump remain, Enwallowed in his own black bloody gore. Spenser.

Enwheel

En*wheel" (?), v. t. To encircle. Shak.

Enwiden

En*wid"en (?), v. t. To widen. [Obs.]

Enwind

En*wind" (?), v. t. To wind about; to encircle.
In the circle of his arms Enwound us both. Tennyson.

Enwoman

En*wom"an (?), v. t. To endow with the qualities of a woman. [R.] Daniel.

Enwomb

En*womb" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enwombed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Enwombing.]

1. To conceive in the womb. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To bury, as it were in a womb; to hide, as in a gulf, pit, or cavern. Donne.

Enwrap

En*wrap" (?), v. t. To envelop. See Inwrap.

Enwrapment

En*wrap"ment (?), n. Act of enwrapping; a wrapping or an envelope. Shuckford.

Enwreathe

En*wreathe" (?), v. t. See Inwreathe. Shelton.

Enzo\'94tic

En`zo*\'94t"ic (?), a. [Gr. enzo\'94tique.] Afflicting animals; -- used of a disease affecting the animals of a district. It corresponds to an endemic disease among men.

Enzyme

En"zyme (?), n. [Pref. en- (Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.

Eocene

E"o*cene (?), a. [Gr. (Geol.) Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits. -- n. The Eocene formation. Lyell.

Eolian

E*o"li*an (?), a. [See \'92olian.]

1. \'92olian.

2. (Geol.) Formed, or deposited, by the action of wind, as dunes. Eolian attachment, Eolian harp. See \'92olian.

Eolic

E*ol"ic (?), a. & n. See \'92olic.

Eolipile

E*ol"i*pile (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82olipyle.] Same as \'92olipile.

Eolis

E"o*lis (?), n. [L. Aeolis a daughter of \'92olus, Gr. A'ioli`s.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papill\'91 along the back. See Ceratobranchia. [Written also \'92olis.]

Eon, \'92on

E"on (?), \'92"on (?), n. [L. aeon, fr. Gr. a'iwn space or period of time, lifetime, age; akin to L. aevum. See Age.]

1. An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.

The eons of geological time. Huxley.

2. (Gnostic Philos.) One of the embodiments of the divine attributes of the Eternal Being.

Among the higher \'92ons are Mind, Reason, Power, Truth, and Life. Am. Cyc.
&hand; Eons were considered to be emanations sent forth by God from the depths of His grand solitude to fulfill various functions in the material and spiritual universe.

Eophyte

E"o*phyte (?), n. [Gr. (Paleon.) A fossil plant which is found in the lowest beds of the Silurian age.

Eophytic

E`o*phyt"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to eophytes.

Eos

E"os (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. 'Hw`s.] (Gr. Myth.) Aurora, the goddess of morn.

Eosaurus

E`o*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.) An extinct marine reptile from the coal measures of Nova Scotia; -- so named because supposed to be of the earliest known reptiles.

Eosin

E"o*sin (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A yellow or brownish red dyestuff obtained by the action of bromine on fluoresce\'8bn, and named from the fine rose-red which it imparts to silk. It is also used for making a fine red ink. Its solution is fluorescent.

Eosphorite

E*os"pho*rite (?), n. [From Gr. (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina and manganese. It is generally of a rose-pink color, -- whence the name.

Eozoic

E`o*zo"ic (?), a. [See Eozo\'94n.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozo\'94n has been found. &hand; This term has been proposed for the strata formerly called Azoic, and is preferred especially by those geologists who regard the eozo\'94n as of organic origin. See Arch\'91an.

Eozo\'94n

E`o*zo"\'94n (?), n.; pl. Eozo\'94ns (#), L. Eozoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. 'hw`s dawn + zw^,on an animal.] (Paleon.) A peculiar structure found in the Arch\'91an limestones of Canada and other regions. By some geologists it is believed to be a species of gigantic Foraminifera, but others consider it a concretion, without organic structure. <--p. 500 -->
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Eozo\'94nal

E`o*zo"\'94n*al (?), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to the eozo\'94n; containing eozo\'94ns; as, eozo\'94nal limestone.

Ep-

Ep- (?). [Gr. See Epi-.

Epacris

Ep"a*cris (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.

Epact

E"pact (?), n. [F. \'82pacte, fr. Gr. Epi-, and Act.] (Chron.) The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the beginning of the year. Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar year, -- being eleven days. -- Menstrual epact, ∨ Monthly epact, the excess of a calendar month over a lunar.

Epagoge

Ep`a*go"ge (?), n. [L., from Gr. Epact.] (Logic) The adducing of particular examples so as to lead to a universal conclusion; the argument by induction.

Epagogic

Ep`a*gog"ic (?), a. Inductive. Latham.

Epalate

E*pal"ate (?), a. [Pref. e- + palpus.] (Zo\'94l.) Without palpi.

Epanadiplosis

Ep*an`a*di*plo"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice." Phil. iv. 4.

Epanalepsis

Ep*an`a*lep"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which the same word or clause is repeated after intervening matter. Gibbs.

Epanaphora

Ep`a*naph"o*ra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) Same as Anaphora. Gibbs.

Epanastrophe

Ep`a*nas"tro*phe (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Rhet.) Same as Anadiplosis. Gibbs.

Epanodos

E*pan"o*dos (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: --
O more exceeding love, or law more just? Just law, indeed, but more exceeding love! Milton.

Epanody

E*pan"o*dy (?), n. [See Epanodos.] (Bot.) The abnormal change of an irregular flower to a regular form; -- considered by evolutionists to be a reversion to an ancestral condition.

Epanorthosis

Ep`an*or*tho"sis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say? most heroic act!

Epanthous

Ep*an"thous (?), a. [Pref. ep- + Gr. (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi.

Eparch

Ep"arch (?), n. [Gr. In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

Eparchy

Ep"arch*y (?), n. [Gr. A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdivisions of a monarchy or province of the kingdom; in Russia, a diocese or archdiocese.

Eparterial

Ep`ar*te"ri*al (?), a. [Pref. ep- + arterial.] (Anat.) Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Epaule

E*paule" (?), n. [F. \'82paule shoulder, shoulder of a bastion. See Epaulet, and cf. Spall the shoulder.] (Fort.) The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

Epaulement

E*paule"ment (?), n. [F. \'82paulement.] (Fort.) A side work, made of gabions, fascines, or bags, filled with earth, or of earth heaped up, to afford cover from the flanking fire of an enemy.

Epaulet, Epaulette

Ep"au*let`, Ep"au*lette` (?), n. [F. \'82paulette, dim. of \'82paule shoulder, fr. L. spatula a broad piece (LL., shoulder), dim. of spatha abroad, flat instrument, fr. Gr. Spade the instrument, and cf. Epaule, Spatula.] (Mil.) A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as a star, eagle, etc.; a shoulder knot. &hand; In the United States service the epaulet is reserved for full dress uniform. Its use was abolished in the British army in 1855.

Epauleted, Epauletted

Ep"au*let`ed, Ep"au*let`ted, a. Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets.

Epaxial

Ep*ax"i*al (?), a. [Pref. ep- + axial.] (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the axis of the skeleton; episkeletal.

Epeira

E*pei"ra (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.

Epen

Ep"en (?), n. (Anat.) See Epencephalon.

Epencephalic

Ep`en*ce*phal"ic (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to the epencephalon. (b) Situated on or over the brain.

Epencephalon

Ep`en*ceph"a*lon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen.

Ependyma

Ep*en"dy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The epithelial lining of the ventricles of the brain and the canal of the spinal cord; endyma; ependymis.

Ependymis

Ep*en"dy*mis (?), n. [NL.] See Ependyma.

Epenetic

Ep`e*net"ic (?), a. [Gr. Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

Epenthesis

E*pen"the*sis (?), n.; pl. Epentheses (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.) The insertion of a letter or a sound in the body of a word; as, the b in "nimble" from AS. n&emac;mol.

Epenthetic

Ep`en*thet"ic (?), a. [Gr. \'82penth\'82tique.] (Gram.) Inserted in the body of a word; as, an epenthetic letter or sound.

\'90pergne

\'90`pergne" (?), n. [F. \'82pargne a sparing or saving; a treasury. "Our \'82pergne is a little treasury of sweetmeats, fruits, and flowers." Brewer.] A centerpiece for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.

\'90perlan

\'90`per`lan" (?), n. [F. \'82perlan, fr. G. spierling. See Sparling.] (Zo\'94l.) The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

Epexegesis

Ep*ex`e*ge"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Exegesis.] A full or additional explanation; exegesis.

Epexegetical

Ep*ex`e*get"ic*al (?), a. Relating to epexegesis; explanatory; exegetical.

Ephah, ∨ Epha

E"phah (?), ∨ E"pha, n. [Heb. A Hebrew dry measure, supposed to be equal to two pecks and five quarts. ten ephahs make one homer.

Ephemera

E*phem"e*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Med.) A fever of one day's continuance only.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of insects including the day flies, or ephemeral flies. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.

Ephemeral

E*phem"er*al (?), a.

1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.

2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only. "Ephemeral popularity." V. Knox.

Sentences not of ephemeral, but of eternal, efficacy. Sir J. Stephen.
Ephemeral fly (Zo\'94l.), one of a group of neuropterous insects, belonging to the genus Ephemera and many allied genera, which live in the adult or winged state only for a short time. The larv\'91 are aquatic; -- called also day fly and May fly.

Ephemeral

E*phem"er*al, n. Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc.

Ephemeran

E*phem"er*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephemeric

E*phem"e*ric (?), a. Ephemeral.

Ephemeris

E*phem"e*ris (?), n.; pl. Ephemerides (#). [L., a diary, Gr. Ephemera.]

1. A diary; a journal. Johnson.

2. (Anat.) (a) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the "American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac." (b) Any tabular statement of the assigned places of a heavenly body, as a planet or comet, on several successive days.

3. (Literature) A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.

Ephemerist

E*phem"er*ist (?), n.

1. One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets. Howell.

2. One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.

Ephemeron

E*phem"e*ron (?), n.; pl. Ephemera (#). [NL. See Ephemera.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the ephemeral flies.

Ephemerous

E*phem"er*ous (?), a. Ephemeral. [R.] Burke.

Ephesian

E*phe"sian (?; 106), a. [L. Ephesius: cf. F. \'82ph\'82sien.] Of or pertaining to Ephesus, an ancient city of Ionia, in Asia Minor.

Ephesian

E*phe"sian, n.

1. A native of Ephesus.

2. A jolly companion; a roisterer. [Obs.] Shak.

Ephialtes

Eph`i*al"tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. The nightmare. Brande & C.

Ephippial

E*phip"pi*al (?), a. Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana.

Ephippium

E*phip"pi*um (?), n. [L., saddle cloth, fr. Gr.

1. (Anat.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

Ephod

Eph"od (?), n. [Heb. \'bephad to put on.] (Jew. Antiq.) A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. Exodus xxviii. 6-12.

Ephor

Eph"or (?), n.; pl. Ephors (#), L. Ephori (#). [L. ephorus, Gr. \'82phore.] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.

Ephoral

Eph"or*al (?), a. Pertaining to an ephor.

Ephoralty

Eph"or*al*ty (?), n. The office of an ephor, or the body of ephors.

Ephraim

E"phra*im (?), n. [The proper name.] (Zo\'94l.) A hunter's name for the grizzly bear.

Ephyra

Eph"y*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A stage in the development of discophorous medus\'91, when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila.

Epi-

Ep"i- (?). [Gr. api besides, and prob. to L. ob to, before, on account of, and perh. to E. of, off.] A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep- before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph- before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.

Epiblast

Ep"i*blast (?), n. [Pref. epi- + -blast.] (Biol.) The outer layer of the blastoderm; the ectoderm. See Blastoderm, Delamination.

Epiblastic

Ep`i*blas"tic (?), a. (Biol.) Of or relating to, or consisting of, the epiblast.

Epiblema

Ep`i*ble"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Goodale.

Epibolic

Ep`i*bol"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Biol.) Growing or covering over; -- said of a kind of invagination. See under Invagination.

Epiboly

E*pib"o*ly (?), n. [Cf. Gr. (Biol.) Epibolic invagination. See under Invagination.

Epibranchial

Ep`i*bran"chi*al (?), a. [Pref. epi- + branchial.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n. An epibranchial cartilage or bone.

Epic

Ep"ic (?), a. [L. epicus, Gr. vox voice: cf. F. \'82pique. See Voice.] Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style.
The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail. T. Arnold.

Epic

Ep"ic, n. An epic or heroic poem. See Epic, a.

Epical

Ep"ic*al (, a. Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv.
Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C.
His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.

Epicardiac

Ep`i*car"di*ac (?), a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium.

Epicardium

Ep`i*car"di*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) That of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium.

Epicarican

Ep`i*car"i*can (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An isopod crustacean, parasitic on shrimps.

Epicarp

Ep"i*carp (?), [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Bot.) The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

Epicede

Ep"i*cede (?), n. [L. epicedion, Gr. \'82pic\'8ade.] A funeral song or discourse; an elegy. [R.] Donne.

Epicedial

Ep`i*ce"di*al (?), a. Elegiac; funereal.

Epicedian

Ep`i*ce"di*an (?), a. Epicedial. -- n. An epicede.

Epicedium

Ep`i*ce"di*um (?), n. [L.] An epicede.

Epicene

Ep"i*cene (?), a. & n. [L. epicoenus, Gr. \'82pic\'8ane.]

2. Fig.: Sexless; neither one thing nor the other.

The literary prigs epicene. Prof. Wilson.
He represented an epicene species, neither churchman nor layman. J. A. Symonds.

Epicentral

Ep`i*cen"tral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + centrum.] (Anat.) Arising from the centrum of a vertebra. Owen.

Epicerastic

Ep`i*ce*ras"tic (?), a. [Gr. \'82pic\'82rastique.] (Med.) Lenient; assuaging. [Obs.]

Epichirema

Ep`i*chi*re"ma (?), n.; pl. Epichiremata (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [Written also epicheirema.]

Epichordal

Ep`i*chor"dal (?), a. [Pref. epi- + chordal.] (Anat.) Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

Epichorial

Ep`i*cho"ri*al (?), a. [Gr. In or of the country. [R.]
Epichorial superstitions from every district of Europe. De Quincey.

Epicleidium

Ep`i*clei"di*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) A projection, formed by a separate ossification, at the scapular end of the clavicle of many birds.

Epiclinal

Ep`i*cli"nal (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Bot.) Situated on the receptacle or disk of a flower.
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Epicoele

Ep"i*coele (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.) A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.

Epicoene

Ep"i*coene (?), a. Epicene. [R.] Hadley.

Epicolic

Ep`i*col"ic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.) Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

Epicondylar

Ep`i*con"dy*lar (?), n. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an epicondyle.

Epicondyle

Ep`i*con"dyle (?), n. [Pref. epi- + condyle.] (Anat.) A projection on the inner side of the distal end of the numerus; the internal condyle.

Epicoracoid

Ep`i*cor"a*coid (?), n. [Pref. epi- + coracoid.] (Anat.) A ventral cartilaginous or bony element of the coracoid in the shoulder girdle of some vertebrates.

Epicranial

Ep`i*cra"ni*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

Epicranium

Ep`i*cra"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Epi-, and Cranium.]

1. (Anat.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

Epictetain

Ep`ic*te"tain (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances.

Epicure

Ep"i*cure (?), n. [L. Epicurus, Gr.

1. A follower of Epicurus; an Epicurean. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table. Syn. -- Voluptuary; sensualist.

Epicurean

Ep`i*cu*re"an (?; 277), a. [L. Epicureus, Gr. \'82picurien.]

1. Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy. "The sect Epicurean." Milton.

2. Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.

Courses of the most refined and epicurean dishes. Prescott.
Epicurean philosophy. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

Epicurean

Ep`i*cu*re"an, n.

1. A follower or Epicurus.

2. One given to epicurean indulgence.

Epicureanism

Ep`i*cu*re"an*ism (?), n. Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

Epicurely

Ep"i*cure`ly (?), adv. Luxuriously. Nash.

Epicureous

Ep`i*cu*re"ous (?), a. Epicurean. [Obs.]

Epicurism

Ep"i*cu*rism (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82picurisme.]

1. The doctrines of Epicurus.

2. Epicurean habits of living; luxury.

Epicurize

Ep"i*cu*rize (?), v. i.

1. To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.

2. To feed or indulge like an epicure. Fuller.

Epicycle

Ep"i*cy`cle (?), n. [L. epicyclus, Gr. Cycle.]

1. (Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.

The schoolmen were like astronomers which did feign eccentries, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. Bacon.

2. (Mech.) A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.

Epicyclic

Ep`i*cyc"lic (?), a. Pertaining to, resembling, or having the motion of, an epicycle. Epicyclic train (Mach.), a train of mechanism in which epicyclic motion is involved; esp., a train of spur wheels, bevel wheels, or belt pulleys, in which an arm, carrying one or more of the wheels, sweeps around a center lying in an axis common to the other wheels.

Epicycloid

Ep`i*cy"cloid (?), n. [Epicycle + -oid: cf. F. \'82picyclo\'8bde.] (Geom.) A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle. &hand; Any point rigidly connected with the rolling circle, but not in its circumference, traces a curve called an epitrochoid. The curve traced by a point in the circumference of the rolling circle when it rolls on the concave side of a fixed circle is called a hypocycloid; the curve traced by a point rigidly connected with the rolling circle in this case, but not its circumference, is called a hypotrochoid. All the curves mentioned above belong to the class class called roulettes or trochoids. See Trochoid.

Epicycloidal

Ep`i*cy*cloid"al (?), a. Pertaining to the epicycloid, or having its properties. Epicycloidal wheel, a device for producing straight-line motion from circular motion, on the principle that a pin fastened in the periphery of a gear wheel will describe a straight line when the wheel rolls around inside a fixed internal gear of twice its diameter.

Epideictic

Ep`i*deic"tic (?), a. [Gr. Epidictic.] Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade.

Epidemic, Epidemical

Ep`i*dem"ic (?), Ep`i*dem"ic*al (?), a. [L. epidemus, Gr. \'82pid\'82mique. Cf. Demagogue.]

1. (Med.) Common to, or affecting at the same time, a large number in a community; -- applied to a disease which, spreading widely, attacks many persons at the same time; as, an epidemic disease; an epidemic catarrh, fever, etc. See Endemic.

2. Spreading widely, or generally prevailing; affecting great numbers, as an epidemic does; as, epidemic rage; an epidemic evil.

It was the epidemical sin of the nation. Bp. Burnet.

Epidemic

Ep`i*dem"ic (?), n. [Cf. Epidemy.]

1. (Med.) An epidemic disease.

2. Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror.

Epidemically

Ep`i*dem"ic*al*ly, adv. In an epidemic manner.

Epidemiography

Ep`i*de`mi*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Epidemy + -graphy.] (Med.) A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.

Epidemiological

Ep`i*de`mi*o*log"ic*al (?), a. Connected with, or pertaining to, epidemiology.

Epidemiologist

Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gist (?), n. A person skilled in epidemiology.

Epidemiology

Ep`i*de`mi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Epidemy + -logy.] (Med.) That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

Epidemy

Ep"i*dem`y (?), n. [Gr. \'82pid\'82mie. See Epidemic.] (Med.) An epidemic disease. Dunglison.

Epiderm

Ep"i*derm (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82piderme. See Epidermis.] (Anat.) The epidermis.

Epidermal

Ep`i*der"mal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the epidermis; epidermic; cuticular.

Epidermatic

Ep`i*der*mat"ic (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermatoid

Ep`i*der"ma*toid (?), a. [Gr. -oid. Cf. Epidermoid.] (Anat.) Epidermoid. Owen.

Epidermeous

Ep`i*der"me*ous (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermic

Ep`i*der"mic (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82pidermique.] Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.

Epidermical

Ep`i*der"mic*al (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermidal

Ep`i*der"mi*dal (?), a. Epidermal. [R.]

Epidermis

Ep`i*der"mis (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Tear, v. t.]

1. (Anat.) The outer, nonsensitive layer of the skin; cuticle; scarfskin. See Dermis.

2. (Bot.) The outermost layer of the cells, which covers both surfaces of leaves, and also the surface of stems, when they are first formed. As stems grow old this layer is lost, and never replaced.

Epidermoid

Ep`i*der"moid (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82pidermo\'8bde.] (Anat.) Like epidermis; pertaining to the epidermis.

Epidermose

Ep`i*der"mose (?), n. [See Epidermis.] (Physiol. Chem.) Keratin.

Epidictic, Epidictical

Ep`i*dic"tic (?), Ep`i*dic"tic*al (?), a. [L. epidictius. See Epideictic.] Serving to explain; demonstrative.

Epididymis

Ep`i*did"y*mis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) An oblong vermiform mass on the dorsal side of the testicle, composed of numerous convolutions of the excretory duct of that organ. -- Ep`i*did"y*mal (#), a.

Epididymitis

Ep`i*did`y*mi"tis (?), n. [NL. See Epididymis, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the epididymis, one of the common results of gonorrhea.

Epidote

Ep"i*dote (?), n. [Gr. \'82pidote. So named from the enlargement of the base of the primary, in some of the secondary forms.] (Min.) A mineral, commonly of a yellowish green (pistachio) color, occurring granular, massive, columnar, and in monoclinic crystals. It is a silicate of alumina, lime, and oxide of iron, or manganese. &hand; The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or serium epidote.

Epidotic

Ep`i*dot"ic (?),, a. Related to, resembling, or containing epidote; as, an epidotic granite.

Epig\'91a

Ep`i*g\'91"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) An American genus of plants, containing but a single species (E. repens), the trailing arbutus.

Epig\'91ous

Ep`i*g\'91"ous (?), a. [Gr. Epig\'91a, and cf. Epigee.] (Bot.) Growing on, or close to, the ground.

Epigastrial

Ep`i*gas"tri*al (?), a. (Anat.) Epigastric.

Epigastric

Ep`i*gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. \'82pigastrique.]

1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions.

Epigastrium

Ep`i*gas"tri*um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen.

Epigeal

Ep`i*ge"al (?), a. (Bot.) Epig\'91ous. [R.]

Epigee

Ep"i*gee (?), n. [NL. epigeum, fr. Gr. Epig\'91a.] See Perigee. [Obs.]

Epigene

Ep"i*gene (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr.

1. (Crystallog.) Foreign; unnatural; unusual; -- said of forms of crystals not natural to the substances in which they are found.

2. (Geol.) Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.

Epigenesis

Ep`i*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Pref. epi- + genesis.] (Biol.) The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the parents. It is opposed to the theory of evolution, also to syngenesis.

Epigenesist

Ep`i*gen"e*sist (?), n. (Biol.) One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.

Epigenetic

Ep`i*ge*net"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the epigenesis; produced according to the theory of epigenesis.

Epigeous

Ep`i*ge"ous (?), a. Same as Epig\'91ous.

Epigeum

Ep*i*ge"um (?), n. [NL. See Epigee.] See Perigee. [Obs.]

Epiglottic

Ep`i*glot"tic (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.

Epiglottidean

Ep`i*glot*tid"e*an (?), a. (Anat.) Same as Epiglottic.

Epiglottis

Ep`i*glot"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Glottis.] (Anat.) A cartilaginous lidlike appendage which closes the glottis while food or drink is passing while food or drink is passing through the pharynx.

Epignathous

E*pig"na*thous (?), a. [Epi- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Hook-billed; having the upper mandible longer than the lower.

Epigram

Ep"i*gram (?), n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. \'82pigramme. See Graphic.]

1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character.

Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? Shak.
&hand; Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues, temples, triumphal arches, etc.

2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose.

3. The style of the epigram.

Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of epigram in its later and technical signification. B. Cracroft.

Epigrammatic, Epigrammatical

Ep`i*gram*mat"ic (?), Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al (?),[L. epigrammaticus: cf. F. \'82pigrammatique.]

1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an epigrammatical poet.

2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy.

Epigrammatically

Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.

Epigrammatist

Ep`i*gram"ma*tist (?), n. [L. epigrammatista: cf. F. \'82pigrammatiste.] One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.
The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes.

Epigrammatize

Ep`i*gram"ma*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Epigrammatized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing (?).] To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.

Epigrammatizer

Ep`i*gram"ma*ti`zer (?), n. One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.
Epigrammatizers of our English prose style. Coleridge.

Epigrammist

Ep"i*gram`mist (?), n. An epigrammatist. Jer. Taylor.

Epigraph

Ep"i*graph (?), n. [Gr. \'82pigraphe. See Epigram.]

1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

2. (Literature) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.

Epigraphic, Epigraphical

Ep`i*graph"ic (?), Ep`i*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to epigraphs or to epigraphy; as, an epigraphic style; epigraphical works or studies.

Epigraphics

Ep`i*graph"ics (?), n. The science or study of epigraphs.

Epigraphist

E*pig"ra*phist (?), n. A student of, or one versed in, epigraphy.

Epigraphy

E*pig"ra*phy (?), n. The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.

Epigynous

E*pig"y*nous (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. \'82pigyne.] (Bot.) Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

Epihyal

Ep`i*hy"al (?), n. [Pref. epi- + the Greek letter (Anat.) A segment next above the ceratohyal in the hyoidean arch.

Epilepsy

Ep"i*lep`sy (?), n. [L. epilepsia, Gr. \'82pilepsie. Cf. Catalepsy.] (Med.) The "falling sickness," so called because the patient falls suddenly to the ground; a disease characterized by paroxysms (or fits) occurring at interval and attended by sudden loss of consciousness, and convulsive motions of the muscles. Dunglison.

Epileptic

Ep`i*lep"tic (?), a. [L. epilepticus, Gr. \'82pileptique.] Pertaining to, affected with, or of the nature of, epilepsy.

Epileptic

Ep`i*lep"tic, n.

1. One affected with epilepsy.

2. A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

Epileptical

Ep`i*lep"tic*al (?), a. Epileptic.

Epileptiform

Ep`i*lep"ti*form (?), a. Resembling epilepsy.

Epileptogenous

Ep`i*lep*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. -genous.] (Med.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.

Epileptoid

Ep`i*lep"toid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Med.) Resembling epilepsy; as, epileptoid convulsions.

Epilogation

Ep`i*lo*ga"tion (?), n. [LL. epilogatio.] A summing up in a brief account. [Obs.] Udall.

Epilogic, Epilogical

Ep`i*log"ic (?), Ep`i*log"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to an epilogue.

Epilogism

E*pil"o*gism (?), n. [Gr. Epilogue.] Enumeration; computation. [R.] J. Gregory.

Epilogistic

Ep`i*lo*gis"tic (?), a. [Cf. Gr. Epilogism.] Of or pertaining to epilogue; of the nature of an epilogue. T. Warton. \'3c-- p. 502 --\'3e

Epilogize

E*pil"o*gize (?), v. i. & t. [See Epilogism.] To speak an epilogue to; to utter as an epilogue.

Epilogue

Ep"i*logue (?; 115), n. [F. \'82pilogue, L. epilogus, fr. Gr. Legend.]

1. (Drama) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.

A good play no epilogue, yet . . . good plays prove the better by the help of good epilogues. Shak.

2. (Rhet.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Epiloguize

Ep"i*lo*guize (?), v. i. & t. Same as Epilogize.

Epimachus

E*pim"a*chus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.

Epimera

E*pim"e*ra (?), n. pl. See Epimeron.

Epimeal

E*pim"e*al (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the epimera.

Epimere

Ep"i*mere (?), n. [Epi- + -mere.] (Biol.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf. Syd. Soc. Lex.

Epimeron

E*pim"e*ron (?), n.; pl. Epimera (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) In crustaceans: The part of the side of a somite external to the basal joint of each appendage. See Illust. under Crustacea. (b) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum. [Written also epimerum.]

Epinastic

Ep`i*nas"tic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Physiol.) A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.

Epineural

Ep`i*neu"ral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + neural.] (Anat.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.

Epineurium

Ep`i*neu"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.

Epinglette

Ep`in*glette" (?), n. [F.] (Mil.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.

Epinicial

Ep`i*ni"cial (?), a. [See Epinicion.] Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." T. Warton.

Epinicion

Ep`i*ni"cion (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. epinicium.] A song of triumph. [Obs.] T. Warton.

Epinikian

Ep`i*nik"i*an (?), a. Epinicial.

Epiornis

Ep`i*or"nis (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. \'82piornis. See \'92pyornis.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the gigantic ostrichlike birds of the genus \'92piornis, only recently extinct. Its remains have been found in Madagascar. [Written also \'92pyornis.]

Epiotic

Ep`i*o"tic (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.) The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.

Epipedometry

Ep`i*pe*dom"e*try (?), n. [Gr. -metry.] (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [Obs.]

Epiperipheral

Ep`i*pe*riph"er*al (?), a. [Pref. epi- + peripheral.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.

Epipetalous

Ep`i*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. epi- + petal.] (Bot.) Borne on the petals or corolla.

Epiphany

E*piph"a*ny (?), n. [F. \'82piphanie, L. epiphania, Gr. Fancy.]

1. An appearance, or a becoming manifest.

Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. Jer. Taylor.
An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. De Quincey.

2. (Eccl.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide.

Epipharyngeal

Ep`i*phar`yn*ge"al (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pharyngeal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the segments above the epibranchial in the branchial arches of fishes. -- n. An epipharyngeal bone or cartilage.

Epipharynx

Ep`i*phar"ynx (?), n. [Epi- + pharynx.] (Zo\'94l.) A structure which overlaps the mouth of certain insects.

Epiphonema

Ep`i*pho*ne"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) An exclamatory sentence, or striking reflection, which sums up or concludes a discourse.

Epiphoneme

E*piph"o*neme (?), n. Epiphonema. [R.]

Epiphora

E*piph"o*ra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Med.) The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

2. (Rhet.) The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

Epiphragm

Ep"i*phragm (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or \'91stivation.

Epiphylospermous

Ep`i*phy`lo*sper"mous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Bearing fruit on the black of the leaves, as ferns. Harris (1710).

Epiphyllous

E*piph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.

Epiphyllum

Ep`i*phyl"lum (?), n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.

Epiphyseal, Epiphysial

Ep`i*phys"e*al (?), Ep`i*phys"i*al (?), (Anat.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.

Epiphysis

E*piph"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Epiphyses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) (a) The end, or other superficial part, of a bone, which ossifies separately from the central portion, or diaphysis. (b) The cerebral epiphysis, or pineal gland. See Pineal gland, under Pineal.

Epiphytal

E*piph"y*tal (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to an epiphyte.

Epiphyte

Ep"i*phyte (?), n. [Gr. \'82piphyte.]

1. (Bot.) An air plant which grows on other plants, but does not derive its nourishment from them. See Air plant.

2. (Med.) A vegetable parasite growing on the surface of the body.

Epiphytic, Epiphytical

Ep`i*phyt"ic (?), Ep`i*phyt"ic*al (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphyte. -- Ep`i*phyt"ic*al*ly, adv.

Epiplastron

Ep`i*plas"tron (?), n.; pl. Epiplastra (#). [Pref. epi- + plastron.] (Anat.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.

Epipleural

Ep`i*pleu"ral (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pleural.] (Anat.) Arising from the pleurapophysis of a vertebra. Owen.

Epiplexis

Ep`i*plex"is (?), n. [L., reproof, fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which a person seeks to convince and move by an elegant kind of upbraiding.

Epiploce

E*pip"lo*ce (?), n. [L., connection, from Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.

Epiploic

Ep`i*plo"ic (?), a. Relating to the epiplo\'94n.

Epiplo\'94n

E*pip"lo*\'94n (?), n.; pl. Epiploa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) See Omentum.

Epipodial

Ep`i*po"di*al (?), a.

1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epipodialia or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the epipodium of Mollusca.

Epipodiale

Ep`i*po`di*a"le (?), n.; pl. Epipodialia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) One of the bones of either the forearm or shank, the epipodialia being the radius, ulna, tibia, and fibula.

Epipodite

E*pip"o*dite (?), n. [See Epipodium.] (Zo\'94l.) The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Epipodium

Ep`i*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Epipodia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.

Epipolic

Ep`i*pol"ic (?), a. (Opt.) Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. [R.]

Epipolism

E*pip"o*lism (?), n. [Gr. (Opt.) See Fluorescence. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.

Epipolized

E*pip"o*lized (?), a. Changed to the epipolic condition, or that in which the phenomenon of fluorescence is presented; produced by fluorescence; as, epipolized light. [R.] Stokes.

Epipteric

Ep`ip*ter"ic (?), a. [Pref. epi- + Gr. (Anat.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. -- n. The epipteric bone.

Epipterygoid

Ep`ip*ter"y*goid (?), a. [Pref. epi- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. -- n. An epipterygoid bone or cartilage; the columella in the skulls of many lizards.

Epipubic

Ep`i*pu"bic (?), a. Relating to the epipubis.

Epipubis

Ep`i*pu"bis (?), n.; pl. Epipubes (#). [NL., epi- + pubis.] (Anat.) A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.

Episcopacy

E*pis"co*pa*cy (?), n. [See Episcopate.] Government of the church by bishops; church government by three distinct orders of ministers -- bishops, priests, and deacons -- of whom the bishops have an authority superior and of a different kind.

Episcopal

E*pis"co*pal (?), a. [L. episcopalis, fr. episcopus: cf. F. \'82piscopal. See Bishop.]

1. Governed by bishops; as, an episcopal church.

2. Belonging to, or vested in, bishops; as, episcopal jurisdiction or authority; the episcopal system.

Episcopalian

E*pis`co*pa"li*an (?), a. Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; episcopal; specifically, of or relating to the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Episcopalian

E*pis`co*pa"li*an, n. One who belongs to an episcopal church, or adheres to the episcopal form of church government and discipline; a churchman; specifically, in the United States, a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Episcopalianism

E*pis`co*pa"li*an*ism (?), n. The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.

Episcopally

E*pis"co*pal*ly (?), adv. By episcopal authority; in an episcopal manner.

Episcopant

E*pis"co*pant (?), n. A bishop. [Obs.] Milton.

Episcoparian

E*pis`co*pa"ri*an (?), a. Episcopal. [R.] Wood.

Episcopate

E*pis"co*pate (?), n. [L. episcopatus, fr. episcopus: cf. F. \'82piscopat. See Bishop.]

1. A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

2. The collective body of bishops.

3. The time of a bishop's rule.

Episcopate

E*pis"co*pate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Episcopated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Episcopating.] To act as a bishop; to fill the office of a prelate. [Obs.]
Feeding the flock episcopating. Milton.

Episcopicide

E*pis"co*pi*cide (?), n. [L. episcopus bishop + caedere to kill.] The killing of a bishop.

Episcopize

E*pis"co*pize (?), v. t. To make a bishop of by consecration. Southey.

Episcopize

E*pis"co*pize, v. i. To perform the duties of a bishop.

Episcopy

E*pis"co*py (?), n. [Gr. Bishop.]

1. Survey; superintendence. [Obs.] Milton.

2. Episcopacy. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Episepalous

Ep`i*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. epi- + sepal.] (Bot.) Growing on the sepals or adnate to them.

Episkeletal

Ep`i*skel"e*tal (?), a. [Pref. epi- + skeleletal.] (Anat.) Above or outside of the endoskeleton; epaxial.

Episodal

Ep`i*so"dal (?), a. Same as Episodic.

Episode

Ep"i*sode (?), n. [Gr. sad to go: cf. F. \'82pisode.] (Rhet.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.

Episodial

Ep`i*so"di*al (?), a. Pertaining to an episode; by way of episode; episodic.

Episodic, Episodical

Ep`i*so"dic (?), Ep`i*so"dic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82pisodique. See Episode.] Of or pertaining to an episode; adventitious. -- Ep`i*so"dic*al*ly, adv.
Such a figure as Jacob Brattle, purely episodical though it be, is an excellent English portrait. H. James.

Epispadias

Ep`i*spa"di*as (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

Epispastic

Ep"i*spas"tic (?), a. [Gr. \'82pispastique.] (Med.) Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.

Epispastic

Ep"i*spas"tic, n. (Med.) An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory.

Episperm

Ep"i*sperm (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. \'82pisperme.] (Bot.) The skin or coat of a seed, especially the outer coat. See Testa.

Epispermic

Ep`i*sper"mic (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining, or belonging, to the episperm, or covering of a seed.

Epispore

Ep"i*spore (?), n. [Pref. epi- + spore.] (Bot.) The thickish outer coat of certain spores.

Epistaxis

Ep`i*stax"is (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Bleeding at the nose.

Epistemology

E*pis`te*mol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Episternal

Ep`i*ster"nal (?), a. (Anat. & Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the episternum.

Episternum

Ep`i*ster"num (?), n.; pl. Episterna (#). [NL. See Epi-, and Sternum.]

1. (Anat.) (a) A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle. (b) Same as Epiplastron.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Epistilbite

Ep`i*stil"bite (?), n. [Pref. epi- + stilbite.] (Min.) A crystallized, transparent mineral of the Zeolite family. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Epistle

E*pis"tle (?), n. [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. epistle, epistre, F. \'82p\'8ctre. See Stall.]

1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.

A madman's epistles are no gospels. Shak.

2. (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.

One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. R. Browning.

Epistle

E*pis"tle, v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] Milton.

Epistler

E*pis"tler (?), n.

1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.

2. (Eccl.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

Epistolar

E*pis"to*lar (?), a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More.

Epistolary

E*pis"to*la*ry (?), a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. \'82pistolaire.]

1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.


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2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary correspondence." Addison.

Epistolean

Ep`is*to"le*an (?), n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.

Epistoler

E*pis"to*ler (?), n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

Epistolet

E*pis"to*let (?), n. A little epistle. Lamb.

Epistolic, Epistolical

Ep`is*tol"ic (?), Ep`is*tol"ic*al (?), a. [L. epistolicus, Gr. Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

Epistolize

E*pis"to*lize (?), v. i. To write epistles.

Epistolizer

E*pis"to*li`zer (?), n. A writer of epistles.

Epistolographic

E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic (?), a. [Gr. \'82pistolographique.] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary. Epistolographic character ∨ mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.

Epistolography

E*pis`to*log"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. \'82pistolographie.] The art or practice of writing epistles.

Epistoma, Epistome

E*pis"to*ma (?), Ep"i*stome (?), n. [NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The region between the antenn\'91 and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.

Epistrophe

E*pis"tro*phe (?), n. [L., from Gr. (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I." 2 Cor. xi. 22.

Epistyle

Ep"i*style (?), n. [L. epistylium, Gr. \'82pistyle.] (Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.

Episyllogism

Ep`i*syl"lo*gism (?), n. [Pref. epi- + syllogism.] (Logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.

Epitaph

Ep"i*taph (?), n. [F. \'82pitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. Cenotaph.]

1. An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.

Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak.

2. A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."

Epitaph

Ep"i*taph, v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [R.]
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey.

Epitaph

Ep"i*taph, v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [R.]
The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . "He lived as a wolf and died as a dog." Bp. Hall.

Epitapher

Ep"i*taph`er (?), n. A writer of epitaphs. Nash.

Epitaphial, Epitaphian

Ep`i*taph"i*al (?), Ep`i*taph"i*an (?), a. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph.
The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. Milton.
Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. Lowell.

Epitaphic

Ep`i*taph"ic (?), a. Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. -- n. An epitaph. Udall.

Epitaphist

Ep"i*taph`ist (?), n. An epitapher.

Epitasis

E*pit"a*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. That part which embraces the main action of a play, poem, and the like, and leads on to the catastrophe; -- opposed to protasis.

2. (Med.) The period of violence in a fever or disease; paroxysm. Dunglison.

Epithalamic

Ep`i*tha*lam"ic (?), a. Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium.

Epithalamium

Ep`i*tha*la"mi*um (?), n.; pl. Epithalamiums (#), L. Epithalamia (#). [L., fr. Gr. A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom.
The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. B. Jonson.

Epithalamy

Ep`i*thal"a*my (?), n.; pl. Epithalamies (. Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.

Epitheca

Ep`i*the"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.

Epithelial

Ep`i*the"li*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to epithelium; as, epithelial cells; epithelial cancer.

Epithelioid

Ep`i*the"li*oid (?), a. [Epithelium + -oid.] (Anat.) Like epithelium; as, epithelioid cells.

Epithelioma

Ep`i*the`li*o"ma (?), n. [NL. See Epithelium, and -oma.] (Med.) A malignant growth containing epithelial cells; -- called also epithelial cancer.

Epithelium

Ep`i*the"li*um (?), n.; pl. E. Epitheliums (#), L. Epithelia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymphatics, serous cavities, etc. It often includes the epidermis (i. e., keratin-producing epithelial cells), and it is sometimes restricted to the alimentary canal, the glands and their appendages, -- the term endothelium being applied to the lining membrane of the blood vessels, lymphatics, and serous cavities.

Epitheloid

Ep`i*the"loid (?), a. (Anat.) Epithelioid.

Epithem

Ep"i*them (?), n. [L. epithema, Gr. \'82pith\'8ame. See Epithet.] (Med.) Any external topical application to the body, except ointments and plasters, as a poultice, lotion, etc.

Epithema

Ep`i*the"ma (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

Epithesis

E*pith"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. The addition of a letter at the end of a word, without changing its sense; as, numb for num, whilst for whiles.

Epithet

Ep"i*thet (?), n. [L. epitheton, Gr. \'82pith\'8ate. See Do.]

1. An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.

A prince [Henry III.] to whom the epithet "worthless" seems best applicable. Hallam.

2. Term; expression; phrase. "Stiffed with epithets of war." Shak. Syn. -- Epithet, Title. The name epithet was formerly extended to nouns which give a title or describe character (as the "epithet of liar"), but is now confined wholly to adjectives. Some rhetoricians, as Whately, restrict it still further, considering the term epithet as belonging only to a limited class of adjectives, viz., those which add nothing to the sense of their noun, but simply hold forth some quality necessarily implied therein; as, the bright sun, the lofty heavens, etc. But this restriction does not prevail in general literature. Epithet is sometimes confounded with application, which is always a noun or its equivalent.

Epithet

Ep"i*thet, v. t. To describe by an epithet. [R.]
Never was a town better epitheted. Sir H. Wotton.

Epithetic, Epithetical

Ep`i*thet"ic (?), Ep`i*thet"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to, or abounding with, epithets. "In epithetic measured prose." Lloyd.

Epithite

Ep"i*thite (?), n. [Gr. A lazy, worthless fellow; a vagrant. [Obs.] Mason.

Epithumetic

Ep`i*thu*met"ic (?), a. Epithumetical. [Obs.]

Epithumetical

Ep`i*thu*met"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne.

Epitithides

Ep`i*tith"i*des (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Epithet.] (Arch.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature.

Epitomator

E*pit"o*ma`tor (?), n. [LL.] An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton.

Epitome

E*pit"o*me (?), n.; pl. Epitomes (#). [L., fr. Gr. \'82pitome. See Tome.]

1. A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

[An] epitome of the contents of a very large book. Sydney Smith.

2. A compact or condensed representation of anything.

An epitome of English fashionable life. Carlyle.
A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome. Dryden.
Syn. -- Abridgement; compendium; compend; abstract; synopsis; abbreviature. See Abridgment.

Epitomist

E*pit"o*mist (?), n. One who makes an epitome; one who abridges; an epitomizer. Milton.

Epitomize

E*pit"o*mize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Epitomized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Epitomizing.]

1. To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

2. To diminish, as by cutting off something; to curtail; as, to epitomize words. [Obs.] Addison.

Epitomizer

E*pit"o*mi`zer (?), n. An epitomist. Burton.

Epitrite

Ep"i*trite (?), n. [Gr. i. e., , or in the ratio of 4 to 3); epitritos, F. \'82pitrite.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable. &hand; It is so called from being compounded of a spondee (which contains 4 times) with an iambus or a trochee (which contains 3 times). It is called 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th epitrite according as the short syllable stands 1st, 2d, etc.

Epitrochlea

Ep`i*troch"le*a (?), n. [NL. See Epi-, and Trochlea.] (Anat.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle.

Epitrochlear

Ep`i*troch"le*ar (?), a. Relating to the epitrochlea.

Epitrochoid

Ep`i*tro"choid (?), n. [Pref. epi- + Gr. -oid.] (Geom.) A kind of curve. See Epicycloid, any Trochoid.

Epitrope

E*pit"ro*pe (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still."

Epizeuxis

Ep`i*zeux"is (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -
Alone, alone, all all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea. Coleridge.

Epozoan

Ep`o*zo"an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An epizo\'94n.

Epozoic

Ep`o*zo"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.

Epizo\'94n

Ep`i*zo"\'94n (?), n.; pl. Epizoa (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozo\'94n. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.

Epizo\'94tic

Ep`i*zo*\'94t"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82pizo\'94tique.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to an epizo\'94n.

2. (Geol.) Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [Obs.]

Epizo\'94tic mountains are of secondary formation. Kirwan.

3. Of the nature of a disease which attacks many animals at the same time; -- corresponding to epidemic diseases among men.

Epizo\'94ty, Epizo\'94tic

Ep`i*zo"\'94*ty (?), Ep`i*zo*\'94t"ic (?), n. [F. \'82pizo\'94tie.] An epizo\'94tic disease; a murrain; an epidemic influenza among horses.

Epoch

Ep"och (?; 277), n. [LL. epocha, Gr. sah to overpower, Goth. sigis victory, AS. sigor, sige, G. sieg: cf. F. \'82poque. See Scheme.]

1. A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era.

In divers ages, . . . divers epochs of time were used. Usher.
Great epochs and crises in the kingdom of God. Trench.
The acquittal of the bishops was not the only event which makes the 30th of June, 1688, a great epoch in history. Macaulay.
&hand; Epochs mark the beginning of new historical periods, and dates are often numbered from them.

2. A period of time, longer or shorter, remarkable for events of great subsequent influence; a memorable period; as, the epoch of maritime discovery, or of the Reformation. "So vast an epoch of time." F. Harrison.

The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history. A. W. Ward.

3. (Geol.) A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.

The long geological epoch which stored up the vast coal measures. J. C. Shairp.

4. (Astron.) (a) The date at which a planet or comet has a longitude or position. (b) An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, are given; as, the epoch of Mars; lunar elements for the epoch March 1st, 1860. Syn. -- Era; time; date; period; age. -- Epoch, Era. We speak of the era of the Reformation, when we think of it as a period, during which a new order of things prevailed; so also, the era of good feeling, etc. Had we been thinking of the time as marked by certain great events, or as a period in which great results were effected, we should have called the times when these events happened epochs, and the whole period an epoch.

The capture of Constantinople is an epoch in the history of Mahometanism; but the flight of Mahomet is its era. C. J. Smith.

Epocha

Ep"o*cha (?), n. [L.] See Epoch. J. Adams.

Epochal

Ep"o*chal (?), a. Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. "Epochal points." Shedd.

Epode

Ep"ode (?), n. [L. epodos, Gr. \'82pode. See Ode.] (Poet.) (a) The after song; the part of a lyric ode which follows the strophe and antistrophe, -- the ancient ode being divided into strophe, antistrophe, and epode. (b) A species of lyric poem, invented by Archilochus, in which a longer verse is followed by a shorter one; as, the Epodes of Horace. It does not include the elegiac distich.

Epodic

E*pod"ic (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to, or resembling, an epode.

Eponym, Eponyme

Ep"o*nym, Ep"o*nyme (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82ponyme. See Eponymous.]

1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes.

2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.

Eponymic

Ep`o*nym"ic (?), a. Same as Eponymous.
Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Eponymist

E*pon"y*mist (?), n. One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.

Eponymous

E*pon"y*mous (?), a. [Gr. Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.
What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions? Grote.

Eponymy

E*pon"y*my (?), n. [Gr. The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

Epo\'94phoron

Ep`o*\'94ph"o*ron (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Anat.) See Parovarium.

Epopee, Epop Ep"o*pee` (?), Ep`o*p (?), n. [F. \'82pop\'82e, Gr. Epos.] An epic poem; epic poetry.

Epopt

Ep"opt (?), n. [Gr. One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system. Carlyle.

Epos

Ep"os (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. An epic.

Epotation

Ep`o*ta"tion (?), n. [L. epotare, epotatum, to drink; e out + potare to drink.] A drinking up; a quaffing. [Obs.] Feltham.

(?), n. [F.] (Gun.) An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.

Epsomite

Ep"som*ite (?), n. Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.

Epsom salts ∨ salt

Ep"som salts`salt` (?). (Med.) Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; -- originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, -- whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.
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Epulary

Ep"u*la*ry (?), a. [L. epularis, fr. epulum a feast: cf. F. \'82pulaire.] Of or pertaining to a feast or banquet. [Obs.] Smart.

Epulation

Ep`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. epulatio.] A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Epulis

E*pu"lis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A hard tumor developed from the gums.

Epulose

Ep"u*lose` (?), a. [L. epulum a feast.] Feasting to excess. [Obs.]

Epulosity

Ep`u*los"i*ty (?), n. A feasting to excess. [Obs.]

Epulotic

Ep`u*lot"ic (?), a. [Gr. Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment. -- n. An epulotic agent.

Epuration

Ep`u*ra"tion (?), n. [L. e out, quite + purare to purify, purus pure.] Purification.

(?), n. [F.] (Fine Arts) A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.

Equability

E`qua*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable.] The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind.
For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray.

Equable

E"qua*ble (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.]

1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.

Equableness

E"qua*ble*ness, n. Quality or state of being equable.

Equably

E"qua*bly, adv. In an equable manner.

Equal

E"qual (?), a. [L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to Skr. , and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one.]

1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.

2. Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.

The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English. Clarendon.
It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit. Dryden.
Whose voice an equal messenger Conveyed thy meaning mild. Emerson.

3. Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. "An equal temper." Dryden.

4. Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

Are not my ways equal? Ezek. xviii. 29.
Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem. Spenser.
Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise. Milton.

5. Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.

They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me. Cheyne.

6. (Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. [R.]

7. (Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity. Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament. Syn. -- Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable.

Equal

E"qual, n.

1. One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal."

Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. Addison.

2. State of being equal; equality. [Obs.] Spenser.

Equal

E"qual, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equaled (?) or Equalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Equaling or Equalling.]

1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen

On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. Shak.

2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love. Dryden.

3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.

He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible. Berkeley.

Equalitarian

E*qual`i*ta"ri*an (?), n. One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.

Equality

E*qual"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Equalities (#). [L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See Equal.]

1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.

A footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.

2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under Confessional.

Equalization

E`qual*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke.

Equalize

E"qual*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equalizing (?).] [Cf. F. \'82galiser.]

1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes.

One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth.
No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers. Whately.

2. To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.

Which we equalize, and perhaps would willingly prefer to the Iliad. Orrery.

3. To be equal to; equal; to match. [Obs.]

It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller.
Equalizing bar (Railroad Mach.), a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.

Equalizer

E"qual*i`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, equalizes anything.

Equally

E"qual*ly, adv. In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.

Equalness

E"qual*ness, n. Equality; evenness. Shak.

Equangular

E*quan"gu*lar (?), a. [See Equiangular.] Having equal angles; equiangular. [R.] Johnson.

Equanimity

E`qua*nim"i*ty (?), n. [L. aequanimitas, fr. aequanimus: cf. F. \'82quanimit\'82. See Equanimous.] Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.

Equanimous

E*quan"i*mous (?), a. [L. aequanimus, fr. aequus equal + animus mind.] Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden.

Equant

E"quant (?), n. [L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. \'82quant. See Equate.] (Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

Equate

E*quate" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.] To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.
Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ).
Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent. -- Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.

Equation

E*qua"tion (?), n. [L. aequatio an equalizing: cf. F. \'82quation equation. See Equate.]

1. A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.

Again the golden day resumed its right, And ruled in just equation with the night. Rowe.

2. (Math.) An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc.

3. (Astron.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion. Absolute equation. See under Absolute. -- Equation box, ∨ Equational box, a system of differential gearing used in spinning machines for regulating the twist of the yarn. It resembles gearing used in equation clocks for showing apparent time. -- Equation of the center (Astron.), the difference between the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse. -- Equations of condition (Math.), equations formed for deducing the true values of certain quantities from others on which they depend, when different sets of the latter, as given by observation, would yield different values of the quantities sought, and the number of equations that may be found is greater than the number of unknown quantities. -- Equation of a curve (Math.), an equation which expresses the relation between the co\'94rdinates of every point in the curve. -- Equation of equinoxes (Astron.), the difference between the mean and apparent places of the equinox. -- Equation of payments (Arith.), the process of finding the mean time of payment of several sums due at different times. -- Equation of time (Astron.), the difference between mean and apparent time, or between the time of day indicated by the sun, and that by a perfect clock going uniformly all the year round. -- Equation clock ∨ watch, a timepiece made to exhibit the differences between mean solar and apparent solar time. Knight. -- Normal equation. See under Normal. -- Personal equation (Astron.), the difference between an observed result and the true qualities or peculiarities in the observer; particularly the difference, in an average of a large number of observation, between the instant when an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star, and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or, relatively, the difference between these instants as noted by two observers. It is usually only a fraction of a second; -- sometimes applied loosely to differences of judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities of individuals. -- Theory of equations (Math.), the branch of algebra that treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of any degree containing one unknown quantity.

Equator

E*qua"tor (?), n. [L. aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. \'82quateur equator. See Equate.]

1. (Geog.) The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres.

2. (Astron.) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; -- so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc., the equinoctial line. Equator of the sun ∨ of a planet (Astron.), the great circle whose plane passes through through the center of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution. -- Magnetic equator. See Aclinic.

Equatorial

E`qua*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82quatorial.] Of or pertaining to the equator; as, equatorial climates; also, pertaining to an equatorial instrument.

Equatorial

E`qua*to"ri*al, n. (Astron.) An instrument consisting of a telescope so mounted as to have two axes of motion at right angles to each other, one of them parallel to the axis of the earth, and each carrying a graduated circle, the one for measuring declination, and the other right ascension, or the hour angle, so that the telescope may be directed, even in the daytime, to any star or other object whose right ascension and declination are known. The motion in right ascension is sometimes communicated by clockwork, so as to keep the object constantly in the field of the telescope. Called also an equatorial telescope. &hand; The term equatorial, or equatorial instrument, is sometimes applied to any astronomical instrument which has its principal axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the earth. <-- contrasted with altazimuthal movement of a telescope. -->

Equatorially

E`qua*to"ri*al*ly, adv. So as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.

Equerry

Eq"uer*ry (?; 277), n.; pl. Equerries (#). [F. \'82curie stable, for older escurie, escuirie (confused somewhat with F. \'82cuyer, OF. escuyer, squire), LL. scuria, OHG. skiura, sc, barn, shed, G. scheuer, from a root meaning to cover, protect, and akin to L. scutum shield. See Esquire, and cf. Ecurie, Querry.]

1. A large stable or lodge for horses. Johnson.

2. An officer of princes or nobles, charged with the care of their horses. &hand; In England equerries are officers of the royal household in the department of the Master of the Horse.

Equery

Eq"ue*ry (?), n. Same as Equerry.

Equestrian

E*ques"tri*an (?), a. [L. equester, from eques horseman, fr. equus horse: cf. F. \'82questre. See Equine.]

1. Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games.

2. Being or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue.

An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains. Spectator.

3. Belonging to, or composed of, the ancient Roman equities or knights; as, the equestrian order. Burke.

Equestrian

E*ques"tri*an, n. One who rides on horseback; a horseman; a rider.

Equestrianism

E*ques"tri*an*ism (?), n. The art of riding on horseback; performance on horseback; horsemanship; as, feats equestrianism.

Equestrienne

E*ques"tri*enne` (?), n. [Formed after analogy of the French language.] A woman skilled in equestrianism; a horsewoman.

Equi-

E"qui- (?). [L. aequus equal. See Equal.] A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular.

Equiangled

E"qui*an`gled (?), a. [Equi- + angle.] Equiangular. [Obs.] Boyle.

Equiangular

E`qui*an"gu*lar (?), a. [Equi- + angular. Cf. Equangular.] Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular. Equiangular spiral. (Math.) See under Spiral, n. -- Mutually equiangular, applied to two figures, when every angle of the one has its equal among the angles of the other.

Equibalance

E`qui*bal"ance (?), n. [Equi- + balance.] Equal weight; equiponderance.

Equibalance

E`qui*bal"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equibalanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equibalancing (?).] To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate.

Equicrescent

E`qui*cres"cent (?), a. [Equi- + crescent.] (Math.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable.

Equicrural

E`qui*cru"ral (?), a. [L. aequicrurius; aequus equal + crus, cruris, leg.] Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. [R.] "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne.

Equicrure

E"qui*crure (?), a. Equicrural. [Obs.]

Equidifferent

E`qui*dif"fer*ent (?), a. [Equi- + different: cf. F. \'82quidiff\'82rent.] Having equal differences; as, the terms of arithmetical progression are equidifferent.

Equidistance

E`qui*dis"tance (?), n. Equal distance.

Equidistant

E`qui*dis"tant (?), a. [L. aequidistans, -antis; aequus equal + distans distant: cf. F. \'82quidistant.] Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing. -- E`qui*dis"tant*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne.

Equidiurnal

E`qui*di*ur"nal (?), a. [Equi- + diurnal.] Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line. Whewell.

Equiform

E"qui*form (?), a. [L. aequiformis; aequus equal + forma form.] Having the same form; uniform. -- E`qui*for"mi*ty (#), n. Sir T. Browne.

Equilateral

E`qui*lat"er*al (?), a. [L. aequilateralis; aequus equal + latus, lateris, side: cf. F. \'82quilat\'82ral.] Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon. Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), one whose axes are equal. -- Equilateral shell (Zo\'94l.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. -- Mutually equilateral, applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides of the other.

Equilateral

E`qui*lat"er*al, n. A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.

Equilibrate

E`qui*li"brate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equilibrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equilibrating (?).] [L. aequilibratus in equilibrium; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equilibrium.] To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser. \'3c-- p. 505 --\'3e

Equilibration

E`qui*li*bra"tion (?), n.

1. Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.

In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed. J. Denham.

2. (Biol.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance. H. Spenser.

Equilibrious

E`qui*lib"ri*ous (?), a. Evenly poised; balanced. Dr. H. More. -- E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly, adv.

Equilibrist

E*quil"i*brist (?), n. One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.
When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.

Equilibrity

E`qui*lib"ri*ty (?), n. [L. aequilibritas equal distribution. See Equilibrium.] The state of being balanced; equality of weight. [R.] J. Gregory.

Equilibrium

E`qui*lib"ri*um (?), n.; pl. E. Equilibriums (#), L. Equilibria (#). [L. aequilibrium, fr. aequilibris in equilibrium, level; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equal, and Librate.]

1. Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

2. A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.

Health consists in the equilibrium between those two powers. Arbuthnot.

3. A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt. Equilibrium valve (Steam Engine), a balanced valve. See under Valve.

Equimomental

E`qui*mo*men"tal (?), a. [Equi- + momental.] (Mech.) Having equal moments of inertia. &hand; Two bodies or systems of bodies are said to be equimomental when their moments of inertia about all straight lines are equal each to each. Equimomental cone of a given rigid body, a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same.

Equimultiple

E`qui*mul"ti*ple (?), a. [Equi- + multiple: cf. F. \'82quimultiple.] Multiplied by the same number or quantity.

Equimultiple

E`qui*mul"ti*ple, n. (Math.) One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.

Equinal

E*qui"nal (?), a. See Equine. "An equinal shape." Heywood.

Equine

E"quine (?), a. [L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. a, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow.

Equinia

E*quin"i*a (?), n. [NL. See Equine.] (Med.) Glanders.

Equinoctial

E`qui*noc"tial (?), a. [L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. \'82quinoxial. See Equinox.]

1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.

2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.

3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world. Equinoctial colure (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points. -- Equinoctial line (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See Equator.

Thrice the equinoctial line He circled. Milton.
- Equinoctial points (Astron.), the two points where the celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point of Libra. -- Equinoctial time (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point.

Equinoctial

E`qui*noc"tial, n. The equinoctial line.

Equinoctially

E`qui*noc"tial*ly, adv. Towards the equinox.

Equinox

E"qui*nox (?), n. [OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L. aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F. \'82quinoxe. See Equal, and Night.]

1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.

When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Stormwind of the equinox. Longfellow.

2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [R.] Dryden.

Equinumerant

E`qui*nu"mer*ant (?), a. [Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr. of numerare to number.] Equal as to number. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

Equip

E*quip" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equipping.] [F. \'82quiper to supply, fit out, orig. said of a ship, OF. esquiper to embark; of German origin; cf. OHG. scif, G. schiff, Icel. skip, AS. scip. See Ship.]

1. To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops. Dryden.

Gave orders for equipping a considerable fleet. Ludlow.

2. To dress up; to array; accouter.

The country are led astray in following the town, and equipped in a ridiculous habit, when they fancy themselves in the height of the mode. Addison.

Equipage

Eq"ui*page (?; 48), n. [F. \'82quipage, fr. \'82quiper. See Equip.]

1. Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.

Did their exercises on horseback with noble equipage. Evelyn.
First strip off all her equipage of Pride. Pope.

2. Retinue; train; suite. Swift.

3. A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.

The rumbling equipages of fashion . . . were unknown in the settlement of New Amsterdam. W. Irving.

Equipaged

Eq"ui*paged (?), a. Furnished with equipage.
Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cowper.

Equiparable

E*quip"a*ra*ble (?) a. [L. aequiparabilis.] Comparable. [Obs. or R.]

Equiparate

E*quip"a*rate (?) v. t. [L. aequiparatus, p. p. of aequiparare.] To compare. [R.]

Equipedal

E*quip"e*dal (?), a. [Equi- + L. pes, pedis, foot.] (Zo\'94l.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.

Equipendency

E`qui*pend"en*cy (?), n. [Equi- + pendency.] The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. South.

Equipensate

E`qui*pen"sate (?), v. t. [Equi- + pensatus, p. p. of pensare to weigh. Cf. Equipoise.] To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]

Equipment

E*quip"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82quipement. See Equip.]

1. The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. Burke.

The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. Hume.

2. Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.

Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. Longfellow.

Equipoise

E"qui*poise (?), n. [Equi- + poise.]

1. Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces.

The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. Burke.
Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires. Longfellow.

2. Counterpoise.

The equipoise to the clergy being removed. Buckle.

Equipollence, Equipollency

E`qui*pol"lence (?), E`qui*pol"len*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82quipollence. See Equipollent.]

1. Equality of power, force, signification, or application. Boyle.

2. (Logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.

Equipollent

E`qui*pol"lent (?), a. [L. aequipollens; aequus equal + pollens, -entis, p. pr. of pollere to be strong, able: cf. F. \'82quipollent.]

1. Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon.

2. (Logic) Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.

Equipollently

E`qui*pol"lent*ly, adv. With equal power. Barrow.

Equiponderance, Equiponderancy

E`qui*pon"der*ance (?), E`qui*pon"der*an*cy (?), n. [Equi- + ponderance: cf. F. \'82quipond\'82rance.] Equality of weight; equipoise.

Equiponderant

E`qui*pon"der*ant (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82quipond\'82rant.] Being of the same weight.
A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. Locke.

Equiponderate

E`qui*pon"der*ate (?), v. i. [Equi- + L. ponderare to weigh. See Ponderate.] To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins.

Equiponderate

E`qui*pon"der*ate, v. t. To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. "More than equiponderated the declension in that direction." De Quincey.

Equiponderous

E`qui*pon"der*ous (?), a. [Equi- + L. pondus, ponderis, weight.] Having equal weight. Bailey.

Equipondious

E`qui*pon"di*ous (?), a. [L. aequipondium an equal weight; aequus equal + pondus weight.] Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Equipotential

E`qui*po*ten"tial (?), a. [Equi- + potential.] (Mech. & Physics) Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.

Equiradical

E`qui*rad"i*cal (?) a. [Equi- + radical.] Equally radical. [R.] Coleridge.

Equirotal

E`qui*ro"tal (?), a. [Equi- + L. rota wheel.] Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation. [R.]

Equisetaceous

E`qui*se*ta"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Equisetace\'91, or Horsetail family.

Equisetiform

E`qui*set"i*form (?), a. [Equisetum- + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form of the equisetum.

Equisetum

Eq`ui*se"tum (?), n.; pl. Equiseta (#). [L., the horsetail, fr. equus horse + seta a thick,, stiff hair, bristle.] (Bot.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails. &hand; The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one species (E. hyemale) is used for scouring and polishing, under the name of Dutch rush or scouring rush.

Equisonance

E*quis"o*nance (?), n. [Equi- + L. sonans, p. pr. of sonare to sound: cf. F. \'82quisonnance. See Sonant.] (Mus.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.

Equisonant

E*quis"o*nant (?) a. Of the same or like sound.

Equitable

Eq"ui*ta*ble (?), a. [F. \'82quitable, from \'82quit\'82. See Equity.]

1. Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.

No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. Macaulay.

2. (Law) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc. Abbott. Syn. -- Just; fair; reasonable; right; honest; impartial; candid; upright.

Equitableness

Eq"ui*ta*ble*ness, n. The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.

Equitably

Eq"ui*ta*bly, adv. In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.

Equitancy

Eq"ui*tan*cy (?), n. [Cf. LL. equitantia. See Equitant.] Horsemanship.

Equitant

Eq"ui*tant (?), a. [L. equitans, -antis, p. pr. of equitare to ride, fr. eques horseman, fr. equus horse.]

1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.

2. (Bot.) Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.

Equitation

Eq`ui*ta"tion (?), n. [L. equitatio, fr. equitare: cf. F. \'82quitation.] A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.
The pretender to equitation mounted. W. Irving.

Equitemporaneous

E`qui*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. aequus equal + tempus, temporis, time.] Contemporaneous. [Obs.] Boyle.

Equites

Eq"ui*tes (?) n. pl [L., pl. of eques a horseman.] (Rom. Antiq.) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.

Equity

Eq"ui*ty (?), n.; pl. Equities (#). [F. \'82quit\'82, L. aequitas, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.]

1. Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.

Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotson.

2. (Law) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.

I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken. Kent.

3. (Law) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.

Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. Macaulay.
&hand; Equitable jurisprudence in England and in the United States grew up from the inadequacy of common-law forms to secure justice in all cases; and this led to distinct courts by which equity was applied in the way of injunctions, bills of discovery, bills for specified performance, and other processes by which the merits of a case could be reached more summarily or more effectively than by common-law suits. By the recent English Judicature Act (1873), however, the English judges are bound to give effect, in common-law suits, to all equitable rights and remedies; and when the rules of equity and of common law, in any particular case, conflict, the rules of equity are to prevail. In many jurisdictions in the United States, equity and common law are thus blended; in others distinct equity tribunals are still maintained. See Chancery. Equity of redemption (Law), the advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the nonpayment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time. Blackstone. Syn. -- Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness; honesty; uprightness. See Justice.

Equivalence

E*quiv"a*lence (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82quivalence, LL. aequivalentia.]

1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

2. Equal power or force; equivalent amount.

3. (Chem.) (a) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence. (b) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]

Equivalence

E*quiv"a*lence, v. t. To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Equivalency

E*quiv"a*len*cy (?), n. Same as Equivalence.

Equivalent

E*quiv"a*lent (?), a. [L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr. of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, be worth: cf. F. \'82quivalent. See Equal, and Valiant.]

1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. South.

2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.


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3. (Geol.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.

Equivalent

E*quiv"a*lent (?), n.

1. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.

He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse. Macaulay.

2. (Chem.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.<-- = equivalent weight. --> &hand; This term was adopted by Wollaston to avoid using the conjectural expression atomic weight, with which, however, for a time it was practically synonymous. The attempt to limit the term to the meaning of a universally comparative combining weight failed, because of the possibility of several compounds of the substances by reason of the variation in combining power which most elements exhibit. The equivalent was really identical with, or a multiple of submultiple of, the atomic weight.

3. (Chem.) A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base. Mechanical equivalent of heat (Physics), the number of units of work which the unit of heat can perform; the mechanical energy which must be expended to raise the temperature of a unit weight of water from 0° C. to 1° C., or from 32° F. to 33° F. The term was introduced by Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn. Its value was found by Joule to be 1390 foot pounds upon the Centigrade, or 772 foot pounds upon the Fahrenheit, thermometric scale, whence it is often called Joule's equivalent, and represented by the symbol J. This is equal to 424 kilogram meters (Centigrade scale). A more recent determination by Professor Rowland gives the value 426.9 kilogram meters, for the latitude of Baltimore.

Equivalent

E*quiv"a*lent, v. t. To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]

Equivalently

E*quiv"a*lent*ly, adv. In an equal manner.

Equivalue

E`qui*val"ue (?), v. t. To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing. W. Taylor.

Equivalve, Equivalved

E"qui*valve (?), E"qui*valved (?), a. [Equi- + valve.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.

Equivalvular

E`qui*val"vu*lar (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.

Equivocacy

E*quiv"o*ca*cy (?), n. Equivocalness.

Equivocal

E*quiv"o*cal (?), a. [L. aequivocus: aequus equal + vox, vocis, word. See Equal, and Voice, and cf. Equivoque.]

1. (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.

For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned eyes. Jeffrey.

2. Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal. "Equivocal repentances." Milton.

3. Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful. "How equivocal a test." Burke. Equivocal chord (Mus.), a chord which can be resolved into several distinct keys; one whose intervals, being all minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the diminished seventh. Syn. -- Ambiguous; doubtful; uncertain; indeterminate. -- Equivocal, Ambiguous. We call an expression ambiguous when it has one general meaning, and yet contains certain words which may be taken in two different senses; or certain clauses which can be so connected with other clauses as to divide the mind between different views of part of the meaning intended. We call an expression equivocal when, taken as a whole, it conveys a given thought with perfect clearness and propriety, and also another thought with equal propriety and clearness. Such were the responses often given by the Delphic oracle; as that to Crambiguous is a mere blunder of language; what is equivocal is usually intended to deceive, though it may occur at times from mere inadvertence. Equivocation is applied only to cases where there is a design to deceive.

Equivocal

E*quiv"o*cal, n. A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
In languages of great ductility, equivocals like that just referred to are rarely found. Fitzed. Hall.

Equivocally

E*quiv"o*cal*ly, adv. In an equivocal manner.

Equivocalness

E*quiv"o*cal*ness, n. The state of being equivocal.

Equivocate

E*quiv"o*cate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Equivocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Equivocating.] [L. aequivocatus, p. p. of aequivocari to be called by the same name, fr. L. aequivocus: cf. F. \'82quivoquer. See Equivocal, a.] To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn. -- To prevaricate; evade; shuffle; quibble. See Prevaricate.

Equivocate

E*quiv"o*cate (?), v. t. To render equivocal or ambiguous.
He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. Sir G. Buck.

Equivocation

E*quiv`o*ca"tion (?), n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. Locke.
Syn. -- Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling. See Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i.

Equivocator

E*quiv"o*ca`tor (?), n. One who equivocates.
Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. Shak.

Equivocatory

E*quiv"o*ca*to*ry (?), a. Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.

Equivoque, Equivoke

Eq"ui*voque, Eq"ui*voke (?), n. [F. \'82quivoque. See Equivocal.]

1. An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. Coleridge.

2. An equivocation; a guibble. B. Jonson.

Equivorous

E*quiv"o*rous (?), a. [L. equus horse + vorare to eat greedily.] Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.

Equus

E"quus (?), n. [L., horse.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.

-er

-er (?).

1. [AS. -ere; akin to L. -arius.] The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.

2. [AS. -ra; akin to G. -er, Icel. -are, -re, Goth. -iza, -, L. -ior, Gr. -\'c6yas.] A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.

Era

E"ra (?), n.; pl. Eras (#). [LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of aes, aeris, brass, money. See Ore.]

1. A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.

The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. R. S. Poole.

2. A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).

The first century of our era. M. Arnold.

3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.

Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. J. A. Symonds.
Syn. -- Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See Epoch.

Eradiate

E*ra"di*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eradiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradiating (?).] [Pref. e- + radiate.] To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. Dr. H. More.

Eradiation

E*ra`di*a"tion (?), n. Emission of radiance.

Eradicable

E*rad"i*ca*ble (?), a. Capable of being eradicated.

Eradicate

E*rad"i*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eradicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eradicating (?).] [L. eradicatus, p. p. of eradicare to eradicate; e out + radix, radicis, root. See Radical.]

1. To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.

2. To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.

This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment. Southey.
Syn. -- To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.

Eradication

E*rad`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. eradicatio: cf. F. \'82radication.]

1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.

2. The state of being plucked up by the roots.

Eradicative

E*rad"i*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. \'82radicatif.] Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.

Eradicative

E*rad"i*ca*tive, n. (Med.) A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.

Erasable

E*ras"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being erased.

Erase

E*rase" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased (#); p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]

1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.

2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. Burke.

Erased

E*rased" (?), p. pr. & a.

1. Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

2. (Her.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.

Erasement

E*rase"ment (?), n. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. Johnson.

Eraser

E*ras"er (?), n. One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

Erasion

E*ra"sion (?), n. The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.

Erastian

E*ras"tian (?; 106), n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State. Shipley.

Erastianism

E*ras"tian*ism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The principles of the Erastains.

Erasure

E*ra"sure (?; 135), n. [From Erase.] The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.

Erative

Er"a*tive (?), a. Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. Stormonth.

Erato

Er"a*to (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.

Erbium

Er"bi*um (?), n. [NL. from Ytterby, in Sweden, where gadolinite is found. Cf. Terbium, Yttrium, Ytterbium.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.

Ercedeken

Er`ce*de"ken (?), n. [OE., fr. pref. erce- = archi- + deken a deacon.] An archdeacon. [Obs.]

Erd

Erd (?), n. [OE. erd, eard, earth, land, country, AS. eard; akin to OS. ard dwelling place, OHG. art plowing, tillage, Icel. \'94r&edh; crop, and to L. arare to plow, E. ear to plow.] The earth. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Erd shrew (Zo\'94l.), the common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse.

Ere

Ere (?; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. , prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. , G. eher, D. eer, Icel. \'ber, Goth. air. &root;204. Cf. Early, Erst, Or, adv.]

1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]

Myself was stirring ere the break of day. Shak.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. Dryden.
Sir, come down ere my child die. John iv. 49.

2. Rather than.

I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her. Shak.
Ere long, before, shortly. Shak. -- Ere now, formerly, heretofore. Shak. -- Ere that, ∧ Or are. Same as Ere. Shak.

Ere

Ere (?), v. t. To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t. Chaucer.

Erebus

Er"e*bus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Greek Myth.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.

2. (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.

To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile. Shak.

Erect

E*rect" (?), a. [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]

1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. Milton.
Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. Gibbon.

2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. Pope.

3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart? Keble.

4. Watchful; alert.

Vigilant and erect attention of mind. Hooker.

5. (Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

6. (Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

Erect

E*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n. Erecting.]

1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.

3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

That didst his state above his hopes erect. Daniel.
I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. Dryden.

4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. Barrow.

5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. "To erect conclusions." Sir T. Browne. "Malebranche erects this proposition." Locke.

6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. "To erect a new commonwealth." Hooker. Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted. Syn. -- To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute; establish; found.

Erect

E*rect", v. i. To rise upright. [Obs.]
By wet, stalks do erect. Bacon.

Erectable

E*rect"a*ble (?) a. Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. Col. G. Montagu.

Erecter

E*rect"er (?), n. An erector; one who raises or builds.

Erectile

E*rect"ile (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82rectile.] Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated. Erectile tissue (Anat.), a tissue which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by the distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.

Erectility

E`rec*til"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being erectile.

Erection

E*rec"tion (?), n. [L. erectio: cf. F. \'82rection.]

1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.

Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. Sidney

3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

4. Anything erected; a building of any kind.

5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue. <-- p. 50- -->

Erective

> E*rect"ive (?), a. Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.

Erectly

> E*rect"ly, adv. In an erect manner or posture.

Erectness

> E*rect"ness, n. Uprightness of posture or form.

Erecto-patent

> E*rec"to-pat"ent (?), a.

1. (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.

Erector

> E*rec"tor (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, erects.

2. (Anat.) A muscle which raises any part.

3. (Physics) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.

Erelong

> Ere`long" (?; 115), adv. Before the ere long
.
A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him. Spenser.
The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep. Milton.

Eremacausis

> Er`e*ma*cau"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.

Eremitage

> Er"e*mit*age (?), n. See Hermitage.

Eremite

> Er"e*mite (?), n. [See Hermit.] A hermit.
Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite. Keats.

Eremitic, Eremitical

> Er`e*mit"ic (?), Er`e*mit"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in solitude. "An eremitical life in the woods." Fuller. "The eremitic instinct." Lowell.

Eremitish

> Er"e*mi`tish (?), a. Eremitic. Bp. Hall.

Eremitism

> Er"e*mit*ism (?), n. The state of a hermit; a living in seclusion from social life.

Eretation

> E`re*ta"tion (?), n. [L. erepere to creep out; e out + repere to creep.] A creeping forth. [Obs.]

Ereption

> E*rep"tion (?), n. [L. ereptio, fr. eripere to snatch away; e out + rapere to snatch.] A snatching away. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Erethism

> Er"e*thism (?), n. [Gr. \'82r\'82thisme.] (Med.) A morbid degree of excitement or irritation in an organ. Hoblyn.

Erethistic

> Er`e*this"tic (?), a. [Gr. Relating to erethism.

Erewhile, Erewhiles

> Ere`while" (?), Ere`whiles" (?), adv. Some time ago; a little while before; heretofore. [Archaic]
I am as fair now as I was erewhile. Shak.

Erf

> Erf (?), n.; pl. Erven (#). [D.] A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [Cape Colony]

Erg

> Erg (?), n. [Gr. (Physics) The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimeter; the amount of energy expended in moving a body one centimeter against a force of one dyne. One foot pound is equal to 13,560,000 ergs.

Ergat

> Er"gat (?), v. t. [L. ergo therefore.] To deduce logically, as conclusions. [Obs.] Hewyt.

Ergo

> Er"go (?), conj. ∨ adv. [L.] Therefore; consequently; -- often used in a jocular way. Shak.

Ergot

> Er"got (?), n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.]

1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.

2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.

3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3 (b).

Ergotic

> Er*got"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, ergot; as, ergotic acid.

Ergotin

> Er"go*tin (?), n. (Med.) An extract made from ergot.

Ergotine

> Er"go*tine (?). (Chem.) A powerful astringent alkaloid extracted from ergot as a brown, amorphous, bitter substance. It is used to produce contraction of the uterus.

Ergotism

> Er"go*tism (?), n. [F. ergotisme, fr. L. ergo.] A logical deduction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ergotism

> Er"got*ism (?), n. [From Ergot, n.; cf. F. ergotisme.] (Med.) A diseased condition produced by eating rye affected with the ergot fungus.

Ergotized

> Er"got*ized (?), a. Affected with the ergot fungus; as, ergotized rye.

Eriach, Eric

> Er"i*ach (?), Er"ic (?), n. [Ir. eiric.] (Old Irish Law) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person.

Erica

> E*ri"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. L. erice heath, Gr. (Bot.) A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

Ericaceous

> Er`i*ca"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Heath family, or resembling plants of that family; consisting of heats.

Ericinol

> E*ric"i*nol (?), n. [NL. ericaceae the Heath family + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

Ericius

> E*ri"ci*us (?), n. [L., a hedgehog.] The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip&omac;d, which in the "Authorized Version" is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine.
I will make it [Babylon] a possession for the ericius and pools of waters. Is. xiv. 23 (Douay version).

Ericolin

> E*ric"o*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in the bearberry (and others of the Ericace\'91), and extracted as a bitter, yellow, amorphous mass.

Eridanus

> E*rid"a*nus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Anat.) A long, winding constellation extending southward from Taurus and containing the bright star Achernar.

Erigible

> Er"i*gi*ble (?), a. [See Erect.] Capable of being erected. [Obs.]

Erin

> E"rin (?), n. [Ir. Cf. Aryan.] An early, and now a poetic, name of Ireland.

Erinaceous

> Er`i*na"ceous (?), a. [L. erinaceus hedgehog.] (Zo\'94l.) Of the Hedgehog family; like, or characteristic of, a hedgehog.

Eringo

> E*rin"go (?), n. The sea holly. See Eryngo.

Erinite

> Er"i*nite (?), n. (Min.) A hydrous arseniate of copper, of an emerald-green color; -- so called from Erin, or Ireland, where it occurs.

Erinys

> E*rin"ys (?), n.; pl. Erinyes (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [Written also Erinnys.]

Eriometer

> E`ri*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Opt.) An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.

Eristalis

> E*ris"ta*lis (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larv\'91) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

Eristic, Eristical

> E*ris"tic (?), E*ris"tic*al (?), a. [Gr. Controversial. [Archaic]
A specimen of admirable special pleading in the court of eristic logic. Coleridge.

Erke

> Erke (?), a. [Cf. Irk.] ASlothful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Erlking

> Erl"king` (?), n. [G. erlk\'94nig, fr. Dan. ellekonge elfking.] A personification, in German and Scandinavian mythology, of a spirit natural power supposed to work mischief and ruin, esp. to children.

Erme

> Erme (?), v. i. [OE. ermen, AS. yrman. Cf. Yearn.] To grieve; to feel sad. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ermelin, Ermilin

> Er"me*lin (?), Er"mi*lin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Ermine. Shenstone.

Ermin

> Er"min (?), n. [OF. Ermin, L. Armenius.] An Armenian. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ermine

> Er"mine (?), n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found also in Armenia.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.

2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.

3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. Chatham.

4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.) &hand; Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent. Ermine moth (Zo\'94l.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.

Ermine

> Er"mine, v. t. To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
The snows that have ermined it in the winter. Lowell.

Ermined

> Er"mined (?), a. Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. Pope.

Ermines, n., Erminois

> Er"mines (?), n., Er"min*ois (, n.
(Her.) See Note under Ermine, n., 4.

Ermit

> Er"mit (?), n. [See Hermit.] A hermit. [Obs.]

Ern, Erne

> Ern, Erne (?), n. [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. \'94rn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. Ornithology.] (Zo\'94l.) A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Hali\'91etus albicilla).

Ern

> Ern (?), v. i. [Cf. Erme.] To stir with strong emotion; to grieve; to mourn. [Corrupted into yearn in modern editions of Shakespeare.] [Obs.]

Ernest

> Er"nest (?), n. See Earnest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ernestful

> Er"nest*ful (?), a. [See Earnest, a.] Serious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Erode

> E*rode" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.] To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." Wiseman.
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. Am. Cyc.

Eroded

> E*rod"ed, p. p. & a.

1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.

Erodent

> E*rod"ent (?), n. [L. erodens, -entis, p. pr. of erodere. See Erode.] (Med.) A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

Erogate

> Er"o*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erogated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Erogating (?).] [L. erogatus, p. p. of erogare; e out + rogare to ask.] To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend. [Obs.]

Erogation

> Er`o*ga"tion (?), n. [L. erogatio.] The act of giving out or bestowing. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Eros

> E"ros (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Greek Myth.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

Erose

> E*rose" (?), a. [L. erosus, p. p. See Erode.]

1. Irregular or uneven as if eaten or worn away.

2. (Bot.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed. -- E*rose"ly, adv.

Erosion

> E*ro"sion (?), n. [L. erosio. See Erode.]

1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away.

2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

Erosive

> E*ro"sive (?), a. That erodes or gradually eats away; tending to erode; corrosive. Humble.

Erostrate

> E*ros"trate (?), a. [Pref. e- out + rostrate.] (Bot.) Without a beak.

Eroteme

> Er"o*teme (?), n. [Gr. A mark indicating a question; a note of interrogation.

Erotesis

> Er`o*te"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) A figure o
Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? Shak.

Erotic, Erotical

> E*rot"ic (?), E*rot"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. \'82rotique. See Eros.] Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.

Erotic

> E*rot"ic, n. An amorous composition or poem.

Eroticism

> E*rot"i*cism (?), n. Erotic quality.

Erpetologist

> Er`pe*tol"o*gist (?), n. Herpetologist.

Erpetology

> Er`pe*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Cf. F. erp\'82tologie.] (Zo\'94l.) Herpetology.

Err

> Err (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Erred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Erring (?; 277, 85).] [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, a\'a1rzjan to lead astray, airzise astray.]

1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] "Why wilt thou err from me?" Keble.

What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12).

2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." Shak.

3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. Tillotson.

4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

Do they not err that devise evil? Prov. xiv. 22.

5. To offend, as by erring.

Errable

> Er"ra*ble (?), a. Liable to error; fallible.

Errableness

> Er"ra*ble*ness, n. Liability to error. Dr. H. More.

Errabund

> Er"ra*bund (?), a. [L. errabundus.] Erratic. "Errabund guesses." Southey.

Errancy

> Er"ran*cy (?), n. [L. errantia.] A wandering; state of being in error.

Errand

> Er"rand (?), n. [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. \'91rende, \'91rend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, \'94rendi, erendi, Sw. \'84rende, Dan. \'91rende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. \'94rr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19.
I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33.
<-- 2. Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally. An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes. To run an errand. To perform an errand[2]. 3. A mission. -->

Errant

> Er"rant (?), a. [F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant.]

1. Wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or from a direct path; roving.

Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. Sir T. Browne.

2. Notorious; notoriously bad; downright; arrant.

Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson.

3. (Eng. Law) Journeying; itinerant; -- formerly applied to judges who went on circuit and to bailiffs at large. Mozley & W.

Errant

> Er"rant, n. One who wanders about. [Obs.] Fuller.

Errantia

> Er*ran"ti*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. errare to wander. See Err.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of ch\'91topod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Ch\'91topoda. [Written also Errantes.]

Errantry

> Er"rant*ry (?), n.

1. A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures. Addison.

2. The employment of a knight-errant. Johnson.

Errata

> Er*ra"ta (?), n. pl. [L.] See Erratum.

Erratic

> Er*rat"ic (?), a. [L. erraticus, fr. errare to wander: cf. F. erratique. See Err.]

1. Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.

The earth and each erratic world. Blackmore.

2. Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.

3. Irregular; changeable. "Erratic fever." Harvey. Erratic blocks, gravel, etc. (Geol.), masses of stone which have been transported from their original resting places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes. -- Erratic phenomena, the phenomena which relate to transported materials on the earth's surface.

Erratic

> Er*rat"ic, n.

1. One who deviates from common and accepted opinions; one who is eccentric or preserve in his intellectual character.


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2. A rogue. [Obs.] Cockeram.

3. (Geol.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder. &hand; In the plural the term is applied especially to the loose gravel and stones on the earth's surface, including what is called drift.

Erratical

Er*rat"ic*al (?), a. Erratic. -- Er*rat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Er*rat"ic*al*ness, n.

Erration

Er*ra"tion (?), n. [L. erratio. See Err.] A wandering; a roving about. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Erratum

Er*ra"tum (?), n.; pl. Errata (#). [L., fr. errare, erratum, to wander, err. See Err.] An error or mistake in writing or printing.
A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole passage. Cowper.

Erthine

Er"thine (?), n. [Gr. errhin.] (Med.) A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe. -- a. Causing or increasing secretion of nasal mucus.

Erroneous

Er*ro"ne*ous (?), a. [L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See Err.]

1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [Obs.] "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot.

Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman.

2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [Obs.]

An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. Jer. Taylor.

3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n.

Error

Er"ror (?), n. [OF. error, errur, F. erreur, L. error, fr. errare to err. See Err.]

1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. [Obs.]

The rest of his journey, his error by sea. B. Jonson.

2. A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.

3. A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.

Herror, though his candor remained unimpaired. Bancroft.

4. A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault. Ps. xix. 12.

5. (Math.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.

6. (Mensuration) (a) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity. (b) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.

7. (Law.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.

8. (Baseball) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. Law of error, ∨ Law of frequency of error (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity. -- Probable error. (Mensuration) See under Probable. -- Writ of error (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court. Bouvier. Burrill. Syn. -- Mistake; fault; blunder; failure; fallacy; delusion; hallucination; sin. See Blunder.

Errorful

Er"ror*ful (?), a. Full of error; wrong. Foxe.

Errorist

Er"ror*ist, n. One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.

Ers

Ers (?), n. [F., fr. L. ervum a kind of pulse, bitter vetch.] (Bot.) The bitter vetch (Ervum Ervilia).

Erse

Erse (?), n. [A modification of Irish, OE. Irishe.] A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.

Erse

Erse, a. Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.

Ersh

Ersh (?), n. See Arrish.

Erst

Erst (?), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS. . See Ere.] [Archaic]

1. First. Chaucer.

2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. Chaucer.

Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. A. W. Ward.
At erst, at first; at the beginning. -- Now at erst, at this present time. Chaucer.

Erstwhile

Erst`while" (?), adv. Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]

Erubescence; 135, Erubescency

Er`u*bes"cence (?; 135), Er`u*bes"cen*cy (?), n. [L. erubescentia: cf. F. \'82rubescence.] The act of becoming red; redness of the skin or surface of anything; a blushing.

Erubescent

Er`u*bes"cent (?), a. [L. erubescens, p. pr. erubescere to grow red; e out + rubescere. See Rubescent.] Red, or reddish; blushing. Johnson.

Erubescite

Er`u*bes"cite (?), n. (Min.) See Bornite.

Eruca

E*ru"ca (?), n.; pl. Eruc\'91 (#). [L., a caterpillar, also, a sort of colewort.] (Zo\'94l.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.

Erucic

E*ru"cic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a genus of cruciferous Mediterranean herbs (Eruca or Brassica); as, erucic acid, a fatty acid resembling oleic acid, and found in colza oil, mustard oil, etc.

Erucifrom

E*ru"ci*from (?), a. [Eruca + -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larv\'91.

Eruct, Eructate

E*ruct" (?), E*ruc"tate (?), v. t. [L. eructare; e out + ructare to belch: cf. F. \'82ructer.] To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [R.] Howell.

Eructation

Er`uc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. eructatio: cf. F. \'82ructation.]

1. The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

2. A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.

Erudiate

E*ru"di*ate (?), v. t. [L. erudire.] To instruct; to educate; to teach. [Obs.]
The skillful goddess there erudiates these In all she did. Fanshawe.

Erudite

Er"u*dite (?; 135), a. [L. eruditus, p. p. of erudire to free from rudeness, to polish, instruct; e out + rudis rude: cf. F. \'82rudit. See Rude.] Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned. "A most erudite prince." Sir T. More. "Erudite . . . theology." I. Taylor. -- Er"u*dite`ly, adv. -- Er"u*dite`ness, n.

Erudition

Er`u*di"tion (?), n. [L. eruditio: cf. F. \'82rudition.] The act of instructing; the result of thorough instruction; the state of being erudite or learned; the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study; particularly, learning in literature or criticism, as distinct from the sciences; scholarship.
The management of a young lady's person is not be overlooked, but the erudition of her mind is much more to be regarded. Steele.
The gay young gentleman whose erudition sat so easily upon him. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Literature; learning. See Literature.

Erugate

Er"u*gate (?), a. [L. erugatus, p. p. of erugare to smooth; e out + ruga wrinkle.] Freed from wrinkles; smooth.

Eruginous

E*ru"gi*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82rugineux. See \'92ruginous.] Partaking of the substance or nature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; \'91ruginous.

Erumpent

E*rum"pent (?), a. [L. erumpens, -entis, p. pr. of erumpere.] (Bot.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.

Erupt

E*rupt" (?), v. t. [See Eruption.] To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava. Huxley.

Eruption

E*rup"tion (?), n. [L. eruptio, fr. erumpere, eruptum, to break out; e out + rumpere, to break: cf. F. \'82ruption. See Rupture.]

1. The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion.

All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption. W. Irving.

2. That which bursts forth.

3. A violent exclamation; ejaculation.

He would . . . break out into bitter and passionate eruditions. Sir H. Wotton.

4. (Med.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.

Eruptional

E*rup"tion*al (?), a. Eruptive. [R.] R. A. Proctor.

Eruptive

E*rup"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82ruptif.]

1. Breaking out or bursting forth.

The sudden glance Appears far south eruptive through the cloud. Thomson.

2. (Med.) Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.

3. (Geol.) Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.

Eruptive

E*rup"tive, n. (Geol.) An eruptive rock.

Erynggium

E*ryng"gi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. eryngion, erynge.] (Bot.) A genus of umbelliferous plants somewhat like thistles in appearance. Eryngium maritimum, or sea holly, has been highly esteemed as an aphrodisiac, the roots being formerly candied.

Eryngo

E*ryn"go (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Eryngium.

Erysipelas

Er`y*sip"e*las (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Red, and Pell, n.] (Med.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically.

Erysipelatoid

Er`y*si*pel"a*toid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] Resembling erysipelas.

Erysipelatous

Er`y*si*pel"a*tous (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82rysip\'82lateux.] Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.

Erysipelous

Er`y*sip"e*lous (?), a. Erysipelatous.

Erythema

Er`y*the"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.

Erythematic

Er`y*the*mat"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82ryth\'82matique.] (Med.) Characterized by, or causing, a morbid redness of the skin; relating to erythema.

Erythematous

Er`y*them"a*tous (?), a. (Med.) Relating to, or causing, erythema.

Erythrean, Erythr\'91an

Er`y*thre"an, Er`y*thr\'91"an (?), a. [L. erythraeus; Gr. Red in color. "The erythrean main." Milton.

Erythric

E*ryth"ric (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, erythrin.

Erythrin, Erythrine

E*ryth"rin, E*ryth"rine (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C20H22O10, extracted from certain lichens, as the various species of Rocella. It is a derivative of orsellinic acid. So called because of certain red compounds derived from it. Called also erythric acid.

2. (Min.) See Erythrite, 2.

Erythrina

Er`y*thri"na (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

Erythrism

E*ryth"rism (?), n. [Gr. \'82rythrisme.] (Zo\'94l.) A condition of excessive redness. See Erythrochroism.

Erythrite

E*ryth"rite (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin. <-- now usu. called erythritol, HO.CH2.CHOH.CHOH.CH2.OH Has coronary vasodilator activity. -->

2. (Min.) A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine.

Erythrochroic

E*ryth`ro*chro"ic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having, or subject to, erythrochroism.

Erythrochroism

E*ryth"ro*chro*ism (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An unusual redness, esp. in the plumage of birds, or hair of mammals, independently of age, sex, or season.

Erythrodextrin

E*ryth`ro*dex"trin (?), n. [Gr. dextrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A dextrin which gives a red color with iodine. See Dextrin.

Erythrogen

E*ryth"ro*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Chem.) (a) Carbon disulphide; -- so called from certain red compounds which it produces in combination with other substances. (b) A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers. (c) A crystalline substance obtained from diseased bile, which becomes blood-red when acted on by nitric acid or ammonia.

Erythrogranulose

E*ryth`ro*gran"u*lose (?), n. [Gr. granulose.] (Physiol. Chem.) A term applied by Br\'81cke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.

Erythroid

Er"y*throid (?), a. [Gr. -oid: cf. Gr. Of a red color; reddish; as, the erythroid tunic (the cremaster muscle).

Erythroleic

Er`y*thro"le*ic (?), a. [Gr. oleum oil.] (Chem.) Having a red color and oily appearance; -- applied to a purple semifluid substance said to be obtained from archil.

Erythrolein

Er`y*thro"le*in (?), n. [See Erythroleic.] (Chem.) A red substance obtained from litmus.

Erythrolitmin

E*ryth`ro*lit"min (?), n. [Gr. litmus.] (Chem.) Erythrolein.

Erythronium

Er`y*thro"ni*um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Chem.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. [R.]

Erythrophleine

E*ryth`ro*phle"ine (?; 104), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from sassy bark (Erythrophleum Guineense).

Erythrophyll, Erythrophyllin

E*ryth"ro*phyll (?), Er`y*throph"yl*lin (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Bot.) The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.

Erythrosin

E*ryth"ro*sin (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) (a) A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin. (b) A red dyestuff obtained from fluoresce\'8bn by the action of iodine.

Erythroxylon

Er`y*throx"y*lon (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine. See Coca.

Erythrozyme

E*ryth"ro*zyme (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A ferment extracted from madder root, possessing the power of inducing alcoholic fermentation in solutions of sugar.

Escalade

Es`ca*lade" (?), n. [F., Sp. escalada (cf. It. scalata), fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L. scala ladder. See Scale, v. t.] (Mil.) A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. Buckminster.

Escalade

Es`ca*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.) To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.

Escallop

Es*cal"lop (?), n. See Escalop.

Escalloped

Es*cal"loped (?), a. See Escaloped.

Escalop

Es*cal"op (?; 277), n. [OF. escalope shell, F. escalope a sort of cut of meat. See Scallop.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

2. A regular, curving indenture in the margin of anything. See Scallop. "So many jags or escalops." Ray.

3. (a) The figure or shell of an escalop, considered as a sign that the bearer had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Hence: (b) (Her.) A bearing or a charge consisting of an escalop shell.

Escaloped

Es*cal"oped (?), a.

1. Cut or marked in the form of an escalop; scalloped.

2. (Her.) Covered with a pattern resembling a series of escalop shells, each of which issues from between two others. Its appearance is that of a surface covered with scales. Escaloped oysters (Cookery). See under Scalloped.

Escambio

Es*cam"bi*o (?), n. [LL. escambium, excambium. See Excamb.] (Eng. Law) A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea. Cowell.

Escapable

Es*cap"a*ble (?), a. Avoidable.

Escapade

Es`ca*pade" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. escapada escape, fr. escapar to escape; or F., fr. It. scappata escape, escapade, fr. scappare to escape. see Escape.]

1. The fling of a horse, or ordinary kicking back of his heels; a gambol.


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2. Act by which one breaks loose from the rules of propriety or good sense; a freak; a prank. Carlyle.

Escape

Es*cape" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Escaping.] [OE. escapen, eschapen, OF. escaper, eschaper, F. echapper, fr. LL. ex cappa out of one's cape or cloak; hence, to slip out of one's cape and escape. See 3d Cape, and cf. Scape, v.]

1. To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger. "Sailors that escaped the wreck." Shak.

2. To avoid the notice of; to pass unobserved by; to evade; as, the fact escaped our attention.

They escaped the search of the enemy. Ludlow.

Escape

Es*cape", v. i.

1. To flee, and become secure from danger; -- often followed by from or out of.

Haste, for thy life escape, nor look behindKeble.

2. To get clear from danger or evil of any form; to be passed without harm.

Such heretics . . . would have been thought fortunate, if they escaped with life. Macaulay.

3. To get free from that which confines or holds; -- used of persons or things; as, to escape from prison, from arrest, or from slavery; gas escapes from the pipes; electricity escapes from its conductors.

To escape out of these meshes. Thackeray.

Escape

Es*cape", n.

1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape.

I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. Ps. lv. 8.

2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.]

I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes. Burton.

3. A sally. "Thousand escapes of wit." Shak.

4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. &hand; Escape is technically distinguishable from prison breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner from custody, escape being the permission of the departure by the custodian, either by connivance or negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by some of the old authorities to a departure from custody by stratagem, or without force. Wharton.

5. (Arch.) An apophyge.

6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. Escape pipe (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve. -- Escape valve (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety valve. See under Relief, and Safety. -- Escape wheel (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement.

Escapement

Es*cape"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82chappement. See Escape.]

1. The act of escaping; escape. [R.]

2. Way of escape; vent. [R.]

An escapement for youthful high spirits. G. Eliot.

3. The contrivance in a timepiece which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration. &hand; Escapements are of several kinds, as the vertical, or verge, or crown, escapement, formerly used in watches, in which two pallets on the balance arbor engage with a crown wheel; the anchor escapement, in which an anchor-shaped piece carries the pallets; -- used in common clocks (both are called recoil escapements, from the recoil of the escape wheel at each vibration); the cylinder escapement, having an open-sided hollow cylinder on the balance arbor to control the escape wheel; the duplex escapement, having two sets of teeth on the wheel; the lever escapement, which is a kind of detached escapement, because the pallets are on a lever so arranged that the balance which vibrates it is detached during the greater part of its vibration and thus swings more freely; the detent escapement, used in chronometers; the remontoir escapement, in which the escape wheel is driven by an independent spring or weight wound up at intervals by the clock train, -- sometimes used in astronomical clocks. When the shape of an escape-wheel tooth is such that it falls dead on the pallet without recoil, it forms a deadbeat escapement.

Escaper

Es*cap"er (?), n. One who escapes.

Escarbuncle

Es*car"bun*cle (?), n. [OF. escarbuncle, F. escaboucle.] (Her.) See Carbuncle, 3.

Escargatoire

Es*car`ga*toire" (?), n. [F. escargoti\'8are, fr. escargot snail.] A nursery of snails. [Obs.] Addison.

Escarp

Es*carp" (?), n. [F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.] (Fort.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

Escarp

Es*carp", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escarped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Escarping.] (Mil.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. Carleton.

Escarpment

Es*carp"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. escarpement.] A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp.

-escent

-es"cent (?). [From the ending -escens, -entis, of the p. pr. of inchoative verbs in Latin.] A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.

Eschalot

Esch`a*lot" (?), n. (Bot.) See Shallot.

Eschar

Es"char (?), n. [L. eschara, Gr. eschare. See Scar.] (Med.) A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

Eschar

Es"char (?), n. [Ir.] (Geol.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams. [Written also eskar and esker.]

Eschara

Es"cha*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

Escharine

Es"cha*rine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharid\'91.

Escharotic

Es`cha*rot"ic (?), a. [Gr. escharotique.] (Med.) Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar; caustic.

Escharotic

Es`cha*rot"ic, n. (Med.) A substance which produces an eschar; a caustic, esp., a mild caustic.

Eschatological

Es`cha*to*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to the last or final things.

Eschatology

Es`cha*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

Eschaunge

Es*chaunge" (?), n. Exchange. [Obs.]

Escheat

Es*cheat" (?), n. [OE. eschete, escheyte, an escheat, fr. OF. escheit, escheoit, escheeite, esheoite, fr. escheoir (F. \'82choir) to fall to, fall to the lot of; pref. es- (L. ex) + cheoir, F. choir, to fall, fr. L. cadere. See Chance, and cf. Cheat.]

1. (Law) (a) (Feud. & Eng. Law) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder. Tomlins. Blackstone. (b) (U. S. Law) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same. &hand; A distinction is carefully made, by English writers, between escheat to the lord of the fee and forfeiture to the crown. But in this country, where the State holds the place of chief lord of the fee, and is entitled to take alike escheat and by forfeiture, this distinction is not essential. Tomlins. Kent. (c) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession. Blackstone.

2. Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.

3. That which falls to one; a reversion or return

To make me great by others' loss is bad escheat. Spenser.

Escheat

Es*cheat", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Esheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Escheating.] (Law) To revert, or become forfeited, to the lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture. &hand; In this country it is the general rule that when the title to land fails by defect of heirs or devisees, it necessarily escheats to the State; but forfeiture of estate from crime is hardly known in this country, and corruption of blood is universally abolished. Kent. Bouvier.

Escheat

Es*cheat", v. t. (Law) To forfeit. Bp. Hall.

Escheatable

Es*cheat"a*ble (?), a. Liable to escheat.

Escheatage

Es*cheat"age (?; 48), n. The right of succeeding to an escheat. Sherwood.

Escheator

Es*cheat"or (?), n. (Law) An officer whose duty it is to observe what escheats have taken place, and to take charge of them. Burrill.

Eschevin

Es"che*vin (?), n. [OF. eschevin, a sort of magistrate, alderman, F. \'82chevin.] The alderman or chief officer of an ancient guild. [Obs.]

Eschew

Es*chew" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eshewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eshewing.] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See Shy, a.]

1. To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; to keep one's self clear of.

They must not only eschew evil, but do good. Bp. Beveridge.

2. To escape from; to avoid. [Obs.]

He who obeys, destruction shall eschew. Sandys.

Eschewer

Es*chew"er (?), n. One who eschews.

Eschewment

Es*chew"ment (?), n. The act of eschewing. [R.]

Eschscholtzia

Esch*scholtz"i*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Dr. Eschscholtz, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

Eschynite

Es"chy*nite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.

Escocheon

Es*coch"eon (?), n. Escutcheon. [Obs.]

Escopet, Escopette

Es`co*pet", Es`co*pette" (?), n. [Sp. escopeta, F. escopette.] A kind of firearm; a carbine.

Escorial

Es*co"ri*al (?), n. [Sp.] See Escurial.

Escort

Es"cort (?), n. [F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide, fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite + corrigere to correct, set right. See Correct.]

1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.

The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. Burke.

2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as, to travel under the escort of a friend.

Escort

Es*cort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Escorting.] [Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See Escort, n.] To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon. Syn. -- To accompany; attend. See Accompany.

Escot

Es*cot" (?), n. [OF.] See Scot, a tax. [Obs.]

Escot

Es*cot", v. t. To pay the reckoning for; to support; to maintain. [Obs.] Shak.

Escouade

Es`couade" (?), n. See Squad,

Escout

Es*cout" (?), n. See Scout. [Obs.] Hayward.

Escribed

Es*cribed" (?), a. [L. e out, out of + scribere to write.] Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.

Escript

Es"cript (?), n. [OF.] A writing. [Obs.]

Escritoire

Es`cri*toire" (?), n. [OF. escritoire, F. \'82critoire, LL. scriptorium, fr. L. scriptorius belonging to writing, fr. sribere to write. See Script, and cf. Scrutoire.] A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

Escritorial

Es`cri*to"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to an escritoire.

Escrod

Es*crod" (?), n. See Scrod, a young cod.

Escrol, Escroll

Es*crol", Es*croll" (?), n. [See Escrow, Scroll.]

1. A scroll. [Obs.]

2. (Her.) (a) A long strip or scroll resembling a ribbon or a band of parchment, or the like, anciently placed above the shield, and supporting the crest. (b) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed.

Escrow

Es"crow (?), n. [OF. escroe, escroue, a roll of writings, bond. See Scroll.] (Law) A deed, bond, or other written engagement, delivered to a third person, to be held by him till some act is done or some condition is performed, and then to be by him delivered to the grantee. Blackstone.

Escuage

Es"cu*age (?; 48), n. [OF. escuage, F. \'82cuage, from OF. escu shield, F. \'82cu. See Esquire.] (Feud. Law) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage. Blackstone.

Esculapian

Es`cu*la"pi*an (?), n. \'92sculapian.

Esculapius

Es`cu*la"pi*us (?), n. Same as \'92sculapius.

Esculent

Es"cu*lent (?), a. [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.] Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones.
Esculent swallow (Zo\'94l.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's-nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.

Esculent

Es"cu*lent, n. Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.

Esculic

Es*cu"lic (?), a. [From NL. Aesculus, the generic name of the horse-chestnut, fr. L. aesculus a kind of oak.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid.

Esculin

Es*cu"lin (?), n. [See Esculic.] (Chem.) A glucoside obtained from the \'92sculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterized by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. [Written also \'91sculin.]

Escurial

Es*cu"ri*al (?), n. [Prop. Sp. escorial, i. e., a hill or heap of rubbish, earth, and stones brought out of a mine, fr. escoria dross of metal, L. scoria, fr. Gr. Scoria.] A palace and mausoleum of the kinds of Spain, being a vast and wonderful structure about twenty-five miles northwest of Madrid. &hand; The ground plan is said to be in the form of a gridiron, the structure being designed in honor of St. Lawrence, who suffered martyrdom by being broiled on gridiron; but the resemblance is very slight. It is nearly square, inclosing several courts, and has a projecting mass which stands for the handle.

Escutcheon

Es*cutch"eon (?), n. [OF. escusson, F. \'82cusson, from OF. escu shield, F. \'82cu. See Esquire, Scutcheon.]

1. (Her.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister. &hand; The two sides of an escutcheon are respectively designated as dexter and sinister, as in the cut, and the different parts or points by the following names: A, Dexter chief point; B, Middle chief point; C, Sinister chief point; D, Honor or color point; E, Fesse or heart point; F, Nombrill or navel point; G, Dexter base point; H, Middle base point; I, base point.

2. A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. C. L. Flint.

3. (Naut.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written. R. H. Dane, Jr.

4. (Carp.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.

5. (Zo\'94l.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area. Escutcheon of pretense, an escutcheon used in English heraldry to display the arms of the bearer's wife; -- not commonly used unless she an heiress. Cf. Impalement.

Escutcheoned

Es*cutch"eoned (?), a. Having an escutcheon; furnished with a coat of arms or ensign. Young.

Ese

Ese (?), n. Ease; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Esemplastic

Es`em*plas"tic (?), a. [Gr. Plastic.] Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity. [R.] Coleridge. <-- p. 510 -->

Eserine

Es"er*ine (?; 104), n. [From native name of the Calabar bean: cf. F. \'82s\'82rine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean, and the seed of Physostigma venenosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.

Esexual

E*sex"u*al (?), a. [Pref. e- + sexual.] (Biol.) Sexless; asexual.

Esguard

Es*guard" (?), n. [Cf. OF. esgart regard, F. \'82gard. See Guard.] Guard. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Eskar, ∨ Esker

Es"kar (?), ∨ Es"ker, n. (Geol.) See Eschar.

Eskimo

Es"ki*mo (?), n.; pl. Eskimos (#). [Originally applied by the Algonquins to the Northern Indians, and meaning eaters of raw flesh.] (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race. [Written also Esquimau.] Eskimo dog (Zo\'94l.), one of breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.<-- husky? -->

Esloin

Es*loin" (?), v. t. [See Eloign.] To remove; to banish; to withdraw; to avoid; to eloign. [Obs.]
From worldly cares he did himself esloin. Spenser.

Esnecy

Es"ne*cy (?), n. [See Eigne.] (Eng. Law) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divide. Mozley & W.

Esodic

E*sod"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol.) Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves. Opposed to exodic.

Esophagal

E*soph"a*gal (?), a. (Anat.) Esophageal.

Esophageal

E`so*phag"e*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the esophagus. [Written also .]

Esophagean

E`so*phag"e*an (?), a. (Anat.) Esophageal.

Esophagotomy

E*soph`a*got"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [Written also \'d2sophagotomy.]

Esophagus

E*soph"a*gus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. v\'c6 to go, drive) + (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [Written also .]

Esopian, Esopic

E*so"pi*an (?), E*so"pic (?), a. Same as \'92sopian, \'92sopic.

Esoteric

Es`o*ter"ic (?), a. [Gr. In.] Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric.
Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. De Quincey.

Esoterical

Es`o*ter"ic*al (?), a. Esoteric.

Esoterically

Es`o*ter"ic*al*ly, adv. In an esoteric manner.

Esotericism

Es`o*ter"i*cism (?), n. Esoteric doctrine or principles.

Esoterics

Es`o*ter"ics (?), n. Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

Esotery

Es"o*ter*y (?), n. Mystery; esoterics; -- opposed to exotery. A. Tucker.

Esox

E"sox (?), n. [L., a kind of pike.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of fresh-water fishes, including pike and pickerel.

Espace

Es*pace" (?), n. Space. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Espadon

Es"pa*don (?), n. [F. espadon, fr. Sp. espadon, fr. espada sword; or fr. It. spadone an espadon, spada sword.] A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners. Wilhelm.

Espalier

Es*pal"ier (?), n. [F. espalier, fr. It. spalliera, fr. spalla shoulder, the same word as F. \'82paule. See Epaulet.] (Hort.) A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained.
And figs from standard and espalier join. Pope.

Espalier

Es*pal"ier, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espaliered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Espaliering.] To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier.

Esparcet

Es*par"cet (?), n. [F. esparcet, esparcette, \'82parcet, fr. Sp. esparceta, esparcilla.] (Bot.) The common sainfoin (Onobrychis sativa), an Old World leguminous forage plant.

Esparto

Es*par"to (?), n. [Sp.; cf. L. spartum Spanish broom, Gr. (Bot.) A species of Spanish grass (Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper.

Espauliere

Es`pau`liere" (?), n. [OF. & F. \'82pauli\'8are. See Espalier.] A defense for the shoulder, composed of flexible overlapping plates of metal, used in the 15th century; -- the origin of the modern epaulette. Fairholt.

Especial

Es*pe"cial (?), a. [OF. especial, F. sp\'82cial, L. specialis, fr. species a particular sort, kind, or quality. See Species, and cf. Special.] Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree. Syn. -- Peculiar; special; particular; uncommon; chief. See Peculiar.

Especially

Es*pe"cial*ly, adv. In an especial manner; chiefly; particularly; peculiarly; in an uncommon degree.

Especialness

Es*pe"cial*ness (?), n. The state of being especial.

Esperance

Es"pe*rance (?), n. [F. esp\'82rance, fr. L. sperans, p. pr. of sperare to hope.] Hope. [Obs.] Shak.

Espiaille

Es`pi*aille" (?), n. Espial. [Obs.]

Espial

Es*pi"al (?), n. [OE. & Norm. F. espiaille. See Espy.]

1. The act of espying; notice; discovery.

Screened from espial by the jutting cape. Byron.

2. One who espies; a spy; a scout. [Obs.] "Their espials . . . brought word." Holland.

Espier

Es*pi"er (?), n. One who espies. Harmar.

Espinel

Es"pi*nel (?), n. A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Espionage

Es"pi*o*nage (?; 277), n. [F. espionnage, fr. espionner to spy, fr. espion spy, OF. espie. See Espy.] The practice or employment of spies; the practice of watching the words and conduct of others, to make discoveries, as spies or secret emissaries; secret watching.

Esplanade

Es`pla*nade" (?), n. [F. esplanade, Sp. esplanada, explanada, cf. It. spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L. explanare to flatten or spread out. See Explain.]

1. (Fort.) (a) A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. Campbell (Mil. Dict. ). (b) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country.

2. (Hort.) A grass plat; a lawn. Simmonds.

3. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside.

Esplees

Es*plees" (?), n. pl. [LL. expletia, OF. espleit. Cf. Exploit.] (Old Eng. Law) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like. Cowell.

Espousage

Es*pous"age (?), n. Espousal. [Obs.] Latimer.

Espousal

Es*pous"al (?), n. [OF. espousailles, pl., F. \'82pousailles, L. sponsalia, fr. sponsalis belonging to betrothal or espousal. See Espouse, and cf. Sponsal, Spousal.]

1. The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ceremony.

2. The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel.

The open espousal of his cause. Lord Orford.

Espouse

Es*pouse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espoused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Espousing.] [OF. espouser, esposer, F. \'82pouser, L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p. of spondere to promise solemnly or sacredly. Cf. Spouse.]

1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph. Luke i. 27.

2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

Lavinia will I make my empress, . . . And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse. Shak.

3. To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace. "He espoused that quarrel." Bacon.

Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as he got out of the war. Bp. Burnet.

Espousement

Es*pouse"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. espousement.] The act of espousing, or the state of being espoused.

Espouser

Es*pous"er (?), n. One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.

Espressivo

Es`pres*si"vo (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) With expression.

Espringal

Es*prin"gal (?), n. [See Springal.] (Mil. Antiq.) An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal.

Esprit

Es`prit" (?), n. [F. See Spirit.] Spirit. Esprit de corps (, a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole.

Espy

Es*py" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Espied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Espying.] [OF. espier, F. \'82pier, from OHG. speh to watch, spy, G. sp\'84hen; akin to L. specere to look, species sight, shape, appearance, kind. See Spice, Spy, and cf. Espionage.]

1. To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.

As one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, . . . he espied his money. Gen. xlii. 27.
A goodly vessel did I then espy Come like a giant from a haven broad. Wordsworth.

2. To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.

He sends angels to espy us in all our ways. Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- To discern; discover; detect; descry; spy.

Espy

Es*py", v. i. To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
Stand by the way, and espy. Jer. xlviii. 19.

Espy

Es*py", n.; pl. Espies (#). [OF. espie. See Espy, v., Spy.] A spy; a scout. [Obs.] Huloet.

-esque

-esque (?). [F., fr. It. -isco. Cf. -ish.] A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of the Arabs.

Esquimau

Es"qui*mau (?), n.; pl. Esquimaux (#). [F.] Same as Eskimo.
It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock.

Esquire

Es*quire" (?), n. [OF. escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer, F. \'82cuyer shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman, LL. scutarius shield-bearer, fr. L. scutum shield, akin to Gr. to cover; prob. akin to E. hide to cover. See Hide to cover, and cf. Equerry, Escutcheon.] Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire. &hand; In England, the title of esquire belongs by right of birth to the eldest sons of knights and their eldest sons in perpetual succession; to the eldest sons of younger sons of peers and their eldest sons in perpetual succession. It is also given to sheriffs, to justices of the peace while in commission, to those who bear special office in the royal household, to counselors at law, bachelors of divinity, law, or physic, and to others. In the United States the title is commonly given in courtesy to lawyers and justices of the peace, and is often used in the superscription of letters instead of Mr.

Esquire

Es*quire" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Esquired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Esquiring.] To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend. [Colloq.]

Esquisse

Es`quisse" (?), n. [F. See Sketch.] (Fine Arts) The first sketch of a picture or model of a statue.

-ess

-ess (?). [OF. -esse, LL. -issa, Gr. A suffix used to form feminine nouns; as, actress, deaconess, songstress.

Essay

Es"say (?), n.; pl. Essays (#). [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. 'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine, Assay.]

1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an essay to benefit a friend. "The essay at organization." M. Arnold.

2. (Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.] Syn. -- Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise; dissertation; disquisition.

Essay

Es*say" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Essaying.] [F. essayer. See Essay, n.]

1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.

What marvel if I thus essay to sing? Byron.
Essaying nothing she can not perform. Emerson.
A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible. J. C. Shairp.

2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. [Obs.] Locke.

Essayer

Es*say"er (?), n. One who essays. Addison.

Essayist

Es"say*ist (?; 277), n. A writer of an essay, or of essays. B. Jonson.

Essence

Es"sence (?), n. [F. essence, L. essentia, formed as if fr. a p. pr. of esse to be. See Is, and cf. Entity.]

1. The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.

2. The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.

The laws are at present, both in form and essence, the greatest curse that society labors under. Landor.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence of this virtue [charity]. Addison.
The essence of Addison's humor is irony. Courthope.

3. Constituent substance.

And uncompounded is their essence pure. Milton.

4. A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.

As far as gods and heavenly essences Can perish. Milton.
He had been indulging in fanciful speculations on spiritual essences, until . . . he had and ideal world of his own around him. W. Irving.

5. The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.

The . . . word essence . . . scarcely underwent a more complete transformation when from being the abstract of the verb "to be," it came to denote something sufficiently concrete to be inclosed in a glass bottle. J. S. Mill.

6. Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.

Nor let the essences exhale. Pope.

Essence

Es"sence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Essencing (?).] To perfume; to scent. "Essenced fops." Addison.

Essene

Es*sene" (?), n.; pl. Essenes (#). [Gr. \'besay\'be to heal, cf. Heb. as\'be.] One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.

Essenism

Es"se*nism (?), n. The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. De Quincey.

Essential

Es*sen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. essentiel. See Essence.]

1. Belonging to the essence, or that which makes an object, or class of objects, what it is.

Majestic as the voice sometimes became, there was forever in it an essential character of plaintiveness. Hawthorne.

2. Hence, really existing; existent.

Is it true, that thou art but a a name, And no essential thing? Webster (1623).

3. Important in the highest degree; indispensable to the attainment of an object; indispensably necessary.

Judgment's more essential to a general Than courage. Denham.
How to live? -- that is the essential question for us. H. Spencer.

4. Containing the essence or characteristic portion of a substance, as of a plant; highly rectified; pure; hence, unmixed; as, an essential oil. "Mine own essential horror." Ford.


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5. (Mus.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones.

6. (Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases. Essential character (Biol.), the prominent characteristics which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from another. -- Essential disease, Essential fever (Med.), one that is not dependent on another. -- Essential oils (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal salt, etc.; -- called also volatile oils in distinction from the fixed or nonvolatile.

Esential

E*sen"tial (?), n.

1. Existence; being. [Obs.] Milton.

2. That which is essential; first or constituent principle; as, the essentials or religion.

Essentiality

Es*sen`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being essential; the essential part. Jer. Taylor.

Esentially

E*sen"tial*ly (?), adv. In an essential manner or degree; in an indispensable degree; really; as, essentially different.

Esentialness

E*sen"tial*ness, n. Essentiality. Ld. Digby.

Essentiate

Es*sen"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essentiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Essentiating.] To form or constitute the essence or being of. [Obs.] Boyle.

Essentiate

Es*sen"ti*ate, v. i. To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Essoin ∨ Essoign

Es*soin" (?)Es*soign, n. [OF. essoine, essoigne, F. exoine, L. essonia, exonia; pref. ex- (L. ex from) + sunnis, sunnia, sonia, hindrance, excuse. Cf. Icel. syn refusal, synja to deny, refuse, Goth. sunja truth, sunj&omac;n to justify, OS. sunnea impediment, OHG. sunna.]

1. (Eng. Law) An excuse for not appearing in court at the return of process; the allegation of an excuse to the court.

2. Excuse; exemption. [Obs.]

From every work he challenged essoin. Spenser.
Essoin day (Eng. Law), the first general return day of the term, on which the court sits to receive essoins. Blackstone.

Essoin

Es*soin", v. t. [OF. essoinier, essoignier, essonier, LL. essoniare, exoniare. See Essoin, n.] (Eng. Law) To excuse for nonappearance in court. "I 'll not essoin thee." Quarles.

Essoiner

Es*soin"er (?), n. (Eng. Law) An attorney who sufficiently excuses the absence of another.

Essonite

Es"so*nite (?), n. [Named from Gr. e. g., hyacinth.] (Min.) Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet.

Essorant

Es"so*rant (?), a. [F.] (Her.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon.

Est

Est (?), n. & adv. East. [Obs.] Chaucer.

-est

-est (?). [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -, Skr. -ish.] A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest.

Establish

Es*tab"lish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Established (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Establishing.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. \'82tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See Stable, a., -ish, and cf. Stablish.]

1. To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

So were the churches established in the faith. Acts xvi. 5.
The best established tempers can scarcely forbear being borne down. Burke.
Confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. Bancroft.

2. To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain.

By the consent of all, we were established The people's magistrates. Shak.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8.

3. To originate and secure the permanent existence of; to found; to institute; to create and regulate; -- said of a colony, a state, or other institutions.

He hath established it [the earth], he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited. Is. xlv. 18.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity! Hab. ii. 12.

4. To secure public recognition in favor of; to prove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc.

At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut. xix. 15.

5. To set up in business; to place advantageously in a fixed condition; -- used reflexively; as, he established himself in a place; the enemy established themselves in the citadel.

Establisher

Es*tab"lish*er (?), n. One who establishes.

Establishment

Es*tab"lish*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. establissement, F. \'82tablissement.]

1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

2. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.

3. That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.

Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment. W. Irving.
Establishment of the port (Hydrography), a datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation, viz., the interval between the moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new and full moon.

Establishmentarian

Es*tab`lish*men*ta"ri*an (?), n. One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character. Shipley.

Estacade

Es`ta*cade" (?), n. [F.; cf. It. steccata, Sp. estacada. Cf. Stake.] (Mil.) A dike of piles in the sea, a river, etc., to check the approach of an enemy.

Estafet, Estafette

Es`ta*fet", Es`ta*fette" (?), n. [F. estafette, cf. Sp. estafeta; fr. It. stafetta, fr. staffa stirrup, fr. OHG. stapho footstep, footprint, G. stapfe; akin to E. step.] A courier who conveys messages to another courier; a military courier sent from one part of an army to another.

Estancia

Es*tan"ci*a (?), n. [Sp. See Stanza.] A grazing; a country house. [Spanish America]

Estate

Es*tate" (?), n. [OF. estat, F. \'82tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. State.]

1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. "When I came to man's estate." Shak.

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Romans xii. 16.

2. Social standing or rank; quality; dignity.

God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men. Jer. Taylor.

3. A person of high rank. [Obs.]

She's a duchess, a great estate. Latimer.
Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee. Mark vi. 21.

4. A property which a person possesses; a fortune; possessions, esp. property in land; also, property of all kinds which a person leaves to be divided at his death.

See what a vast estate he left his son. Dryden.

5. The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs. [Obs.]

I call matters of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever . . . concerneth manifestly any great portion of people. Bacon.

6. pl. The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons.

7. (Law) The degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in, or ownership of, lands, tenements, etc.; as, an estate for life, for years, at will, etc. Abbott. The fourth estate, a name often given to the public press.

Estate

Es*tate", v. t.

1. To establish. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. Tom settle as a fortune. [Archaic] Shak.

3. To endow with an estate. [Archaic]

Then would I . . . Estate them with large land and territory. Tennyson.

Estatlich, Estatly

Es*tat"lich (?), Es"tat*ly (?), a. [OE.] Stately; dignified. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Esteem

Es*teem" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Esteemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Esteeming.] [F. estimer, L. aestimare, aestumare, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr. ish to seek, strive, and E. ask. Cf. Aim, Estimate.]

1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15.
Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner.
Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural. Hawthorne.

2. To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.

Will he esteem thy riches? Job xxxvi. 19.
You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. Tennyson.
Syn. -- To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate.

Esteem

Es*teem", v. i. To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [Obs.]
We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton.

Esteem

Es*teem", n. [Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t.]

1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.

Most dear in the esteem And poor in worth! Shak.
I will deliver you, in ready coin, The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster.

2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.

Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem. Shak.
Syn. -- See Estimate, n.

Esteemable

Es*teem"a*ble (?), a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

Esteemer

Es*teem"er (?), n. One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing.
The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.

Ester

Es"ter (?), n. [A word invented by L. Gmelin, a German chemist.] (Chem.) An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organic radical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic or inorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fatty acids, oleic, etc.

Esthesiometer

Es*the`si*om"e*ter (?), n. Same as \'92sthesiometer.

Esthete, n.; Esthetic Es"thete (?), n.; Es*thet"ic (, a., Es*thet"ic*al (, a., Es*thet"ics (, n. etc. Same as \'92sthete, \'92sthetic, \'92sthetical, \'92sthetics, etc.

Estiferous

Es*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. aestifer; aestus fire + ferre to bear.] Producing heat. [R.] Smart.

Estimable

Es"ti*ma*ble (?), a. [F. estimable, or L. aestimabilis. See Esteem.]

1. Capable of being estimated or valued; as, estimable damage. Paley. .

2. Valuable; worth a great price. [R.]

A pound of man's flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. Shak.

3. Worth of esteem or respect; deserving our good opinion or regard.

A lady said of her two companions, that one was more amiable, the other more estimable. Sir W. Temple.

Estimable

Es"ti*ma*ble (?), n. A thing worthy of regard. [R.]
One of the peculiar estimables of her country. Sir T. Browne.

Estimableness

Es"ti*ma*ble*ness, n. The quality of deserving esteem or regard.

Estimably

Es"ti*ma*bly, adv. In an estimable manner.

Estimate

Es"ti*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estimating (?).] [L. aestimatus, p. p. of aestimare. See Esteem, v. t.]

1. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of roughly or in a general way; as, to estimate the value of goods or land; to estimate the worth or talents of a person.

It is by the weight of silver, and not the name of the piece, that men estimate commodities and exchange them. Locke.
It is always very difficult to estimate the age in which you are living. J. C. Shairp.

2. To from an opinion of, as to amount,, number, etc., from imperfect data, comparison, or experience; to make an estimate of; to calculate roughly; to rate; as, to estimate the cost of a trip, the number of feet in a piece of land. Syn. -- To appreciate; value; appraise; prize; rate; esteem; count; calculate; number. -- To Estimate, Esteem. Both these words imply an exercise of the judgment. Estimate has reference especially to the external relations of things, such as amount, magnitude, importance, etc. It usually involves computation or calculation; as, to estimate the loss or gain of an enterprise. Esteem has reference to the intrinsic or moral worth of a person or thing. Thus, we esteem a man for his kindness, or his uniform integrity. In this sense it implies a mingled sentiment of respect and attachment. We esteem it an honor to live in a free country. See Appreciate.

Estimate

Es"ti*mate (?), n. A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond.
Weigh success in a moral balance, and our whole estimate is changed. J. C. Shairp.
Syn. -- Estimate, Estimation, Esteem. The noun estimate, like its verb, supposes chiefly an exercise of judgment in determining the amount, importance, or magnitude of things, with their other exterior relations; as, an estimate of expenses incurred; a true estimate of life, etc. Esteem is a moral sentiment made up of respect and attachment, -- the valuation of a person as possessing useful qualities or real worth. Thus we speak of the esteem of the wise and good as a thing greatly to be desired. Estimation seems to waver between the two. In our version of the Scriptures it is used simply for estimate; as, "If he be poorer than thy estimation." Lev. xxvii. 8. In other cases, it verges toward esteem; as, "I know him to be of worth and worthy estimation." Shak. It will probably settle down at last on this latter sense. "Esteem is the value we place upon some degree of worth. It is higher than simple approbation, which is a decision of judgment. It is the commencement of affection." Gogan.
No; dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price. Cowper.

Estimation

Es`ti*ma"tion (?), n. [L. aestimatio, fr. aestimare: cf. F. estimation. See Esteem, v. t.]

1. The act of estimating. Shak.

2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities.

If he be poorer that thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest, and the priest shall value him. Lev. xxvii. 8.

3. Favorable opinion; esteem; regard; honor.

I shall have estimation among multitude, and honor with the elders. Wisdom viii. 10.

4. Supposition; conjecture.

I speak not this in estimation, As what I think might be, but what I know. Shak.
Syn. -- Estimate; calculation; computation; appraisement; esteem; honor; regard. See Estimate, n.

Estimative

Es"ti*ma*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. estimatif.]

1. Inclined, or able, to estimate; serving for, or capable of being used in, estimating.

We find in animals an estimative or judicial faculty. Sir M. Hale.

2. Pertaining to an estimate. [R.]

Estimator

Es"ti*ma`tor (?), n. [L. aestimator.] One who estimates or values; a valuer. Jer. Taylor.

Estival, a., Estivate Es"ti*val (?), a., Es"ti*vate (, v. i., Es`ti*va"tion (, n. Same as \'92stival, \'92stivate, etc.

Estoile

Es`toile" (?), n. [OF.] (Her.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet. [Written also \'82toile.] Estoile of eight points, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. -- Estoile of four points. Same as Cross estoil\'82, under Cross.

Estop

Es*top" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estophed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estopping.] [OF. estoper to stop, plug, close, F. \'82touper, LL. stuppare to close with tow, obstruct, fr. L. stuppa tow, oakum, cf. Gr. Stop.] (Law) To impede or bar by estoppel.
A party will be estopped by his admissions, where his intent is to influence another, or derive an advantage to himself. Abbott.

Estoppel

Es*top"pel (?), n. [From Estop.] (Law) (a) A stop; an obstruction or bar to one's alleging or denying a fact contrary to his own previous action, allegation, or denial; an admission, by words or conduct, which induces another to purchase rights, against which the party making such admission can not take a position inconsistent with the admission. (b) The agency by which the law excludes evidence to dispute certain admissions, which the policy of the law treats as indisputable. Wharton. Stephen. Burrill.
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Estovers

Es*to"vers (?), n. pl. [OF. estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See Stover.] (Law) Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone. Common of estovers. See under Common, n.

Estrade

Es`trade" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. estrado, orig., a carpet on the floor of a room, also, a carpeted platform, fr. L. stratum bed covering. See Stratum.] (Arch.) A portion of the floor of a room raised above the general level, as a place for a bed or a throne; a platform; a dais.
He [the teacher] himself should have his desk on a mounted estrade or platform. J. G. Fitch.

Estramacon

Es`tra`ma`con" (?), n. [F.]

1. A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries.

2. A blow with edge of a sword. Farrow.

Estrange

Es*trange" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estranged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estranging.] [OF. estrangier to remove, F. \'82tranger, L. extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See Strange.]

1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with.

We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and distinctly evidenced. Glanvill.
Had we . . . estranged ourselves from them in things indifferent. Hooker.

2. To divert from its original use or purpose, or from its former possessor; to alienate.

They . . . have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods. Jer. xix. 4.

3. To alienate the affections or confidence of; to turn from attachment to enmity or indifference.

I do not know, to this hour, what it is that has estranged him from me. Pope.
He . . . had pretended to be estranged from the Whigs, and had promised to act as a spy upon them. Macaulay.

Estrangedness

Es*tran"ged*ness (?), n. State of being estranged; estrangement. Prynne.

Estrangement

Es*trange"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. estrangement.] The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation.
An estrangement from God. J. C. Shairp.
A long estrangement from better things. South.

Estranger

Es*tran"ger (?), n. One who estranges.

Estrangle

Es*tran"gle (?), v. t. To strangle. [Obs.]

Estrapade

Es`tra*pade" (?), n. [F.] (Man.) The action of a horse, when, to get rid of his rider, he rears, plunges, and kicks furiously.

Estray

Es*tray" (?), v. i. To stray. [Obs.] Daniel.

Estray

Es*tray" n. (Law) Any valuable animal, not wild, found wandering from its owner; a stray. Burrill.

Estre

Es"tre (?), n. [OF. estre state, plan.] The inward part of a building; the interior. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Estreat

Es*treat" (?), n. [OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See Extract.] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill.

Estreat

Es*treat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Estreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating.] (Law) (a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance. (b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine.

Estrepe

Es*trepe" (?), v. t. [OF. estreper.] (Law) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.

Estrepement

Es*trepe"ment (?), n. [OF., damage, waste.] (Law) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell.

Estrich

Es"trich (?), n.

1. Ostrich. [Obs.] Massinger.

2. (Com.) The down of the ostrich. Brande & C.

Estuance

Es"tu*ance (?), n. [From L. aestuans, p. pr. of aestuare. See Estuate.] Heat. [Obs.]

Estuarine

Es"tu*a*rine (?), a. Pertaining to an estuary; estuary.

Estuary

Es"tu*a*ry (?), n.; pl. Estuaries (#). [L. aestuarium, from aestuare to surge. See Estuate.] [Written also \'91stuary.]

1. A place where water boils up; a spring that wells forth. [Obs.] Boyle.

2. A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith.

it to the sea was often by long and wide estuaries. Dana.

Estuary

Es"tu*a*ry, a. Belonging to, or formed in, an estuary; as, estuary strata. Lyell.

Estuate

Es"tu*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Estuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Estuating.] [L. aestuare to be in violent motion, to boil up, burn, fr. aestus boiling or undulating motion, fire, glow, heat; akin to Gr.Ether.] To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated. Bacon.

Estuation

Es`tu*a"tion (?), n. [L. aestuatio.] The act of estuating; commotion, as of a fluid; agitation.
The estuations of joys and fears. W. Montagu.

Estufa

Es*tu"fa (?), n.; pl. Estufas (#). [Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. Stove.] An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians. L. H. Morgan.

Esture

Es"ture (?; 135), n. [See Estuate.] Commotion. [Obs.] Chapman.

Esurient

E*su"ri*ent (?), a. [L. esuriens, p. pr. of ensurire, fr. edere to eat.] Inclined to eat; hungry; voracious. [R.] Bailey. "Poor, but esurient." Carlyle.

Esurient

E*su"ri*ent, n. One who is hungry or greedy. [R.]
An insatiable esurient after riches. Wood.

Esurine

Es"u*rine (?), a. [See Esurient.] Causing hunger; eating; corroding. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Esurine

Es"u*rine, n. (Med.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger. [Obs.]

-et

-et (?). [F. -et, masc., -ette, fem. Cf. -let.] A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.

Etaac

E*taac" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The blue buck.

Etacism

E"ta*cism (?), n. [Gr. Itacism.] (Greek Gram.) The pronunciation of the Greek η (eta) like the Italian e long, that is like a in the English word ate. See Itacism.

Etacist

E"ta*cist (?), n. One who favors etacism.

\'90tag\'8are

\'90`ta`g\'8are" (?), n. [F., fr. \'82tager to arrange on shelves, fr. \'82tage story, floor. See Stage.] A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt.

\'90tat Major

\'90`tat" Ma`jor" (?). [F., fr. \'82tat state + L. major greater.] (Mil.) The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers.

Et cetera, Et c\'91tera

Et` cet"e*ra, Et` c\'91t"e*ra (?). [L. et and + caetera other things.] Others of the like kind; and the rest; and so on; -- used to point out that other things which could be mentioned are to be understood. Usually abbreviated into etc. or &c. (&c). Shak.

Etch

Etch (?), n. A variant of Eddish. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Etch

Etch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Etching.] [D. etsen, G. \'84tzen to feed, corrode, etch. MHG. etzen, causative of ezzen to eat, G. essen Eat.]

1. To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid. &hand; The plate is first covered with varnish, or some other ground capable of resisting the acid, and this is then scored or scratched with a needle, or similar instrument, so as to form the drawing; the plate is then covered with acid, which corrodes the metal in the lines thus laid bare.

2. To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.

I was etching a plate at the beginning of 1875. Hamerton.

3. To sketch; to delineate. [R.]

There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writes, to which they had recourse to etch out their system. Locke.

Etch

Etch, v. i. To practice etching; to make etchings.

Etcher

Etch"er (?), n. One who etches.

Etching

Etch"ing, n.

1. The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

2. A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

3. An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate. Etching figures (Min.), markings produced on the face of a crystal by the action of an appropriate solvent. They have usually a definite form, and are important as revealing the molecular structure. -- Etching needle, a sharp-pointed steel instrument with which lines are drawn in the ground or varnish in etching. -- Etching stitch (Needlework), a stitch used outline embroidery.

Eteostic

E`te*os"tic (?), n. [Gr. A kind of chronogram. [R.] B. Jonson.

Eterminable

E*ter"mi*na*ble (?), a. [Pref. e- + terminable.] Interminable. [Obs.] Skelton.

Etern ∨ Eterne

E*tern"E*terne" (?), a. [OF. eterne, L. aeternus, for aeviturnus, fr. aevum age. See Age, and cf. Eternal.] Eternal. [Poetic] Shak.
Built up to eterne significance. Mrs. Browning.

Eternal

E*ter"nal (?), a. [F. \'82ternel, L. aeternalis, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]

1. Without beginning or end of existence; always existing.

The eternal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27.
To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke.

2. Without end of existence or duration; everlasting; endless; immortal.

That they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2 Tim. ii. 10.

3. Continued without intermission; perpetual; ceaseless; constant.

And fires eternal in thy temple shine. Dryden.

4. Existing at all times without change; immutable.

Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he opposed. Dryden.
What are the eternal objects of poetry among all nations, and at all times? M. Arnold.

5. Exceedingly great or bad; -- used as a strong intensive. "Some eternal villain." The Eternal City, an appellation of Rome. Syn. -- Everlasting; endless; infinite; ceaseless; perpetual; interminable. See Everlasting.

Eternal

E*ter"nal, n.

1. One of the appellations of God.

Law whereby the Eternal himself doth work. Hooker.

2. That which is endless and immortal. Young.

Eternalist

E*ter"nal*ist, n. One who holds the existence of matter to be from eternity. T. Burnet.

Eternalize

E*ter"nal*ize (?), v. t. To make eternal. Shelton.

Eternally

E*ter"nal*ly, adv. In an eternal manner.
That which is morally good or evil at any time or in any case, must be also eternally and unchangeably so. South.
Where western gales eternally reside. Addison.

Eterne

E*terne" (?), a. See Etern.

Eternify

E*ter"ni*fy (?), v. t. To make eternal. [Obs.]
Fame . . . eternifies the name. Mir. for Mag.

Eternity

E*ter"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Eternities (#). [F. \'82ternit\'82, L. aeternitas, fr. aeternus. See Etern.]

1. Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.

2. Condition which begins at death; immortality.

Thou know'st 't is common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. Shak.

Eternization

E*ter`ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of eternizing; the act of rendering immortal or famous.

Eternize

E*ter"nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eternized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eterniziing.] [Cf. F. \'82terniser.]

1. To make eternal or endless.

This other [gift] served but to eternize woe. Milton.

2. To make forever famous; to immortalize; as, to eternize one's self, a name, exploits.

St. Alban's battle won by famous York, Shall be eternized in all age to come. Shak.

Etesian

E*te"sian (?), a. [L. etesiae, pl., periodic winds, Gr. \'82t\'82sien.] Periodical; annual; -- applied to winds which annually blow from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.

Ethal

Eth"al (?), n. [Ether + alcohol: cf. F. \'82thal.] (Chem.) A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also cetylic alcohol. See Cetylic alcohol, under Cetylic. <-- usu. called cetyl alcohol. -->

Ethane

Eth"ane (?), n. [From Ether.] (Chem.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.

Ethe

Ethe (?), a. [See Eath.] Easy. [Obs.] Spenser.

Ethel

Eth"el (?), a. [AS. e, \'91. See Atheling.] Noble. [Obs.]

Ethene

Eth"ene (?), n. (Chem.) Ethylene; olefiant gas.

Ethenic

E*then"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether.

Ethenyl

Eth"e*nyl (?), n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C. (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl.

Etheostomoid

E`the*os"to*moid (?), a. [NL. etheostoma name of a genus + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n. Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter. <-- e.g. the snail darter. -->

Ether

E"ther (?), n. [L. aether, Gr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. \'82ther.] >[Written also \'91ther.]

1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether.

2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

3. (Chem.) (a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an an\'91sthetic. Called also ethyl oxide.<-- also commonly, ethyl ether. --> (b) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. Complex ether, Mixed ether (Chem.), an oxide of two different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. -- Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. -- Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.

Ethereal

E*the"re*al (?), a.

1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton.

2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

Vast chain of being, which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope.

3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. Ethereal oil. (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential. -- Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or \'d2nanthic ether). -- Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester.

Etherealism

E*the"re*al*ism (?), n. Ethereality.

Ethereality

E*the`re*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness.
Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp.

Etherealization

E*the`re*al*i*za"tion (?), n. An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling.

Etherealize

E*the"re*al*ize (?), v. t.

1. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether.

2. To render ethereal or spiritlike.

Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. Hawthorne.

Ethereally

E*the"re*al*ly, adv. In an ethereal manner.
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Etherealness

E*the"re*al*ness (?), n. Ethereality.

Ethereous

E*the"re*ous (?), a. [L.aethereus, Gr. Ether.]

1. Formed of ether; ethereal. [Obs.]

This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton.

2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or resembling, either. Ethereous oil. See Ethereal oil, under Ethereal.

Etherification

E*ther`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid.

Etheriform

E*ther"i*form (?), a. [Ether + form.] Having the form of ether.

Etherin

E"ther*in, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine.

Etherization

E`ther*i*za"tion (?) n. (Med.) (a) The administration of ether to produce insensibility. (b) The state of the system under the influence of ether.

Etherize

E"ther*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Etherized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing (?).] [Cf. F. \'82th\'82riser.]

1. To convert into ether.

2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient.

Etherol

E"ther*ol (?), n. [Ether + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

Ethic, Ethical

Eth"ic (?), Eth"ic*al (?), a. [L. ethicus, Gr. sidus, G. sitte, Skr. svadh, prob. orig., one's own doing; sva self + dh to set: cf. F. \'82thique. See So, Do.] Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy.
The ethical meaning of the miracles. Trench.
Ethical dative (Gram.), a use of the dative of a pronoun to signify that the person or thing spoken of is regarded with interest by some one; as, Quid mihi Celsus agit? How does my friend Celsus do?

Ethically

Eth"ic*al*ly, adv. According to, in harmony with, moral principles or character.

Ethicist

Eth"i*cist (?), n. One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.

Ethics

Eth"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82thique. See Ethic.] The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.
The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor.

Ethide

Eth"ide (?), n. (Chem.) Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

Ethidene

Eth"i*dene (?), n. [From Ether.] (Chem.) Ethylidene. [Obs.]

Ethine

Eth"ine (?), n. (Chem.) Acetylene.

Ethionic

Eth`i*on"ic (?), a. [Ethyl + thionic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid so called. Ethionic acid (Chem.), a liquid derivative of ethylsulphuric and sulphuric (thionic) acids, obtained by the action of sulphur trioxide on absolute alcohol.

Ethiop, Ethiopian

E"thi*op (?), E`thi*o"pi*an (?), n. [L. Aethiops, Gr. A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia; also, in a general sense, a negro or black man.

Ethiopian, Ethiopic

E`thi*o"pi*an, E`thi*op"ic (?), a. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.

Ethiopic

E`thi*op"ic, n. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.

Ethiops

E"thi*ops (?) n. [NL. See Ethiop.] (Old Chem.) A black substance; -- formerly applied to various preparations of a black or very dark color. [Written also \'92thiops.] [Obs.] Ethiops martial (Old Chem.), black oxide of iron. -- Ethiops mineral (Old Chem.), black sulphide of mercury, obtained by triturating mercury with sulphur. -- Ethiops per se (Old Chem.), mercury in finely divided state, having the appearance of a dark powder, obtained by shaking it up or by exposure to the air.

Ethmoid, Ethmoidal

Eth"moid (?), Eth*moid"al (?), a. [Gr. ethmo\'8bde, ethmo\'8bdal.] (Anat.) (a) Like a sieve; cribriform. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone. Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

Ethmoid

Eth"moid (?) n. (Anat.) The ethmoid bone.

Ethmotrubinal

Eth`mo*tru"bi*nal (?), a. [Ethmoid + turbinal.] See Turbinal. -- n. An ethmoturbinal bone.

Ethmovomerine

Eth`mo*vo"mer*ine (?), n. [Ethmoid + vomerine.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull. Ethmovomerine plate (Anat.), a cartilaginous plate beneath the front of the fetal brain which the ethmoid region of the skull is developed.

Ethnarch

Eth"narch (?), n. [Gr. -arch.] (Gr. Antiq.) The governor of a province or people. Lew Wallace.

Ethnarchy

Eth"narch*y (?) n. [Gr. The dominion of an ethnarch; principality and rule. Wright.

Ethnic, Ethnical

Eth"nic (?), Eth"nic*al (?), a. [L. ethnicus, Gr. ethnique.]

1. Belonging to races or nations; based on distinctions of race; ethnological.

2. Pertaining to the gentiles, or nations not converted to Christianity; heathen; pagan; -- opposed to Jewish and Christian.

Ethnic

Eth"nic (?) n. A heathen; a pagan. [Obs.]
No better reported than impure ethnic and lay dogs. Milton.

Ethnically

Eth"nic*al*ly (?), adv. In an ethnical manner.

Ethnicism

Eth"ni*cism (?) n. Heathenism; paganism; idolatry. [Obs.] "Taint of ethnicism." B. Jonson.

Ethnographer

Eth*nog"ra*pher (?) n. One who investigates ethnography.

Ethnographic, Ethnographical

Eth`no*graph"ic (?), Eth`no*graph"ic*al (?),. a. [Cf. F. ethnographique.] pertaining to ethnography.

Ethnographically

Eth`no*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. In an ethnographical manner.

Ethnography

Eth*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. ethnographie.] That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.

Ethnologic, Ethnological

Eth`no*log"ic (?), Eth`no*log"ic*al (?), a Of or pertaining to ethnology.

Ethnologically

Eth`no*log"ic*al*ly, adv. In an ethnological manner; by ethnological classification; as, one belonging ethnologically to an African race.

Ethnologist

Eth*nol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in ethnology; a student of ethnology.

Ethnology

Eth*nol"o*gy (?) n. [Gr. -logy.] The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

Ethologic, Ethological

Eth`o*log"ic (?), Eth`o*log"ic*al (?), a [See Ethology.] treating of, or pertaining to, ethnic or morality, or the science of character. J. S. Mill.

Ethologist

E*thol"o*gist (?) n. One who studies or writes upon ethology.

Ethology

E*thol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr.

1. A treatise on morality; ethics.

2. The science of the formation of character, national and collective as well as individual. J. S. Mill.

Ethopoetic

Eth"o*po*et"ic (?). [Gr. Expressing character. [Obs.] Urquhart.

Ethule

Eth"ule (?) [Ether + Gr. Ethyl, and see -yl.] (Chem.) Ethyl. [Obs.]

Ethyl

Eth"yl (?), n. [Ether + -yl.] (Chem.) A monatomic, hydrocarbon radical, C2H5 of the paraffin series, forming the essential radical of ethane, and of common alcohol and ether. Ethyl aldehyde. (Chem.) See Aldehyde.

Ethylamine

Eth`yl*am"ine (?), n. [Ethyl + amine.] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane.

Ethylate

Eth"yl*ate (?). [From Ethyl.] (Chem.) A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.

Ethylene

Eth"yl*ene (?), n. [From Ethyl.] (Chem.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H4, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen. <-- is effective in hastening the ripening of certain fruits. --> Ethylene series (Chem.), the series if unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and represented by the general formula CnH2n.

Ethylic

E*thyl"ic (?). (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, ethyl; as, ethylic alcohol.

Ethylidene

E*thyl"i*dene (?). (Chem.) An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, C2H4 metameric with ethylene but written thus, CH3.CH to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, CH2.CH2. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also ethidene.

Ethylin

Eth"yl*in (?). (Chem.) Any one of the several complex ethers of ethyl and glycerin.

Ethylsulphuric

Eth`yl*sul*phu"ric (?) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ethyl and sulphuric acid. Ethylsulphuric acid (Chem.), an acid sulphate of ethyl, H.C2H5.SO4, produced as a thick liquid by the action of sulphiric acid on alcohol. It appears to be the active catalytic agent in the process of etherification.

Etiolate

E"ti*o*late (?). v. i. [imp. & p. p. Etiolated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Etiolating.] [F. \'82tioler to blanch.]

1. To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

2. (Med.) To become pale through disease or absence of light.

Etiolate

E"ti*o*late, v. t.

1. To blanch; to bleach; to whiten by depriving of the sun's rays.

2. (Med.) To cause to grow pale by disease or absence of light.

Etiolate, Etiolated

E"ti*o*late (?), E"ti*o*la`ted, a. Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

Etiolation

E`ti*o*la"tion (?), n.

1. The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

2. (Med.) Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Dunglison.

Etoolin

E"to*o*lin (?), n. [See Etiolate.] (Bot.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll. Encyc. Brit.

Etiological

E`ti*o*log"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or inquiring into, causes; \'91tiological.

Etiology

E`ti*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82tiologie.] The science of causes. Same as tiology.

Etiquette

Et"i*quette` (?), n. [F. prop., a little piece of paper, or a mark or title, affixed to a bag or bundle, expressing its contents, a label, ticket, OF.estiquete, of German origin; cf. LG. stikke peg, pin, tack, stikken to stick, G. stecken. See Stick, and cf. Ticket.] The forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.
The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.

Etna

Et"na (?), n. A kind of small, portable, cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry. V. Baker.

Etnean

Et*ne"an (?), a. [L. Aetnaeus, Gr. , fr.Aetna, Aetne).] Pertaining to Etna, a volcanic mountain in Sicily.

Etoile

E`toile" (?), n. [F.] (Her.) See Estoile.

Etrurian

E*tru"ri*an (?), a. Of or relating to ancient Etruria, in Italy. "Etrurian Shades." Milton, -- n. A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria.

Etruscan

E*trus"can (?), n. [L. Etruscus.] Of or relating to Etruria. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Etruria.

Etter pike

Et"ter pike` (?), n. [Cf. Atter.] (Zo\'94l.) The stingfish, or lesser weever (Tranchinus vipera).

Ettin

Et"tin (?), n. [SA. eten, eoten, orig., gluttonous, fr. etan to eat.] A giant. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

Ettle

Et"tle (?), v. t. [Perh. the same word as addle to earn; bur cf. OE. atlien, etlien, to intend, prepare, Icel. \'91tla to think, suppose, mean.] To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn. Boucher.

Etude

E`tude" (?), n. [F. See Study.]

1. A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.

2. (Mus.) A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.

Etul

E`tul" (?), n. [F.] A case for one several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.

Etwee

Et*wee" (?), n. See . Shenstone.

Etym

Et"ym (?), n. See Etymon. H. F. Talbot.

Etymic

E*tym"ic (?), a. Relating to the etymon; as, an etymic word.

Etymologer

Et`y*mol"o*ger (?), n. An etymologist.

Etymological

Et`y*mo*log"ic*al (?), a. [L. etymologicus, Gr. \'82timilogique. See Etymology.] Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. -- Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Etymologicon

Et`y*mo*log"i*con (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. an etymological dictionary or manual.

Etymologist

Et`y*mol"o*gist (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82tymologiste.] One who investigates the derivation of words.

Etymologize

Et`y*mol"o*gize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. \'82tymologiser.] To give the etymology of; to trace to the root or primitive, as a word. Camden

Etymologize

Et`y*mol"o*gize, v. t. To search into the origin of words; to deduce words from their simple roots.
How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench.

Etymology

Et`y*mol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Etymologies (#). [L.etymologia, Gr. \'82tymologie. See Etymon, and -logy.]

1. That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of from and meaning.

2. That pert of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

Etymon

Et"y*mon (?), n.; pl. E. Etymons (#), Gr. Etyma (#). [L., fr. Gr. sotya, E. sooth. See Sooth.] 1. An original form; primitive word; root.

2. Original or fundamental signification. [R.]

Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word. Coleridge.

Etypical

E*typ"ic*al (?), a. [Pref. e- + typical.] (Biol.) Diverging from, or lacking conformity to, a type.

Eu

Eu (?). [Gr. su, from the same root as E. is; or with Skr. vasu good, prob. fr. the same root as E. was.] A prefix used frequently in composition, signifying well, good, advantageous; -- the opposite of dys-.

Eucairite

Eu*cai"rite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium.

Eucalyn

Eu"ca*lyn (?), n. (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name.

Eucalyptol

Eu`ca*lyp*tol (?), n. [Eucalyptus + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A volatile, terpenelike oil extracted from the eucalyptus, and consisting largely of cymene.

Eucalyptus

Eu`ca*lyp"tus (?), n. [NL., from GR. (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia. &hand; They have rigid, entire leaves with one edge turned toward the zenith. Most of them secrete resinous gums, whence they called gum trees, and their timber is of great value. Eucalyptus Globulus is the blue gum; E. aigantea, the stringy bark: E. amygdalina, the peppermint tree. E. Gunnii, the Tasmanian cider tree, yields a refreshing drink from wounds made in the bark in the spring. Center species yield oils, tars, acids, dyes and tans. It is said that miasmatic valleys in Algeria and Portugal, and a part of the unhealthy Roman Campagna, have been made more salubrious by planting groves of these trees.

Eucharis

Eu"cha*ris (?), n. [NL., fr. L. eucharis agreeable, Gr. Eucharist.] (Bot.) A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

Eucharist

Eu"cha*rist (?), n. [L. euchaistia, Gr. yearn: cf. F. euchaistie.]

1. The act of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.]

Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South.

2. (Eccl.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion. -- See Sacrament.

Eucharistic, Eucharistical

Eu`cha*ris"tic (?), Eu`cha*ris"tic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. eucharistie.]

1. Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.]

The eucharistical part of our daily devotions. Ray.

2. Pertaining to the Lord's Supper. "The eucharistic sacrament." Sir. G. C. Lewis.

Euchite

Eu"chite (?), n. [From Gr. One who resolves religion into prayer. [Obs.] Gauden.

Euchloric

Eu*chlo"ric (?), a. [Gr. (Chem.) Relating to, or consisting of, euchlorine; as, euchloric . Davy.

Euchlorine

Eu*chlo"rine (?), n. [Cf. F. euchlorine. See Euchloric.] (Chem.) A yellow or greenish yellow gas, first prepared by Davy, evolved from potassium chlorate and hydrochloric acid. It is supposed to consist of chlorine tetroxide with some free chlorine.

Euchologion, Euchology

Eu`cho*lo"gi*on (?), Eu*chol"o*gy (?), n. [NL. euchologion, Gr. (Eccl.) A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.

Euchologue

Eu"cho*logue, n. [F. euchologe.] Euchology. [R.]

Euchre

Eu"chre (?), n. [Perh. from F. \'82cart\'82.] A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower.

Euchre

Eu"chre, v. t.

1. To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.

2. To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme. [Slang.]

Euchroic

Eu*chro"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Chem.) Having a fine color. Euchroic acid (Chem.), an organic, imide acid, obtained as a colorless crystalline substance, C12H4N2O8 by heating an ammonium salt of mellitic acid. By reduction it is changed to a dark blue substance (euchrone), -- hence its name.

Euchroite

Eu"chro*ite (?), n. [See Euchroic.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in transparent emerald green crystals. It is hydrous arseniate of copper.

Euchrone

Eu"chrone (?) n. (Chem.) A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic.

Euchymy

Eu"chy*my (?), n. [Gr. Chyme.] (Med.) A good state of he blood and other fluids of the body.

Euclase

Eu"clase (?) n. [Gr. euclase, G. euklas. See named from its brittleness.] (Min.) A brittle gem occurring in light green, transparent crystals, affording a brilliant clinodiagonal cleavage. It is a silicate of alumina and glucina.

Euclid

Eu"clid (?), n. A Greek geometer of the 3d century

Euclidian

Eu*clid"i*an (?), n. Related to Euclid, or to the geometry of Euclid. Euclidian space (Geom.), the kind of space to which the axioms and definitions of Euclid, relative to straight lines and parallel lines, apply; -- called also flat space, and homaloidal space.

Eucopepoda

Eu`co*pep"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL. See Eu- and Copepoda.] (Zo\'94l.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans.

Eucrasy

Eu"cra*sy (?). [Gr. eucrasie.] (Med.) Such a due mixture of qualities in bodies as constitutes health or soundness. Quincy.

Euctical

Euc"tic*al (?) [Gr. Expecting a wish; supplicatory. [R.]
Sacrifices . . . distinguished into expiatory, euctical, and eucharistical. Bp. Law.

Eudemon, Eud\'91mon

Eu*de"mon, Eu*d\'91"mon (?), n. [Gr. A good angel. Southey.

Eudemonics, Eud\'91monics

Eu`de*mon"ics, Eu`d\'91*mon"ics (?), n. [Gr. Eudemonism.] That part of moral philosophy which treats of happiness; the science of happiness; -- contrasted with aretaics. J. Grote.

Eudemonism, Eud\'91monism

Eu*de"mon*ism, Eu*d\'91"mon*ism (?), n. [Gr. Demon.] That system of ethics which defines and enforces moral obligation by its relation to happiness or personal well-being.

Eudemonist, Eud\'91monist

Eu*de"mon*ist, Eu*d\'91"mon*ist, n. One who believes in eudemonism.
I am too much of a eud\'91monist; I hanker too much after a state of happiness both for myself and others. De Quincey.

Eudemonistic, Eud\'91monistic

Eu*de`mon*is"tic , Eu*d\'91`mon*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to eudemonism.

Eudemonistical, Eud\'91monistical

Eu*de`mon*is"tic*al, Eu*d\'91`mon*is"tic*al (?), a. Eudemonistic.

Eudialyte

Eu*di"a*lyte (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish red color and vitreous luster, consisting chiefly of the silicates of iron, zirconia, and lime.

Eudiometer

Eu`di*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. ediom\'8atre.] (Chem.) An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; -- so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air. &hand; It usually consists of a finely graduated and calibrated glass tube, open at one end, the bottom; and having near the top a pair of platinum wires fused in, to allow the passage of an electric spark, as the process involves the explosion and combustion of one of the ingredients to be determined. The operation is conducted in a through of mercury, or sometimes over water. Cf. Burette. Use's ediometer has the tube bent in the form of the letter. U.

Eudiometric, Eudiometrical

Eu`di*o*met"ric (?), Eu`di*o*met"ric*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a eudiometer; as, eudiometrical experiments or results.

Eudiometry

Eu`di*om"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. eudiom\'82trie.] (Chem.) The art or process of determining he constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.

Eudipleura

Eu`di*pleu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves. Syd. Soc. Lex.

Eudoxian

Eu*dox"i*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eudoxius, patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.

Euganoidei

Eu`ga*noi"de*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. GR. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zo\'94l) A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes.

Euge

Eu"ge (?), n. [L., well done! bravo! Gr. Applause. [Obs.] Hammond.

Eugeuia

Eu*ge"ui*a (?), n. [NL. Named in honor of Prince Eugene of Savoy.] (Bot.) A genus of mytraceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees which produce allspice and cloves of commerce.

Eugenic

Eu*gen"ic (?), a. [See Eugenia.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cloves; as, eugenic acid.

Eudenic

Eu*den"ic (?), a. [Gr. Well-born; of high birth. Atlantic Monthly.

Eugenics

Eu*gen"ics (?), n. The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. F. Galton.

Eugenin

Eu"ge*nin (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also clove camphor.

Eugenol

Eu"ge*nol (?), n. [Eugenia + -ol.] (Chem.) A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon, C10H12O2 resembling the phenols, and hence also called eugenic acid. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves. <-- used as an analgesic in dentistry. -->

Eugeny

Eu"ge*ny (?). [Gr. Nobleness of birth. [Obs.]

Eugetic, Eugetinic

Eu*get"ic (?), Eu`ge*tin"ic (?), a. (Chem) Pertaining to, or derived from, eugenol; as, eugetic acid.

Eugh

Eugh (?), n. [See Yew.] The yew. [Obs.] Dryden.

Eugubian, Eugubine

Eu*gu"bi*an (?), Eu"gu*bine (?), a. Of or pertaining to the ancient town of Eugubium (now Gubbio); as, the Eugubine tablets, or tables, or inscriptions.

Euharmonic

Eu`har*mon"ic (?), a. [Pref. -eu + harmonic.] (Mus.) Producing mathematically perfect harmony or concord; sweetly or perfectly harmonious.

Euhemerism

Eu*hem"er*ism (?) n. [L. Euhemerus, Gr. The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.

Euhemerist

Eu*hem"er*ist, n. One who advocates euhemerism.

Euhemeristic

Eu*hem`er*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to euhemerism.

Euhemerize

Eu*hem"er*ize (?) v. t. To interpret (mythology) on the theory of euhemerism.

Euisopoda

Eu`i*sop"o*da (?). pl. [NL. See Eu- and Isopoda.] (Zo\'94l.) A group which includes the typical Isopoda.

Eulachon

Eu"la*chon (?), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The candlefish. [Written also oulachan, oolacan, and ulikon.] See Candlefish.

Eulerian

Eu*le"ri*an (?) a. Pertaining Euler, a German mathematician of the 18th century. Eulerian integrals, certain definite integrals whose properties were first investigated by Euler.

Eulogic, Eulogical

Eu*log"ic (?), Eu*log"ic*al (?), a. [See Eulogy.] Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic. [R.] -- Eu*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]

Eulogist

Eu"lo*gist (?) n. One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast. Buckle.

Eulogistic, Eulogistical

Eu`lo*gis"tic (?), Eu`lo*gis"tic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Eulogium

Eu*lo"gi*um (?) n.; pl. Eulogiums (#). [LL., fr. Gr. A formal eulogy. Smollett.

Eulogize

Eu"lo*gize (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eulogized. (p. pr. & vb. n.
Eulogizing (?).] To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.

Eulogy

Eu"lo*gy (?), n.; pl. Eulogies (#). [Gr. Eulogium, and see Legend.] A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
Eulogies turn into elegies. Spenser.
Syn. -- Encomium; praise; panegyric; applause. -- Eulogy, Eulogium, Encomium, Panegyric. The idea of praise is common to all these words. The word encomium is used of both persons and things which are the result of human action, and denotes warm praise. Eulogium and eulogy apply only to persons and are more studied and of greater length. A panegyric was originally a set speech in a full assembly of the people, and hence denotes a more formal eulogy, couched in terms of warm and continuous praise, especially as to personal character. We may bestow encomiums on any work of art, on production of genius, without reference to the performer; we bestow eulogies, or pronounce a eulogium, upon some individual distinguished for his merit public services; we pronounce a panegyric before an assembly gathered for the occasion.

Eulytite

Eu"ly*tite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) a mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicate of bismuth, found at Freiberg; -- called also culytine.

Eumenides

Eu*men"i*des (?), n. pl. [L., from Gr. (Class. Myth.) A euphemistic name for the Furies of Erinyes.

Eumolpus

Eu*mol"pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small beetles, one species of which (E. viti) is very injurious to the vines in the wine countries of Europe.

Eunomian

Eu*no"mi*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eunomius, bishop of Cyzicus (4th century A. D.), who held that Christ was not God but a created being, having a nature different from that of the Father. -- a. Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.

Eunomy

Eu"no*my (?), n. [Gr. Equal law, or a well-adjusted constitution of government. [R.] Mitford.

Eunuch

Eu"nuch (?), n. [L. eunuchus, Gr. A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank.

Eunuch, Eunuchate

Eu"nuch (?), Eu"nuch*ate, v. t. [L. eunuchare.] To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man. Creech. Sir. T. Browne.

Eunuchism

Eu"nuch*ism (?), n. [L. eunuchismus an unmanning, Gr. eunuchisme eunuchism.] The state of being eunuch. Bp. Hall.

Euonymin

Eu*on"y*min (?), n. (Med.) A principle or mixture of principles derived from Euonymus atropurpureus, or spindle tree.

Euonymus

Eu*on"y*mus (?), n. [NL. (cf. L. euonymos). fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic.

Euornithes

Eu`or*ni"thes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr., Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The division of Aves which includes all the typical birds, or all living birds except the penguins and birds of ostrichlike form.

Euosmitte

Eu*os"mitte (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.

Eupathy

Eu"pa*thy (?), n. [Gr. Eu-, and Pathetic.] Right feeling. [R.] Harris.

Eupatorin Eupatorine

Eu*pat"o*rin Eu*pat"o*rine (?), n. (Med.) A principle or mixture of principles extracted from various species of Eupatorium.

Eupatorium

Eu`pa*to"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Eupator, king of Pontus, said to have used it as a medicine.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.

Eupatrid

Eu"pa*trid (?), n. [Gr. One well born, or of noble birth.

Eupepsia, Eupepsy

Eu*pep"si*a (?), Eu*pep"sy (?), n. [NL. eupepsia, Fr. Gr. (Med.) Soundness of the nutritive or digestive organs; good concoction or digestion; -- opposed to dyspepsia.

Eupeptic

Eu*pep"tic (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to good digestion; easy of digestion; having a good digestion; as, eupeptic food; an eupeptic man.
Wrapt in lazy eupeptic fat. Carlyle.

Euphemism

Eu"phe*mism (?), n. [Gr. euph\'82misme. See Fame.] (Rhet.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

Euphemistic, Euphemistical

Eu`phe*mis"tic (?), Eu`phe*mis"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression. -- Eu`phe*mis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Euphemize

Eu"phe*mize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Euphemized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Euphemizing.] [Gr. To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.

Euphoniad

Eu*pho"ni*ad (?), n. [See Euphony.] (Mus.) An instrument in which are combined the characteristic tones of the organ and various other instruments. [R.]

Euphonic, Euphonical

Eu*phon"ic (?), Eu*phon"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting, euphony; agreeable in sound; pleasing to the ear; euphonious; as, a euphonic expression; euphonical orthography.
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Euphonicon

Eu*phon"i*con (?), n. [See Euphony.] (Mus.) A kind of uptight piano.

Euphonious

Eu*pho"ni*ous (?), a. Pleasing or sweet in sound; euphonic; smooth-sounding. Hallam. -- Eu*pho"ni*ous*ly, adv.

Euphonism

Eu"pho*nism (?), n. An agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.

Euphonium

Eu*pho"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Euphony.] (Mus.) A bass instrument of the saxhorn family.

Euphonize

Eu"pho*nize (?), v. t. To make euphonic. [R.]

Euphonon

Eu"pho*non (?), n. [See Euphony.] (Mus.) An instrument resembling the organ in tine and the upright piano in form. It is characterized by great strength and sweetness of tone.

Euphonous

Eu"pho*nous (?), n. Euphonious. [R.]

Euphony

Eu"pho*ny (?), n.; pl. Euphonies (#). [L. euphonia, Gr. euphonie.] A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ear.

Euphorbia

Eu*phor"bi*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbea. See Euphorrium.] (Bot.) Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.

Euphorbiaceous, Euphorbial

Eu*phor`bi*a"ceous (?), Eu*phor"bi*al (?), a. (Bot.) Of, relating to, or resembling, the Euphorbia family.

Euphorbin Euphorbine

Eu*phor"bin Eu*phor"bine (?), n. (Med.) A principle, or mixture of principles, derived from various species of Euphorbia.

Euphorbium

Eu*phor"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. euphorbeum, from Gr. Euphorbus, a Greek physician.] (Med.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.

Euphotide

Eu"pho*tide (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.

Euphrasy

Eu"phra*sy (?), n. [NL. euphrasia, fr. Gr. eufrasia, F. eufrasie.] (Bot.) The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.
Then purged with euphrasy and rue The visual nerve, for he had much to see. Milton.

Euphroe

Eu"phroe (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [Written also uphroe and uvrou.] Knight.

Euphuism

Eu"phu*ism (?), n. [Gr. Euphues, or the Anatomy of Wit," and "Euphues and his England."] (Rhet.) An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

Euphuist

Eu"phu*ist, n. One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.

Euphuistic

Eu`phu*is"tic (?), a. Belonging to the euphuists, or euphuism; affectedly refined.

Euphuize

Eu"phu*ize (?), v. t. To affect excessive refinement in language; to be overnice in expression.

Eupione

Eu"pi*one (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; -- specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series. [Written also eupion.]

Eupittone

Eu*pit"tone (?), n. [Pref. eu- + pittacal + -one.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, resembling aurin, and obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; -- called also eupittonic acid. [Written also eupitton.]

Eupittonic

Eu`pit*ton"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, eupittone.

Euplastic

Eu*plas"tic (?), a. [Pref. eu- + -plastic.] (Med.) Having the capacity of becoming organizable in a high degree, as the matter forming the false membranes which sometimes result from acute inflammation in a healthy person. Dunglison.

Euplastic

Eu*plas"tic, n. (Med.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.

Euplectella

Eu`plec*tel"la (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

Euplexoptera

Eu`plex*op"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig.

Eupn\'91a

Eup*n\'91"a (?), n. [NL., fr. gr. (Physiol.) Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspn\'91a, in which the blood is insufficiently arterialized. Foster.

Eupryion

Eu*pry"i*on (?), n. [Gr. A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match. Brande & C.

Eurasian

Eu*ra"sian (?), n. [European + Asian.]

1. A child of a European parent on the one side and an Asiatic on the other.

2. One born of European parents in Asia.

Eurasian

Eu*ra"sian (?), a. Of European and Asiatic descent; of or pertaining to both Europe and Asia; as, the great Eurasian plain.

Eurasiatio

Eu*ra`si*at"io (?), a. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to the continents of Europe and Asia combined.

Eureka

Eu*re"ka (?). [Gr. The exclamation attributed to Archimedes, who is said to have cried out "Eureka! eureka!" (I have found it! I have found it!), upon suddenly discovering a method of finding out how much the gold of King Hiero's crown had been alloyed. Hence, an expression of triumph concerning a discovery.

Eurhipidurous

Eu*rhip`i*du"rous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having a fanlike tail; belonging to the Eurhipidur\'91, a division of Aves which includes all living birds.

Euripize

Eu"ri*pize (?), v. t. [See Euripus.] To whirl hither and thither. [Obs.]

Euripus

Eu*ri"pus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eub\'91a and B\'91otia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

Euritte

Eu"ritte (?), n. [Cf. F. eurite.] (Min.) A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.

Euritic

Eu*rit"ic (?), a. Of or pelating to eurite.

Euroclydon

Eu*roc"ly*don (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. i. e. a north-east wind, as in the Latin Yulgate Euro-aquilo.] A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
A tempestuous wind called Euroclydon. Acts xxvii. 14.

European

Eu`ro*pe"an (?), a. [L. europeaus, Gr. europa.)] Of or pertaining to Europe, or to its inhabitants. On the European plain, having rooms to let, and leaving it optional with guests whether they will take meals in the house; -- said of hotels. [U. S.]

European

Eu`ro*pe"an, n. A native or an inhabitant of Europe.

Europeanize

Eu`ro*pe"an*ize (?), v. t. To cause to become like the Europeans in manners or character; to habituate or accustom to European usages.
A state of society . . . changed and Europenized. Lubbock.

Eurus

Eu"rus (?), n. [L., gr. The east wind.

Euryale

Eu*ry"a*le (?), n. [NL., fr. Euryale, one of the Gorgons.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (E. ferox) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food.

2. (Zo\'94l) A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.

Euryalida

Eu`ry*al"i*da (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A tribe of Ophiuroidea, including the genera Euryale, Astrophyton, etc. They generally have the arms branched. See Astrophyton.

Eurycerous

Eu*ryc"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having broad horns.

Eurypteroid

Eu*ryp"ter*oid (?), a. [Eurypterus + -oid.] (Paleon.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Euryperus.

Eurypteroidea

Eu*ryp`te*roi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Eurypteroid.] (Paleont.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]

Eurypterus

Eu*ryp"te*rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of extinct Merostomata, found in Silurian rocks. Some of the species are more than three feet long.

Eurythmy

Eu"ryth*my (?), n. [L. eurythmia, Gr. eurythmie.]

1. (Fine Arts) Just or harmonious proportion or movement, as in the composition of a poem, an edifice, a painting, or a statue.

2. (Med.) Regularly of the pulse.

Eusebian

Eu*se"bi*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of C\'91sarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius.

Eustachian

Eu*sta"chi*an (?), a. [From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574.] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. Eustachian catheter, a tubular instrument to be introduced into the Eustachian tube so as to allow of inflation of the middle ear through the nose or mouth. -- Eustrachian tube (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear. -- Eustachian valve (Anat.), a crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior. It directs the blood towards the left auricle in the fetus, but is rudimentary and functionless in the adult.

Eustyle

Eu"style` (?), n. [Gr. eustyle.] (Arch.) See Intercolumnlation.

Eutaxy

Eu"tax*y (?), n. [Gr. eutaxie.] Good or established order or arrangement. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

Euterpe

Eu*ter"pe (?). [L., fr. Gr.

1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over music.

2. (Bot.) A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.

Euterpean

Eu*ter"pe*an (?) a. Of or pertaining to Euterpe or to music.

Euthanasia

Eu`tha*na"si*a (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. euthanasie.] An easy death; a mode of dying to be desired. "An euthanasia of all thought." Hazlitt.
The kindest wish of my friends is euthanasia. Arbuthnot.
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Euthanasy

Eu*than"a*sy (?), n. Same as Euthanasia.

Euthiochroic

Eu`thi*o*chro"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, an acid so called. Euthiochroic acid (Chem.), a complex derivative of hydroquinone and sulphonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts.

Euthyneura

Eu`thy*neu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata.

Eutrophy

Eu"tro*phy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) Healthy nutrition; soundless as regards the nutritive functions.

Eutychian

Eu*tych"i*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian.

Eutychianism

Eu*tych"i*an*ism (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.

Euxanthic

Eux*an"thic (?) a. (Chem.) Having a yellow color; pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, euxanthin. Euxanthic acid (Chem.), a yellow, crystalline, organic acid, extracted from euxanthin.

Euxanthin

Eux*an"thin (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.

Euxenite

Eux"e*nite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A brownish black mineral with a metallic luster, found in Norway. It contains niobium, titanium, yttrium, and uranium, with some other metals.

Evacate

E*va"cate (?), v. t. [Pref. e- + vacate.] To empty. [Obs.] Harvey.

Evacuant

E*vac"u*ant (?), a. [L.evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of evacuare: cf. F. \'82vacuant.] Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purgative or cathartic.

Evacuate

E*vac"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]

1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]

Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage.

3. To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.

4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.

The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.

5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.

Evacuate

E*vac"u*ate, v. i. To let blood [Obs.] Burton.

Evacuation

E*vac`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. evacuatio: cf. F. \'82vacuation.]

1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. (b) (Med.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.

2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy.

3. Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker. Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.

Evacuative

E*vac"u*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82vacuatif.] Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.

Evacuator

E*vac"u*a`tor (?), n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. "Evacuators of the law." Hammond.

Evacuatory

E*vac"u*a*to*ry (?), n. A purgative.

Evade

E*vade" (v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading.] [L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'\'82vader. See Wade.] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench.

Evade

E*vade", v. t.

1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. "Evading from perils." Bacon.

Unarmed they might Have easily, as spirits evaded swift By quick contraction or remove. Milton.

2. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these . . . ways. South.
Syn>- To equivocate; shuffle. See Prevaricate.

Evadible

E*vad"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being evaded. [R.]

Evagation

Ev`a*ga"tion (?), n. [L. evagatio, fr. evagari to wander forth: cf. F. \'82vagation. See Vagary.] A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [R.] Ray.

Evagination

E*vag`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. evaginatio an extending, evaginare to unsheathe; e out + vagina sheath.] The act of unsheathing.

Eval

E"val (?), a. [L. aevum lifetime, age, eternity.] Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]

Evaluate

E*val"u*ate (?), v. t. [See Evaluation.] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

Evaluation

E*val`u*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. \'82valuation, LL. evaluatio.] Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill.

Evanesce

Ev`a*nesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Evanesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evanescing. (.] [L. evanescere; e out + vanescere to vanish, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain, and cf. Evanish.] To vanish away; to because dissipated and disappear, like vapor.
I believe him to have evanesced or evaporated. De Quincey.

Evanescence

Ev`a*nes"cence (?), n. The act or state of vanishing away; disappearance; as, the evanescence of vapor, of a dream, of earthly plants or hopes. Rambler.

Evanescent

Ev`a*nes"cent (?), a. [L. evanescens, -entis, p. pr. of evanescere.]

1. Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; vanishing; fleeting; as, evanescent joys.

So evanescent are the fashions of the world in these particulars. Hawthorne.

2. Vanishing from notice; imperceptible.

The difference between right and wrong, is some petty cases, is almost evanescent. Wollaston.

Evanescently

Ev`a*nes"cent*ly, adv. In a vanishing manner; imperceptibly. Chalmers.

Evangel

E*van"gel (?), n. [F. \'82vangile, L. evangelium, Gr. Eu-, and cf. Evangely.] Good news; announcement of glad tidings; especially, the gospel, or a gospel. Milton.
Her funeral anthem is a glad evangel. Whittier.

Evangelian

E`van*ge"li*an (?), a. Rendering thanks for favors.

Evangelic

E`van*gel"ic (?), a. [L. evangelicus, Gr. \'82vang\'82lique. See Evangel.] Belonging to, or contained in, the gospel; evangelical. "Evangelic truth." J. Foster.

Evangelical

E`van*gel"ic*al (?), a.

1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the evangelical history.

2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in, the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as, evangelical religion.

3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; pre\'89minetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that party in the Church of England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which holds the doctrine of "Justification by Faith alone"; the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other religion bodies not regarded as orthodox. Evangelical Alliance, an alliance for mutual strengthening and common work, comprising Christians of different denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool, England, in 1845. -- Evangelical Church. (a) The Protestant Church in Germany. (b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany in 1817. -- Evangelical Union, a religion sect founded in Scotland in 1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also Morisonians.

Evangelical

E`van*gel"ic*al, n. One of evangelical principles.

Evangelicalism

E`van*gel"ic*al*ism (?), n. Adherence to evangelical doctrines; evangelism. G. Eliot.

Evangelically

E`van*gel"ic*al*ly, adv. In an evangelical manner.

Evangelicalness

E`van*gel"ic*al*ness, n. State of being evangelical.

Evangelicism

E`van*gel"i*cism (?) n. Evangelical principles; evangelism.

Evangelicity

E*van`ge*lic"i*ty (?), n. Evangelicism.

Evangelism

E*van"gel*ism (?) n. The preaching or promulgation of the gospel. Bacon.

Evangelist

E*van"gel*ist, n. [F. \'82vang\'82liste, L. evangelista, fr. Gr. A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance.
The Apostles, so far as they evangelized, might claim the tittle though there were many evangelists who were not Apistles. Plumptre.

Evangelistary

E*van`gel*is"ta*ry (?), n. [LL. evangelistarium.] A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service. Porson.

Evangelistic

E*van`gel*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to the four evangelists; designed or fitted to evangelize; evangelical; as, evangelistic efforts.

Evangelization

E*van`gel*i*za"tion (?) n. The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.
The work of Christ's ministers is evangelization. Hobbes.

Evangelize

E*van"gel*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evangelized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evangelizing (?)]. [F. \'82vang\'82lisre, LL. evangelizare, fr. Gr. To instruct in the gospel; to preach the gospel to; to convert to Christianity; as, to evangelize the world.
His apostles whom he sends To evangelize the nations. Milton.

Evangelize

E*van"gel*ize, v. i. To preach the gospel.

Evangely

E*van"ge*ly (?), n. Evangel. [Obs.]
The sacred pledge of Christ's evangely. Spenser.

Evangile

E*van"gile (?), n. [F. \'82vangile. See Evangel.] Good tidings; evangel. [R.]
Above all, the Servians . . . read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom. Londor.

Evanid

E*van"id (?), a. [L. evanidus, fr. evanescere. See Evanesce.] Liable to vanish or disappear; faint; weak; evanescent; as, evanid color. [Obs.]
They are very transistory and evanid. Barrow.

Evanish

E*van"ish (?), v. i. [Pref. e- + vanish: cf. L. evanescere. See Evanesce, vanish.] To vanish.
Or like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. Burns.

Evanishment

E*van"ish*ment (?), n. A vanishing; disappearance. [R.] T. Jefferson.

Evaporable

E*vap"o*ra*ble (?), a. Capable of being converted into vapor, or dissipated by evaporation.

Evaporate

E*vap"o*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaporated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evaporating (?).] [L. evaporatus, p. p. of evaporare; e out + vapor steam or vapor. See Vapor.]

1. To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor, or in practice too minute to be visible.

2. To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation.

To give moderate liberty for griefs and discontents to evaporate . . . is a safe way. Bacon.

Evaporate

E*vap"o*rate, v. t.

1. To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.

2. To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.

3. To give vent to; to dissipate. [R.]

My lord of Essex evaporated his thoughts in a sonnet. Sir. H. Wotton.
Evaporating surface (Steam Boilers), that part of the heating surface with which water is in contact.

Evaporate

E*vap"o*rate (?), a. [L. evaporatus, p. p.] Dispersed in vapors. Thomson.

Evaporation

E*vap`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. evaporatio: cf. F. \'82vaporation.]

1. The process by which any substance is converted from a liquid state into, and carried off in, vapor; as, the evaporation of water, of ether, of camphor.

2. The transformation of a portion of a fluid into vapor, in order to obtain the fixed matter contained in it in a state of greater consistence.

3. That which is evaporated; vapor.

4. (Steam Engine) See Vaporization.

Evaporaive

E*vap"o*ra*ive (?), a. [L. evaporatius: cf. F. \'82vaporatif.] Pertaining to, or producing, evaporation; as, the evaporative process.

Evaporator

E*vap"o*ra`tor (?), n. An apparatus for condensing vegetable juices, or for drying fruit by heat.

Evaporometer

E*vap`o*rom"e*ter (?), n. [L. evaporare to evaporate + -meter: cf. F. \'82vaporm\'8atre.] (Physics) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of a fluid evaporated in a given time; an atmometer.

Evasible

E*va"si*ble (?), a. That may be evaded. [R.]

Evasion

E*va"sion (?), n. [L. evasio: cf. F. \'82vasion. See Evade.] The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
Thou . . . by evasions thy crime uncoverest more. Milton.
Syn. -- Shift; subterfuge; shuffling; prevarication; equivocation.

Evasive

E*va"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82vasif. See Evade.] Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.
Thus he, though conscious of the ethereal guest, Answered evasive of the sly request. Pope.
Stammered out a few evasive phrases. Macaulay.
-- E*va"sive*ly , adv. -- E*va"sive*ness, n.

Eve

Eve (?), n. [See Even, n.]

1. Evening. [Poetic]

Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson.

2. The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. "On the eve of death." Keble. Eve churr (Zo\'94l), the European goatsucker or nightjar; -- called also night churr, and churr owl.

Evectics

E*vec"tics (?), n. [Gr. The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body. [Obs.]

Evection

E*vec"tion (?). [L. evectio a going up, fr. evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F \'82vection.]

1. The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

2. (Astron.) (a) An inequality of the moon's motion is its orbit to the attraction of the sun, by which the equation of the center is diminished at the syzygies, and increased at the quadratures by about 1° 20\'b7. (b) The libration of the moon. Whewell.

Even

E"ven (?) n. [OE. eve, even, efen, \'91fen. AS. \'d6fen; akin to OS. \'beband, OFries, \'bevend, D. avond, OHG. \'beband, Icel. aptan, Sw. afton, Dan. aften; of unknown origin. Cf. Eve, Evening.] Evening. See Eve, n. 1.
[Poetic.] Shak.

Even

E"ven, a. [AS. efen. efn; akin to OS. eban, D. even, OHG. eban, G. efen, Icel. jafn, Dan. jevn, Sw. j\'84mn, Goth. ibns. Cf. Anent, Ebb.]

1. Level, smooth, or equal in surface; not rough; free from irregularities; hence uniform in rate of motion of action; as, even ground; an even speed; an even course of conduct.

2. Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self-possessed; as, an even temper.

3. Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.

And shall lay thee even with the ground. Luke xix. 44.

4. Balanced; adjusted; fair; equitable; impartial; just to both side; owing nothing on either side; -- said of accounts, bargains, or persons indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain.

To make the even truth in pleasure flow. Shak.

5. Without an irregularity, flaw, or blemish; pure. "I know my life so even." Shak.

6. Associate; fellow; of the same condition. [Obs.] "His even servant." Wyclif (Matt.

7. Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.

Whether the number of the stars is even or odd. Jer. Taylor.
On even ground, with equal advantage. -- On even keel (Naut.), in a level or horizontal position.

Even

E"ven (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evening (?)]

1. To make even or level; to level; to lay smooth.

His temple Xerxes evened with the soil. Sir. W. Raleigh.
It will even all inequalities Evelyn.

2. To equal [Obs.] "To even him in valor." Fuller.

3. To place in an equal state, as to obligation, or in a state in which nothing is due on either side; to balance, as accounts; to make quits. Shak.

4. To set right; to complete.

5. To act up to; to keep pace with. Shak.

Even

E"ven (?), v. i. To be equal. [Obs.] R. Carew.

Even

E"ven, adv. [AS. efne. See Even, a., and cf. E'en.]

1. In an equal or precisely similar manner; equally; precisely; just; likewise; as well. "Is it even so?" Shak.

Even so did these Gauls possess the coast. Spenser.

2. Up to, or down to, an unusual measure or level; so much as; fully; quite.

Thou wast a soldier Even to Cato's wish. Shak.
Without . . . making us even sensible of the change. Swift.

3. As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.

I have made several discoveries, which appear new, even to those who are versed in critical learning. Addison.

4. At the very time; in the very case.

I knew they were had enough to please, even when I wrote them. Dryden.
&hand; Even is sometimes used to emphasize a word or phrase. "I have debated even in my soul." Shak.
By these presence, even the presence of Lord Mortimer. Shak.

Evene

E*vene" (?), v. i. [L. evenire. See Event.] To happen. [Obs.] Hewyt.

Evener

E"ven*er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which makes even.

2. In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.

Evenfall

E"ven*fall` (?), n. Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson.

Evenhand

E"ven*hand` (?), n. Equality. [Obs.] Bacon.

Evenhanded

E"ven*hand`ed, a. Fair or impartial; unbiased. "Evenhanded justice." Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n.

Evening

E"ven*ing (?), n. [AS. \'d6fnung. See even, n., and cf. Eve.]

1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.

In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. Milton.
&hand; Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called evening. Bartlett.

2. The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory. &hand; Sometimes used adjectively; as, evening gun. "Evening Prayer." Shak. Evening flower (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants (Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening. -- Evening grosbeak (Zo\'94l.), an American singing bird (Coccothraustes vespertina) having a very large bill. Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening. -- Evening primrose. See under Primrose. -- The evening star, the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also Vesper and Hesperus. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See Morning Star.

Evenly

E"ven*ly (?), adv. With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.

Evenminded

E"ven*mind`ed (?), a. Having equanimity.

Evenness

E"ven*ness, n. The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition.
It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer. Taylor.

Evensong

E"ven*song` (?), n. [AS. \'d6fensang.] A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. Wyclif. Milton.

Event

E*vent" (?), n. [L. eventus, fr. evenire to happen, come out; e out + venire to come. See Come.]

1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay.

To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett (Thucyd. )
There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. 2.

2. An affair in hand; business; enterprise. [Obs.] "Leave we him to his events." Shak.

3. The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.

Dark doubts between the promise and event. Young.
Syn. -- Incident; occurrence; adventure; issue; result; termination; consequence; conclusion. -- Event, Occurrence, Incident, Circumstance. An event denotes that which arises from a preceding state of things. Hence we speak or watching the event; of tracing the progress of events. An occurrence has no reference to any antecedents, but simply marks that which meets us in our progress through life, as if by chance, or in the course of divine providence. The things which thus meet us, if important, are usually connected with antecedents; and hence event is the leading term. In the "Declaration of Independence" it is said, "When, in the cource of human events, it becomes necessary." etc. Here, occurrences would be out of place. An incident is that which falls into a state of things to which is does not primarily belong; as, the incidents of a journey. The term is usually applied to things of secondary importance. A circumstance is one of the things surrounding us in our path of life. These may differ greatly in importance; but they are always outsiders, which operate upon us from without, exerting greater or less influence according to their intrinsic importance. A person giving an account of a campaign might dwell on the leading events which it produced; might mention some of its striking occurrences; might allude to some remarkable incidents which attended it; and might give the details of the favorable or adverse circumstances which marked its progress.<-- events which produced it? --> <-- p. 517 -->

Event

E*vent" (?), v. t. [F. \'82venter to fan, divulge, LL. eventare to fan, fr., L. e out + ventus wind.] To break forth. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Eventerate

E*ven"ter*ate (?), v. t. [L. e out + venter the belly: cf. F. \'82venter.] To rip open; todisembowel. [Obs.] Sir. T. Brown.

Eventful

E*vent"ful (?) a. Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

Eventide

E"ven*tide` (?) n. [AS. \'d6fent\'c6d. See Tide.] The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser.

Eventilate

E*ven"ti*late (?), v. t. [L. eventilatus, p. p. of eventilare to fan. See Ventilate.]

1. To winnow out; to fan. [Obs.] Cockeram.

2. To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.

Eventilation

E*ven`ti*la"tion (?), n. The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

Eventless

E*vent"less (?), a. Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

Eventognathi

Ev`en*tog"na*thi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Dr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

Eventration

E`ven*tra*tion (?), n. [L. e out + venter belly.] (Med.) (a) A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. (b) A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. (c) The act af disemboweling.

Eventtual

E*vent"tu*al (?), a. [Cf. F. \'82ventiel. See Event.]

1. Coming or happening as a consequence or result; consequential. Burke.

2. Final; ultimate. "Eventual success." Cooper.

3. (Law) Dependent on events; contingent. Marshall.

Eventuality

E*ven`tu*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Eventualities (#). [Cf. F. \'82ventualit\'82.]

1. The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.

2. (Phren.) Disposition to take cognizance of events.

Eventually

E*ven"tu*al*ly (?), adv. In an eventual manner; finally; ultimately.

Eventuate

E*ven"tu*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Eventuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eventuating.] To come out finally or in conclusion; to result; to come to pass.

Eventuation

E*ven`tu*a"tion (?), n. The act of eventuating or happening as a result; the outcome. R. W. Hamilton.

Ever

Ev"er (?) adv. [OE. ever, \'91fre, AS. \'91fre; perh. akin to AS. \'be always. Cf. Aye, Age,Evry, Never.] [Sometimes contracted into e'er.]

1. At any time; at any period or point of time.

No man ever yet hated his own flesh. Eph. v. 29.

2. At all times; through all time; always; forever.

He shall ever love, and always be The subject of by scorn and cruelty. Dryder.

3. Without cessation; continually. &hand; Ever is sometimes used as an intensive or a word of enforcement. "His the old man e'er a son?" Shak.

To produce as much as ever they can. M. Arnold.
Ever and anon, now and then; often. See under Anon. -- Ever is one, continually; constantly. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Ever so, in whatever degree; to whatever extent; -- used to intensify indefinitely the meaning of the associated adjective or adverb. See Never so, under Never. "Let him be ever so rich." Emerson.
And all the question (wrangle e'er so long), Is only this, if God has placed him wrong. Pope.
You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters. Thackeray.
-- For ever, eternally. See Forever. -- For ever and a day, emphatically forever. Shak.
She [Fortune] soon wheeled away, with scornful laughter, out of sight for ever and day. Prof. Wilson.
-- Or ever (for or ere), before. See Or, ere. [Archaic]
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio! Shak.
&hand; Ever is sometimes joined to its adjective by a hyphen, but in most cases the hyphen is needless; as, ever memorable, ever watchful, ever burning.

Everduring

Ev`er*dur"ing (?) a. Everlasting. Shak.

Everglade

Ev`er*glade (?), n. A swamp or low tract of land inundated with water and interspersed with hummocks, or small islands, and patches of high grass; as, the everglades of Florida. [U. S.]

Evergreen

Ev"er*green (?) a. (Bot.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like.

Evergreen

Ev"er*green, n.

1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant.

2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. "The funeral evengreens entwine." Keble.

Everich, Everych

Ev"er*ich (?), Ev"er*ych, a. [OE. see Every.] each one; every one; each of two. See Every. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Everichon, Everychon

Ev`er*ich*on", Ev`er*ych*on" (?), pron. [OE. everich + oon, on, one. See Every, and One.] Every one. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Everlasting

Ever*last"ing (?) a.

1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. "The Everlasting God." Gen. xx1. 33.

2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence.

I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen xvii. 8.
And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.
Syn. -- Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant. - Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end.
Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. Shak.
Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3. -- Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.

Enerlasting

En`er*last"ing, n.

1. Eternal duration, past of future; eternity.

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2.

2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.

3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.

4. A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting.

Everlastingly

Ev`er*last"ing*ly, adv. In an everlasting manner.

Everlastingness

Ev`er*last"ing*ness, n. The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.

Everliving

Ev`er*liv"ing (?), a.

1. Living always; immoral; eternal; as, the everliving God.

2. Continual; incessant; unintermitted.

Evermore

Ev`er*more" (?), adv. During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.
Seek the Lord . . . Seek his face evermore. Ps. cv. 4.
And, behold, I am alive for evermore. Rev. i. 18.
Which flow from the presence of God for evermore. Tillotson.
I evermore did love you, Hermia. Shak.

Evernic

E*ver"nic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to Evernia, a genus of lichens; as, evernic acid.

Everse

E*verse" (?), v. t. [L. eversus, p. p. of evertere to turn out, overthrow; e out + vertere to turn. Cf. Evert.] To overthrow or subvert. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Eversion

E*ver"sion (?), n. [L. eversio: cf. F. \'82version.]

1. The act of eversing; destruction. Jer. Taylor.

2. The state of being turned back or outward; as, eversion of eyelids; ectropium.

Eversive

E*ver"sive (?), a. Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with of.
A maxim eversive . . . of all justice and morality. Geddes.

Evert

E*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Everted; p. pr. & vb. n. Everting.] [L. evertere. See Everse.]

1. To overthrow; to subvert. [R.] Ayliffe.

2. To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.

Every

Ev"er*y (?), a. & a. pron. [OE. everich, everilk; AS. ever + \'91lc each. See Ever, each.]

1. All the parts which compose a whole collection or aggregate number, considered in their individuality, all taken separately one by one, out of an indefinite bumber.

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5.
Every door and window was adorned with wreaths of flowers. Macaulay.

2. Every one. Cf. Each. [Obs.] "Every of your wishes." Shak.

Daily occasions given to every of us. Hooker.
Every each, every one. [Obs.] "Every each of them hath some vices." Burton.. -- Every now and then, at short intervals; occasionally; repeatedly; frequently. [Colloq.] &hand; Every may, by way of emphasis, precede the article the with a superlative adjective; as, every, the least variation. Locke. Syn. -- Every, Each, Any. Any denotes one, or some, taken indifferently from the individuals which compose a class. Every differs from each in giving less promonence to the selection of the individual. Each relates to two or more individuals of a class. It refers definitely to every one of them, denoting that they are considered separately, one by one, all being included; as, each soldier was receiving a dollar per day. Every relates to more than two and brings into greater prominence the notion that not one of all considered is excepted; as, every soldier was on service, except the cavalry, that is, all the soldiers, etc.
In each division there were four pentecosties, in every pentecosty four enomoties, and of each enomoty there fought in the front rank four [soldiers]. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
If society is to be kept together and the children of Adam to be saved from setting up each for himself with every one else his foe. J. H. Newman.

Everybody

Ev"er*y*bod`y (?), n. Every person.

Everyday

Ev"er*y*day` (?), a. Used or fit for every day; common; usual; as, an everyday suit or clothes.
The mechanical drudgery of his everyday employment. Sir. J. Herchel.

Everyone

Ev"er*y*one` (?), n. [OE. everychon.] Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one.

Everything

Ev"er*y*thing` (?), n. Whatever pertains to the subject under consideration; all things.
More wise, more learned, more just, more everything. Pope.

Everywhen

Ev"er*y*when` (?), adv. At any or all times; every instant. [R.] "Eternal law is silently present everywhere and everywhen." Carlyle.

Everywhere

Ev"er*y*where` (?), adv. In every place; in all places; hence, in every part; throughly; altogether.

Everywhereness

Ev"er*y*where`ness (?), n. Ubiquity; omnipresence. [R.] Grew.

Evesdrop

Eves"drop` (?), v. i. See Eavesdrop.

Evesdropper

Eves"drop`per (?), n. See Eavesdropper.

Evestigate

E*ves"ti*gate (?), v. t. [L. evestigatus traced out; e out + vestigatus, p. p. of vestigare. See Vestigate.] To investigate. [Obs.] Bailey.

Evet

Ev"et (?), n. [See Eft, n.] (Zo\'94l.) The common newt or eft. In America often applied to several species of aquatic salamanders. [Written also evat.]

Evibrate

E*vi"brate (?), v. t. & i. [L. evibrare. See Vibrate.] To vibrate. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Evict

E*vict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Evicting.] [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.]

1. (Law) To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust.

The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession. Sir. J. Davies.

2. To evince; to prove. [Obs.] Cheyne.

Eviction

E*vic"tion (?), n. [L. evictio: cf. F. \'82viction.]

1. The act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster.

2. Conclusive evidence; proof. [Obs.]

Full eviction of this fatal truth. South.

Evidence

Ev"i*dence (?), n. [F. \'82vidence, L. Evidentia. See Evident.]

1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement.

Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen. Heb. xi. 1.
O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high. Milton.

2. One who bears witness. [R.] "Infamous and perjured evidences." Sir W. Scott.

3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. Greenleaf. Circumstantial evidence, Conclusive evidence, etc. See under Circumstantial, Conclusive, etc. -- Crown's, King's, ∨ Queen's evidence, evidence for the crown. [Eng.] -- State's evidence, evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ] -- To turn King's, Queen's ∨ State's evidence, to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices. Syn. -- Testimony; proof. See Tesimony.

Evidence

Ev"i*dence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evidenced (?); p, pr. & vb. n. Evidencing (?).] To render evident or clear; to prove; to evince; as, to evidence a fact, or the guilt of an offender. Milton.

Evidencer

Ev"i*den*cer (?), n. One whi gives evidence.

Evident

Ev"i*dent (?), a. [F. \'82vinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision.] Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is evident to the senses; the guilt of an offender can not always be made evident.
Your honor and your goodness is so evident. Shak.
And in our faces evident the sings Of foul concupiscence. Milton.
Syn. -- Manifest; plain; clear; obvious; visible; apparent; conclusive; indubitable; palpable; notorious. See Manifest.

Evidential

Ev`i*den"tial (?), a. Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity. Bp. Fleetwood. "Evidential tracks." Earle.. -- Ev`i*den"tial*ly, adv.

Evidentiary

Ev`i*den"ti*a*ry (?), a. Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential.
When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill.

Evidently

Ev"i*dent*ly (?), adv. In an evident manner; clearly; plainly.
Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth. Gal. iii. 1.
He has evidently in the prime of youth. W. Irving.

Evidentness

Ev"i*dent*ness, n. State of being evident.

Evigilation

E*vig`i*la"tion (?), n. [L. evigilatio; e out + vigilare to be awake. See Vigilant.] A waking up or awakening. [Obs.]

Evil

E*vil (?) a. [OE. evel, evil, ifel, uvel, AS. yfel; akin to OFries, evel, D. euvel, OS. & OHG. ubil, G. \'81bel, Goth. ubils, and perh. to E. over.]

1. Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.

A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit. Matt. vii. 18.

2. Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.

Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, When death's approach is seen so terrible. Shak.

3. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel. Deut. xxii. 19.
The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an evil sign. Shak.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.
Evil eye, an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look.
It almost led him to believe in the evil eye. J. H. Newman.
-- Evil speaking, speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness. -- The evil one, the Devil; Satan.
<-- p. 518 bad typing! --> &hand; Evil is sometimes written as the first part of a compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: Evil doer or evildoer, evil speakink or evil-speaking, evil worker, evil wishink, evil-hearted, evil-minded. Syn. -- Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful; destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse; wrong; vicious; calamitious.

Evil

> E"vil (?) n.

1. Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; anything which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; injury; mischief; harm; -- opposed to good.

Evils which our own misdeeds have wrought. Milton.
The evil that men do lives after them. Shak.

2. Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority; disposition to do wrong; moral offence; wickedness; depravity.

The heart of the sons of men is full of evil. Eccl. ix. 3.

3. malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. [R.] Shak.

He [Edward the Confessor] was the first that touched for the evil. Addison.

Evil

> E"vil, adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill; badly; unhappily; injuriously; unkindly. Shak.
It went evil with his house. 1 Chron. vii. 23.
The Egyptians evil entreated us, and affected us. Deut. xxvi. 6.

Evil eye

> E"vil eye` (?). See Evil eye under Evil, a.

Evil-eyed

> E"vil-eyed (?) a. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak.

Evil-favored

> E"vil-fa`vored (?), a. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon.

1. Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites.

-- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.

Evilly

> E"vil*ly (?), adv. In an evil manner; not well; ill. [Obs.] "Good deeds evilly bestowed." Shak.

Evil-minded

> E"vil-mind`ed (?), a. Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.

Evilness

> E"vil*ness, n. The condition or quality of being evil; badness; viciousness; malignity; vileness; as, evilness of heart; the evilness of sin.

Evince

> E*vince" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evinced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing (?).] [L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict.]

1. To conquer; to subdue. [Obs.]

Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton.

2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence.

Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. South.

Evincement

> E*vince"ment (?), n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced.

Evincible

> E*vin"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being proved or clearly brought to light; demonstrable. Sir. M. Hale. --E*vin"ci*bly, adv.

Evincive

> E*vin"cive (?), a. Tending to prove; having the power to demonstrate; demonstrative; indicative.

Evirate

> E"vi*rate (?), v. t. [L. eviratus, p. p. of evirare to castrate; e out + vir man.] To emasculate; to dispossess of manhood. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Eviration

> Ev`i*ra"tion (?), n. [L. eviratio.] Castration. [Obs.]

Eviscerate

> E*vis"cer*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eviscerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating (?).] [L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

Evisceration

> E*vis`cer*a"tion (?), a. A disemboweling.

Evitable

> Ev"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. evitabilis: cf. F. \'82vitable.] A voidable. [R.] Hooker.

Evitate

> Ev"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. evitatus, p. p. of evitare to shun; e out + vitare to shun.] To shun; to avoid. [Obs.] Shak.

Evitation

> Ev`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. evitatio.] A shunning; avoidance. [Obs.] Bacon.

Evite

> E*vite" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. \'82viter. See Evitate.] To shun. [Obs.] Dryton.

Eviternal

> Ev`i*ter"nal (?), a. [L. eviternus, aeternus. See Etern.] Eternal; everlasting. [Obs.] -- Ev`i*ter"nal*ly, adv. Bp. Hall.

Eviternity

> Ev`i*ter"ni*ty (?), n. Eternity. [Obs.]

Evocate

> Ev"o*cate (?), v. t. [L. evocatus, p. p. of evocare. See Evoke.] To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.] Stackhouse.

Evocation

> Ev`o*ca"tion (?), n. [L. evocatio: cf. F. \'82vocation.] The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne.
The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold.

Evocative

> E*vo"ca*tive (?), a. Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in the better soul of man. W. Pater.

Evocator

> Ev"o*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who calls forth. [R.]

Evoke

> E*voke" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evoked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evoking.] [L. evocare; e out + vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F \'82voquer. See Voice, and cf. Evocate.]

1. To call out; to summon forth.

To evoke the queen of the fairies. T. Warton.
A requlating discipline of exercise, that whilst evoking the human energies, will not suffer them to be wasted. De Quincey.

2. To call away; to remove from one tribunal to another. [R.] "The cause was evoked to Rome." Hume.

Evolatic, Evolatical

> Ev`o*lat"ic (?), Ev`o*lat"ic*al (?), a. [L. evolare to fly away; e out + volare to fly.] Apt to fly away. [Obs. or R.] Blount.

Evolation

> Ev`o*la"tion (?), n. [L. evolatio.] A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Evolute

> Ev"o*lute (?), n. [L. evolutus unrolled, p. p. of evolvere. See Evolve.] (Geom.) A curve from which another curve, called the involute or evolvent, is described by the end of a thread gradually wound upon the former, or unwound from it. See Involute. It is the locus of the centers of all the circles which are osculatory to the given curve or evolvent. &hand; Any curve may be an evolute, the term being applied to it only in its relation to the involute.

Evolutility

> Ev`o*lu*til"i*ty (?), n. [See Evolution.] (Biol.) The faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, or of structure. Syd. Soc. Lex.

Evolution

> Ev`o*lu"tion (?), n. [L. evolutio an unrolling: cf. F. \'82volution evolution. See Evolve.]

1. The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

2. A series of things unrolled or unfolded. "The whole evolution of ages." Dr. H. More.

3. (Geom.) The formation of an involute by unwrapping a thread from a curve as an evolute. Hutton.

4. (Arith. & Alg.) The extraction of roots; -- the reverse of involution.

5. (Mil. & Naval) A prescribed movement of a body of troops, or a vessel or fleet; any movement designed to effect a new arrangement or disposition; a maneuver.

Those evolutions are best which can be executed with the greatest celerity, compatible with regularity. Campbell.

6. (Biol.) (a) A general name for the history of the steps by which any living organism has acquired the morphological and physiological characters which distinguish it; a gradual unfolding of successive phases of growth or development. (b) That theory of generation which supposes the germ to pre\'89xist in the parent, and its parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.

7. (Metaph.) That series of changes under natural law which involves continuous progress from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous in structure, and from the single and simple to the diverse and manifold in quality or function. The pocess is by some limited to organic beings; by others it is applied to the inorganic and the psychical. It is also applied to explain the existence and growth of institutions, manners, language, civilization, and every product of human activity. The agencies and laws of the process are variously explained by different philosophrs.

Evolution is to me series with development. Gladstone.

Evolutional

> Ev`o*lu"tion*al (?), a. Relating to evolution. "Evolutional changes." H. Spenser.

Evolutionary

> Ev`o*lu"tion*a*ry (?), a. Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.

Evolutionism

> Ev`o*lu"tion*ism (?), n. The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.

Evolutionist

> Ev`o*lu"tion*ist (?), n.

1. One skilled in evolutions.

2. one who holds the doctrine of evolution, either in biology or in metaphysics. Darwin.

Evolve

> E*volve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]

1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. Sir. M. Hale.
The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. Whewell.
Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. J. C. Shairp.

2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

Evolve

> E*volve", v. i. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. Prior.

Evolvement

> E*volve"ment (?), n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.

Evolvent

> E*volv"ent (?), n. [L. evolvents. -entis, unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere.] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute.

Evomit

> E*vom"it (?), v. t. [L. evomitus, p. p. of evomere to vomit forth; e out + vomere.] To vomit. [Obs.]

Evomition

> Ev`o*mi"tion (?), n. The act of vomiting. [Obs.] Swift.

Evulgate

> E*vul"gate (?) v. t. [L. evulgatus, p. p. of evulgare to publish.] To publish abroad. [Obs.]

Evulgation

> Ev`ul*ga"tion (?), n. A divulging. [Obs.]

Evulsion

> E*vul"sion (?), n. [L. evulsio, fr. evellere, evulsum, to pluck out; e out + vellere to pluck; cf. F. \'82vulsion.] The act of plucking out; a rooting out.

Ew

> Ew (?), n. [See Yew.] A yew. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ewe

> Ewe (?), n. [AS. e\'a2wu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. \'91r, Goth. aw\'c7\'edi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. avi. \'fb231.] (Zo\'94l.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

Ewe-necked

> Ewe"-necked` (?), a. Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out. Youwatt.

Ewer

> Ew"er (?), n. [OF. ewer, euwier, prop. a water carrier, F. \'82vier a washing place, sink, aigui\'8are ewer, L. aquarius, adj., water carrying, n., a water carrier, fr. aqua water; akin to Goth. ahwa water, river, OHG, aha, G. au, aue, meadow. \'fb219. Cf. Aquarium, Aquatic, Island.] A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet.
Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands. Shak.

Ewery, Ewry

> Ew"er*y (?), Ew"ry (?) n. [From Ewer.] An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept. [Enq.] Parker.

Ewt

> Ewt (?), n. [See Newt.] (Zo\'94l.) The newt.

Ex-

> Ex- (?). A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or \'82-; as, escape, scape, \'82lite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.

Exacerbate

> Ex*ac"er*bate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacerrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exacerrating (?).] [L. exacerbatus, p. p. of exacerbare; ex out (intens.) + acerbare. See Acerbate.] To render more violent or bitter; to irriate; to exasperate; to imbitter, as passions or disease. Broughman.

Exacerbation

> Ex*ac`er*ba"tion (?) n. [Cf. F. exacerbation.]

1. The act rendering more violent or bitter; the state of being exacerbated or intensified in violence or malignity; as, exacerbation of passion.

2. (Med.) A periodical increase of violence in a disease, as in remittent or continious fever; an increased energy of diseased and painful action.

Exacerbescence

> Ex*ac`er*bes"cence (?), n. [L. exacerbescens, -entis, p. pr. of exacerbescere, incho. of exacerbare.] Increase of irritation or violence, particularly the increase of a fever or disease.

Exacervation

> Ex*ac`er*va"tion (?), n. [L. exacervare to heap up exceedingly. See Ex-, and Acervate.] The act of heaping up. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exacinate

> Ex*ac"i*nate (?), v. t. [L. ex out + acinus kernel.] To remove the kernel form.

Exacination

> Ex*ac`i*na"tion (?), n. Removal of the kernel.

Exact

> Ex*act" (?), a. [L. exactus precise, accurate, p. p. of exigere to drive out, to demand, enforce, finish, determine, measure; ex out + agere to drive; cf. F. exact. See Agent, Act.]

1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.

I took a great pains to make out the exact truth. Jowett (Thucyd. )

2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. "I see thou art exact of taste." Milton.

3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.

An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason. Shak.

Exact

> Ex*act", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exacting.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Luke. iii. 13.
Years of servise past From grateful souls exact reward at last Dryden.
My designs Exact me in another place. Massinger.

Exact

> Ex*act", v. i. To practice exaction. [R.]
The anemy shall not exact upon him. Ps. lxxxix. 22.

Exacter

> Ex*act"er (?), n. An exactor. [R.]

Exacting

> Ex*act"ing, a. Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.

Exaction

> Ex*ac"tion (?), n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.]

1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.

Take away your exactions from my people. Ezek. xlv. 9.
Daily new exactions are devised. Shak.
Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. Bancroft.

2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Daniel.

Exacritude

> Ex*acr"i*tude (?), n. [Cf. F. exactitude.] The quality of being exact; exactness.

Exactly

> Ex*act"ly, adv. In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak.
His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.

Exactness

> Ex*act"ness, n.

1. The condition of being exact; accuracy; nicety; precision; regularity; as, exactness of jurgement or deportment.

2. Careful observance of method and conformity to truth; as, exactness in accounts or business.

He had . . . that sort of exactness which would have made him a respectable antiquary. Macaulay.

Exactor

> Ex*act"or (?), n. [L.: cf. F. exacteur.] One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
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Exactress

Ex*act"ress (?), n. [Cf. L. exactrix.] A woman who is an exactor. [R.] B. Jonson.

Exacuate

Ex*ac"u*ate (?), v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) + acuere to make sharp.] To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*ac`u*a"tion (#), n. [Obs.]

Ex\'91resis

Ex*\'91r"e*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Surg.) In old writers, the operations concerned in the removal of parts of the body.

Exaggerate

Ex*ag"ger*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaggerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exaggerating . ] [L. exaggeratus , p. p. of exaggerare to heap up; ex out + aggerare to heap up, fr. agger heap, aggerere to bring to; ad to + gerere to bear. See Jest. ]

1. To heap up; to accumulate. [Obs.] "Earth exaggerated upon them [oaks and firs]." Sir M. Hale.

2. To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues. Addison.

Exaggerated

Ex*ag"ger*a`ted (?), a. Enlarged beyond bounds or the truth. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ted*ly, adv.

Exaggerating

Ex*ag"ger*a`ting (?) a. That exaggerates; enlarging beyond bounds. -- Ex*ag"ger*a`ting*ly, adv.

Exaggeration

Ex*ag`ger*a"tion (?), n. [L. exaggeratio : cf. F. exag\'82ration.]

1. The act of heaping or piling up. [Obs.] "Exaggeration of sand." Sir M. Hale.

2. The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.

No need of an exaggeration of what they saw. I. Taylor.

3. (Paint.) A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

Exaggerative

Ex*ag"ger*a*tive (?), a. Tending to exaggerate; involving exaggeration. "Exaggerative language." Geddes. "Exaggerative pictures." W. J. Linton. -- Ex*ag"ger*a*tive*ly, adv. Carlyle.

Exaggerator

Ex*ag"ger*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who exaggerates; one addicted to exaggeration. L. Horner.

Exaggeratory

Ex*ag"ger*a*to*ry (?), a. Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative. Johnson.

Exagitate

Ex*ag"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. exagitatus, p. p. of exagitare. See Ex-, and Agitate.]

1. To stir up; to agitate. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

2. To satirize; to censure severely. [Obs.] Hooker.

Exagitation

Ex*ag`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exagitatio : cf. OF. exagitation.] Agitation. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exalbuminous

Ex`al*bu"mi*nous (?), a. [Pref. ex- + albumen.] (Bot.) Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.

Exalt

Ex*alt" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exalted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exalting.] [L. exaltare; ex out (intens.) + altare to make high, altus high: cf.F. exalter. See Altitude.]

1. To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. Is. xiv. 13.
Exalt thy towery head, and lift thine eyes Pope.

2. To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency.

Righteousness exalteth a nation. Prov. xiv. 34.
He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke xiv. 11.

3. To elevate by prise or estimation; to magnify; to extol; to glorify. "Exalt ye the Lord." Ps. xcix. 5.

In his own grace he doth exalt himself. Shak.

4. To lift up with joy, pride, or success; to inspire with delight or satisfaction; to elate.

They who thought they got whatsoever he lost were mightily exalted. Dryden.

5. To elevate the tone of, as of the voice or a musical instrument. Is. xxxvii. 23.

Now Mars, she said, let Fame exalt her voice. Prior.

6. (Alchem.) To render pure or refined; to intensify or concentrate; as, to exalt the juices of bodies.

With chemic art exalts the mineral powers. Pope.

Exaltate

Ex"al*tate (?), a. [L. exaltatus, p. p. of exaltare to exalt.] (Astrol.) Exercising its highest influence; -- said of a planet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Exaltation

Ex`al*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exaltatio: cf. F.exaltation.]

1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation. Milton.

2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Exalted

Ex*alt"ed (?), a. Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.
Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind. Milton.
Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny. Ames.
-- Ex*alt"ed*ly, adv. -- Ex*alt"ed*ness, n. "The exaltedness of some minds." T. Gray.

Exalter

Ex*alt"er (?), n. One who exalts or raises to dignity.

Exaltment

Ex*alt"ment (?), n. Exaltation. [Obs.] Barrow.

Examen

Ex*a"men (?), n. [L., the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, fr. exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: cf. F. examen. See Exact, a.] Examination; inquiry. [R.] "A critical examen of the two pieces." Cowper.

Exametron

Ex*am"e*tron (?), n. [NL. See Hexameter.] An hexameter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Examinable

Ex*am"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon.

Examinant

Ex*am"i*nant (?), n. [L. examinans, -antis, examining.]

1. One who examines; an examiner. Sir W. Scott.

2. One who is to be examined. [Obs.] H. Prideaux.

Examinate

Ex*am"i*nate (?), n. [L. examinatus, p. p. of examinare. See Examine. ] A person subjected to examination. [Obs.] Bacon.

Examination

Ex*am`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. examinatio: cf. F. examination.]

1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.

He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. Macaulay.
Examination in chief, ∨ Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. -- Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party. -- Re\'89xamination, ∨ Re-direct examination, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination. Syn. -- Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.

Examinator

Ex*am"i*na`tor (#), n. [L.: cf. F. examinateur.] An examiner. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Examine

Ex*am"ine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Examined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Examining.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen.]

1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.

Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer.
Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak.

2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.

The offenders that are to be examined. Shak.
Syn. -- To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss.

Examinee

Ex*am`i*nee" (?), n. A person examined.

Examiner

Ex*am"in*er (?), n. One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.

Examinership

Ex*am"in*er*ship, n. The office or rank of an examiner.

Examining

Ex*am"in*ing, a. Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.

Examplary

Ex"am*pla*ry (?), a. [From Example, cf. Exemplary.] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.] Hooker.

Example

Ex*am"ple (?), n. [A later form for ensample, fr. L. exemplum, orig., what is taken out of a larger quantity, as a sample, from eximere to take out. See Exempt, and cf. Ensample, Sample.]

1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as John xiii. 15.
I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way. Milton.

3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

Such temperate order in so fierce a cause Doth want example. Shak.

4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

Hang him; he'll be made an example. Shak.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6.

5. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples. Syn. -- Precedent; case; instance. -- Example, Instance. The discrimination to be made between these two words relates to cases in which we give "instances" or "examples" of things done. An instance denotes the single case then "standing" before us; if there be others like it, the word does not express this fact. On the contrary, an example is one of an entire class of like things, and should be a true representative or sample of that class. Hence, an example proves a rule or regular course of things; an instance simply points out what may be true only in the case presented. A man's life may be filled up with examples of the self-command and kindness which marked his character, and may present only a solitary instance of haste or severity. Hence, the word "example" should never be used to describe what stands singly and alone. We do, however, sometimes apply the word instance to what is really an example, because we are not thinking of the latter under this aspect, but solely as a case which "stands before us." See Precedent.

Example

Ex*am"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exampled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exampling (?).] To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. [Obs.] "I may example my digression by some mighty precedent." Shak.
Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed. J. Morley.

Exampleless

Ex*am"ple*less (?), a. Without or above example. [R.]

Exampler

Ex*am"pler (?), n. [See Exemplar, Example, and cf. Sampler.] A pattern; an exemplar. [Obs.]

Exampless

Ex*am"pless (?), a. Exampleless. [Wrongly formed.] B. Jonson.

Exanguious

Ex*an"gui*ous (?), a. Bloodless. [Obs.] See Exsanguious. Sir T. Browne.

Exangulous

Ex*an"gu*lous (?), a. [Pref ex- + angulous.] Having no corners; without angles. [R.]

Exanimate

Ex*an"i*mate (?), a. [L. exanimatus, p. p. of exanimare to deprive of life or spirit; ex out + anima air, breath, life, spirit.]

1. Lifeless; dead. [R.] "Carcasses exanimate." Spenser.

2. Destitute of animation; spiritless; disheartened. [R.] "Pale . . . wretch, exanimate by love." Thomson.

Exanimate

Ex*an"i*mate (?), v. t. To deprive of animation or of life. [Obs.]

Exanimation

Ex*an`i*ma"tion (?), n.[L. exanimatio.] Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.] Bailey.

Exanimous

Ex*an"i*mous (?), a. [L. exanimus, exanimis; ex out, without + anima life.] Lifeless; dead. [Obs.] Johnson.

Exannulate

Ex*an"nu*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + annulate.] (Bot.) Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

Exanthem

Ex*an"them (?), n. Same as Exanthema.

Exanthema

Ex`an*the"ma (?), n.; pl. Exanthemata (#). [L., fr. Gr.exanth\'8ame.] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

Exanthematic, Exanthematous

Ex*an`the*mat"ic (?), Ex`an*them"a*tous (?), a. Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.

Exanthesis

Ex`an*the"sis (?), n. [NL., from Gr. Exanthema. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.

Exantlate

Ex*ant"late (?), v. t. [L. exantlatus, p. p. of exantlare, exanclare, to endure.] To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] "Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated." Boyle.

Exantlation

Ex`ant*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. exantlation.] Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exarate

Ex"a*rate (?), v. t. [L. exaratus, p. p. of exarare to plow up, to write; ex out + arare to plow.] To plow up; also, to engrave; to write. [Obs.] Blount.

Exaration

Ex`a*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exaratio.] Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exarch

Ex"arch (?), n. [L. exarchus, Gr. exarque.] A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the modern Greek Church, a deputy of the patriarch , who visits the clergy, investigates ecclesiastical cases, etc.

Exarchate

Ex*ar"chate (?), n. [LL. exarchatus, fr. L. exarchus: cf. F. exarchat.] The office or the province of an exarch. Jer. Taylor.

Exarillate

Ex*ar"il*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + arillate.] (Bot.) Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.

Exarticulate

Ex`ar*tic"u*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + articulate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.

Exarticulation

Ex`ar*tic`u*la"tion (?), n. [Pref. ex- + articulation.] Luxation; the dislocation of a joint. Bailey.

Exasperate

Ex*as"per*ate (?), a. [L. exasperatus, p. p. of exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) + asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.] Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] Shak.
Like swallows which the exasperate dying year Sets spinning. Mrs. Browning.

Exasperate

Ex*as"per*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating (?).]

1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings.

To exsasperate them against the king of France. Addison.

2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.

To exasperate the ways of death. Sir T. Browne.
Syn. -- To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.

Exasperater

Ex*as"per*a`ter (?), n. One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.

Exasperation

Ex*as`per*a"tion (?), n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F. exasp\'82ration.]

1. The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits. South.

2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits." Sir H. Wotton.

Exaspidean

Ex`as*pid"e*an (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having the anterior scute

Exauctorate

Ex*auc"tor*ate (?), v. t. See Exauthorate. [Obs.]

Exauctoration

Ex*auc`tor*a"tion (?), n. See Exauthoration.

Exaugurate

Ex*au"gu*rate (?), v. t. [L. exauguratus, p. p. of exaugurare to profane; ex out + augurari to act as an augur, fr. augur. ] To annul the consecration of; to secularize; to unhellow. [Obs.] Holland.

Exauguration

Ex*au`gu*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exauguratio desecration.] The act of exaugurating; desecration. [Obs.]

Exauthorate

Ex*au"thor*ate (?), v. t. [L. exauctoratus, p. p. of exauctorare to dismiss; ex out + auctorare to bind to something, to hire, fr. auctor. See Author.] To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.]
Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Exauthoration

Ex*au`thor*a"tion (?), n. Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Exauthorize

Ex*au"thor*ize (?), v. t. [Pref. ex- + authorize.] To deprive of uthority. [Obs.] Selden.
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Exauthorize

Ex*au"thor*ize (?), v. t. [Pref. ex.] To deprive of authority. [Obs.] Selden.

Excalceate

Ex*cal"ce*ate (?), v. t. [L. excalceatus, p. p. of excalceare to unshoe. See Calceated.] To deprive of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.

Excalceation

Ex*cal`ce*a"tion (?), n. The act of depriving or divesting of shoes. [Obs.] Chambers.

Excalfaction

Ex`cal*fac"tion (?), n. [L. excalfactio.] A heating or warming; calefaction. [Obs.] Blount.

Excalfactive

Ex`cal*fac"tive (?), a. [L. excalfacere to warm; ex out (intens.) + calfacere to warm.] Serving to heat; warming. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Excalfactory

Ex`cal*fac"to*ry (?), a. [L. excalfactorius.] Heating; warming. [Obs.] Holland.

Excalibur

Ex*cal"i*bur (?), n. The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written also Excalibar, Excalibor, Escalibar, and Caliburn.] Tennyson.

Excamb, Excambie

Ex*camb" (?), Ex*cam"bie (?), v. t. [LL. excambiare, excambire; L. ex out + cambire. See Change, and cf. Exchange.] (Scots Law) To exchange; -- used with reference to transfers of land.

Excambion, Excambium

Ex*cam"bi*on (?), Ex*cam"bi*um (?), n. [LL. excambium. See Excamb.] (Scots Law) Exchange; barter; -- used commonly of lands.

Excandescence

Ex`can*des"cence (?), n. [L. excandescentia.]

1. A growing hot; a white or glowing heat; incandescence. [R.]

2. Violent anger; a growing angry. [Obs.] Blount.

Excandescent

Ex`can*des"cent (?), a. [L. excandescens, p. pr. of excandescere to take fire, glow; ex out (intens.) + candescere to begin to glisten or glow, fr. candere. See Candid.] White or glowing with heat. [R.] Ure.

Excantation

Ex`can*ta"tion (?), n. [L. excantare to charm out. See Ex, and Chant.] Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Obs.] Gayton.

Excarnate

Ex*car"nate (?), v. t. [LL. excarnatus, p. p. of excarnare; L. ex out + caro, carnis, flesh.] To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew.

Excarnation

Ex`car*na"tion (?), n. The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation.

Excarnificate

Ex*car"ni*fi*cate (?), v. t. [L. ex out + LL. carnificatus, p. p. carnificare to carnify; cf. L. excarnificare to tear to pieces, torment. See Carnify.] To clear of flesh; to excarnate. Dr. H. More.

Excarnification

Ex*car`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson.

Excavate

Ex"ca*vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excavated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excavating(?).] [L. excavatus, p. p. of excavare to excavate; ex out + cavare to make hollow, cavus hollow. See Cave.]

1. To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth.

2. To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.

3. (Engin.) To dig out and remove, as earth.

The material excavated was usually sand. E. L. Corthell.
Excavating pump, a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. Knight.

Excavation

Ex`ca*va"tion (?), n. [L. excavatio: cf. F. excavation.]

1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass.

2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. "A winding excavation." Glover.

3. (Engin.) (a) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel. (b) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

The delivery of the excavations at a distance of 250 feet. E. L. Corthell.

Excavator

Ex"ca*va`tor (?), n. One who, or that which, excavates or hollows out; a machine, as a dredging machine, or a tool, for excavating.

Excave

Ex*cave" (?), v. t. [L. excavare.] To excavate. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Excecate

Ex*ce"cate (?), v. t. [L. excaecatus, p. p. of excaecare to blind; ex (intens.) + caecare to blind, caecus blind.] To blind. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Excecation

Ex`ce*ca"tion (?), n. The act of making blind. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

Excedent

Ex*ced"ent (?), n. [L. excedens, -entis, p. pr. of excedere. See Exceed, v. t.] Excess. [R.]

Exceed

Ex*ceed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exceeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exceeding.] [L. excedere, excessum, to go away or beyond; ex out + cedere to go, to pass: cf. F. exc\'82der. See Cede.] To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc. ; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.
Name the time, but let it not Exceed three days. Shak.
Observes how much a chintz exceeds mohair. Pope.
Syn. -- To outdo; surpass; excel; transcend; outstrip; outvie; overtop.

Exceed

Ex*ceed", v. i.

1. To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure. "In our reverence to whom, we can not possibly exceed." Jer. Taylor.

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3.

2. To be more or greater; to be paramount. Shak.

Exceedable

Ex*ceed"a*ble (?), a. Capable of exceeding or surpassing. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Exceeder

Ex*ceed"er (?), n. One who exceeds. Bp. Montagu.

Exceeding

Ex*ceed"ing, a. More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Exceeding

Ex*ceed"ing, adv. In a very great degree; extremely; exceedingly. [Archaic. It is not joined to verbs.] "The voice exceeding loud." Keble.
His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow. Mark ix. 3.
The Genoese were exceeding powerful by sea. Sir W. Raleigh.

Exceedingly

Ex*ceed"ing*ly (?), adv. To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.

Excel

Ex*cel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excelling.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate, Column.]

1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.

Excelling others, these were great; Thou, greater still, must these excel. Prior.
I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. ii. 13.

2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.

She opened; but to shut Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood. Milton.

Excel

Ex*cel", v. i. To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to excel in mathematics, or classics.
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Gen. xlix. 4.
Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. Pope.

Excellence

Ex"cel*lence (?), n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]

1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.

Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. Milton.

2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.

With every excellence refined. Beattie.

3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency.

I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. Shak.
Syn. -- Superiority; pre\'89minence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.

Excellency

Ex"cel*len*cy (?), n.; pl. Excellencies (.

1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.

His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34.
Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.

2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.

Excellent

Ex"cel*lent (?), a. [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis, p. pr. of excellere. See Excel.]

1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen, husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding, principles, aims, action.

To love . . . What I see excellent in good or fair. Milton.

2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality; -- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." Hume.

Their sorrows are most excellent. Beau. & Fl.
Syn. -- Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite; transcendent; admirable; worthy.

Excellent

Ex"cel*lent, adv. Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off well and excellent." Shak.

Excellently

Ex"cel*lent*ly, adv.

1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.

2. In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not implying worthiness. [Obs.]

When the whole heart is excellently sorry. J. Fletcher.

Excelsior

Ex*cel"si*or, a. [L., compar. of excelsus elevated, lofty, p. p. of excellere. See Excel, v. t.] More lofty; still higher; ever upward.

Excelsior

Ex*cel"si*or, n. A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses, etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for curled hair.

Excentral

Ex*cen"tral (?), a. [Pref. ex.] (Bot.) Out of the center.

Excentric, Excentrical

Ex*cen"tric (?), Ex*cen"tric*al (?), a.

1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical.

2. (Bot.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.

Excentricity

Ex`cen*tric"i*ty (?). (Math.) Same as Eccentricity.

Except

Ex*cept" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excepting.] [L. exceptus, p. p. of excipere to take or draw out, to except; ex out + capere to take: cf. F. excepter. See Capable.]

1. To take or leave out (anything) from a number or a whole as not belonging to it; to exclude; to omit.

Who never touched The excepted tree. Milton.
Wherein (if we only except the unfitness of the judge) all other things concurred. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. To object to; to protest against. [Obs.] Shak.

Except

Ex*cept", v. i. To take exception; to object; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by against; as, to except to a witness or his testimony.
Except thou wilt except against my love. Shak.

Except

Ex*cept", prep. [Originally past participle, or verb in the imperative mode.] With exclusion of; leaving or left out; excepting.
God and his Son except, Created thing naught valued he nor . . . shunned. Milton.
Syn. -- Except, Excepting, But, Save, Besides. Excepting, except, but, and save are exclusive. Except marks exclusion more pointedly. "I have finished all the letters except one," is more marked than "I have finished all the letters but one." Excepting is the same as except, but less used. Save is chiefly found in poetry. Besides (lit., by the side of) is in the nature of addition. "There is no one here except or but him," means, take him away and there is nobody present. "There is nobody here besides him," means, hi is present and by the side of, or in addition to, him is nobody. "Few ladies, except her Majesty, could have made themselves heard." In this example, besides should be used, not except.

Except

Ex*cept" (?), conj. Unless; if it be not so that.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen. xxxii. 26.
But yesterday you never opened lip, Except, indeed, to drink. Tennyson.
&hand; As a conjunction unless has mostly taken the place of except.

Exceptant

Ex*cept"ant (?), a. Making exception.

Excepting

Ex*cept"ing, prep. & conj., but properly a participle. With rejection or exception of; excluding; except. "Excepting your worship's presence." Shak.
No one was ever yet made utterly miserable, excepting by himself. Lubbock.

Exception

Ex*cep"tion (?), n. [L. exceptio: cf. F. exception.]

1. The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.

2. That which is excepted or taken out from others; a person, thing, or case, specified as distinct, or not included; as, almost every general rule has its exceptions.

Such rare exceptions, shining in the dark, Prove, rather than impeach, the just remark. Cowper.
Often with to.
That proud exception to all nature's laws. Pope.

3. (Law) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted. Burrill.

4. An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.

I will never answer what exceptions they can have against our account [relation]. Bentley.
He . . . took exception to the place of their burial. Bacon.
She takes exceptions at your person. Shak.
Bill of exceptions (Law), a statement of exceptions to the decision, or instructions of a judge in the trial of a cause, made for the purpose of putting the points decided on record so as to bring them before a superior court or the full bench for review.

Exceptionable

Ex*cep"tion*a*ble (?), a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n.
This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.

Exceptional

Ex*cep"tion*al (?), a. [Cf. F. exceptionnel.] Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare; hence, better than the average; superior. Lyell.
This particular spot had exceptional advantages. Jowett (Th. )
-- Ex*cep"tion*al*ly(#), adv.

Exceptioner

Ex*cep"tion*er (?), n. One who takes exceptions or makes objections. [Obs.] Milton.

Exceptionless

Ex*cep"tion*less, a. Without exception.
A universal, . . . exceptionless disqualification. Bancroft.

Exceptious

Ex*cep"tious (?), a. Disposed or apt to take exceptions, or to object; captious. [Obs.]
At least effectually silence the doubtful and exceptious. South.
-- Ex*cep"tious*ness, n. [Obs.] Barrow.

Exceptive

Ex*cept"ive (?), a. That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. I. Watts.
A particular and exceptive law. Milton.

Exceptless

Ex*cept"less, a. Not exceptional; usual. [Obs.]
My general and exceptless rashness. Shak.

Exceptor

Ex*cept"or (?), n. [L., a scribe.] One who takes exceptions. T. Burnet.

Excerebration

Ex*cer`e*bra"tion (?), n. [L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.] The act of removing or beating out the brains.

Excerebrose

Ex*cer"e*brose` (?), a. [See Excerebration.] Brainless. [R.]

Excern

Ex*cern" (?), v. t. [L. excernere. See Excrete.] To excrete; to throw off through the pores; as, fluids are excerned in perspiration. [R.] Bacon.

Excernent

Ex*cern"ent (?), a. [See Excern.] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion.

Excerp

Ex*cerp" (?), v. t. [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See Harvest, and cf. Scarce, a.] To pick out. [Obs.] Hales.

Excerpt

Ex*cerpt" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excerpted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excerpting.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See Excerp.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.
Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. Fuller.

Excerpt

Ex*cerp"t (277), n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.

Excerption

Ex*cerp"tion (?), n. [L. excerptio.]

1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.]

2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.]

His excerptions out of the Fathers. Fuller.

Excerptive

Ex*cerp"tive (?), a. That excerpts, selects, or chooses. D. L. Mackenzie.

Excerptor

Ex*cerp"tor (?), n. One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler.

Excess

Ex*cess" (?), n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc\'8as. See Exceed.]

1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. Shak.
That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. Walsh.

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2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. Eph. v. 18.
Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. Milton.

3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. Spherical excess (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

Excessive

Ex*cess"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. Shak.
Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -Ex*cess"ive*ness, n.

Exchange

Ex*change" (?), n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. \'82changer, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See Change, and cf. Excamb.]

1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views.

3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. Shak.

4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. &hand; A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B.

5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. Blackstone.

6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. Arbitration of exchange. See under Arbitration. -- Bill of exchange. See under Bill. -- Exchange broker. See under Broker. -- Par of exchange, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. -- Telephone exchange, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation. Syn. -- Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.

Exchange

Ex*change", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exchanged (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Exchanging (?).] [Cf.OF. eschangier, F. \'82changer. See Exchange, n.]

1. To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent; -- usually followed by for before the thing received.

Exchange his sheep for shells, or wool for a sparking pebble or a diamond. Locke.

2. To part with for a substitute; to lay aside, quit, or resign (something being received in place of the thing as, to exchange a palace for cell.

And death for life exchanged foolishly. Spenser.
To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with another. Shak.

3. To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind; to barter; to swap; as, to exchange horses with a neighbor; to exchange houses or hats.

Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet. Shak.
Syn. -- To barter; change; commute; interchange; bargain; truck; swap; traffic.

Exchange

Ex*change", v. i. To be changed or received in exchange for; to pass in exchange; as, dollar exchanges for ten dimes.

Exchangeability

Ex*change`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being exchangeable.
The law ought not be contravened by an express article admitting the exchangeability of such persons. Washington.

Exchangeable

Ex*change"a*ble (?), a. [Cf.F. \'82changeable.]

1. Capable of being exchanged; fit or proper to be exchanged.

The officers captured with Burgoyne were exchangeable within the powers of General Howe. Marshall.

2. Available for making exchanges; ratable. "An exchangeable value." J. S. Mill.

Exchangeably

Ex*change"a*bly, adv. By way of exchange.

Exchanger

Ex*chan"ger (?), n. One who exchanges; one who practices exchange. Matt.

Excheat

Ex*cheat" (?), n. See Escheat. [Obs.] Spenser.

Excheator

Ex*cheat"or (?), n. See Escheator. [Obs.]

Exchequer

Ex*cheq"uer (?), n. [OE. escheker, OF. eichekier, fr. LL. scaccarium. See Checker, Chess, Check.]

1. One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.] &hand; The exchequer was a court of law and equity. In the revenue department, it had jurisdiction over the proprietary rights of the crown against subjects; in the common law department, it administered justice in personal actions between subject and subject. A person proceeding against another in the revenue department was said to exchequer him. The judges of this court were one chief and four puisne barons, so styled. The Court of Exchequer Chamber sat as court of error in which the judgments of each of the superior courts of common law, in England, were subject to revision by the judges of the other two sitting collectively. Causes involving difficult questions of law were sometimes after argument, adjourned into this court from the other courts, for debate before judgment in the court below. Recent legislation in England (1880) has abolished the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Exchequer Chamber, as distinct tribunals, a single board of judiciary, the High Court of Justice, being established for the trial of all classes of civil cases. Wharton.

2. The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low. Barons of the exchequer. See under Baron. -- Chancellor of the exchequer. See under Chancellor. -- Exchequer bills ∨ bonds (Eng.), bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest.

Exchequer

Ex*cheq"uer (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exchequered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exchequering.] To institute a process against (any one) in the Court of Exchequer.

Excide

Ex*cide" (?), v. t. [L. excidere, excisum; ex out + caedere to cut. See Concise, and cf. Excise to cut off.] To cut off. [R.]

Excipient

Ex*cip"i*ent (?), a. [L. excipients, -entis, p. pr. of exipere. See Except, v. t.] Taking an exception.

Excipient

Ex*cip"i*ent, n.

1. An exceptor. [R.]

2. (Med.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents. Chambers.

Exciple, Excipulum

Ex"ci*ple (?), Ex*cip"u*lum (?), n. [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See Except.] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens.

Excisable

Ex*cis"a*ble (?), a. Liable or subject to excise; as, tobacco in an excisable commodity.

Excise

Ex*cise" (?), n. [Apparently fr. L. excisum cut off, fr. excidere to cut out or off; ex out, off + caedere to cut; or, as the word was formerly written accise, fr. F. accise, LL. accisia, as if fr. L. accidere, accisum, to cut into; ad + caedere to cut; but prob. transformed fr. OF. assise, LL. assisa, assisia, assize. See Assize, Concise.]

1. In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spirits, etc., grown or manufactured in the country. It is also levied to pursue certain trades and deal in certain commodities. Certain direct taxes (as, in England, those on carriages, servants, plate, armorial bearings, etc.), are included in the excise. Often used adjectively; as, excise duties; excise law; excise system.

The English excise system corresponds to the internal revenue system in the United States. Abbot.
An excise . . . is a fixed, absolute, and direct charge laid on merchandise, products, or commodities. 11 Allen's (Mass. ) Rpts.

2. That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes. [Eng.]

Excise

Ex*cise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excising.]

1. To lay or impose an excise upon.

2. To impose upon; to overcharge. [Prov. Eng.]

Excise

Ex*cise", v. t. [See Excide.] To cut out or off; to separate and remove; as, to excise a tumor.

Exciseman

Ex*cise"man (?), n.; pl. Excisemen (. An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay.

Excision

Ex*ci"sion (?), n. [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.]

1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury.

2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.

Excitability

Ex*cit"a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. excitabilit\'82.]

1. The quality of being readily excited; proneness to be affected by exciting causes.

2. (Physiol.) The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability.

Excitable

Ex*cit"a*ble (?), a. [L. excitabilis inciting: cf. F. excitable.] Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

Excitant

Ex*cit"ant (?), a. [L. excitans, -antis, p. pr. of excitare: cf. F. excitant.] Tending to excite; exciting.

Excitant

Ex*cit"ant, n. (Physiol.) An agent or influence which arouses vital activity, or produces increased action, in a living organism or in any of its tissues or parts; a stimulant.

Excitate

Ex*cit"ate (?), v. t. [L. excitatus, p.p. of excitare. See Excite.] To excite. [Obs.] Bacon.

Excitation

Ex`ci*ta"tion (?) n. [L. excitatio: cf. F. excitation.]

1. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening. Bacon.

2. (Physiol.) The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.

Excitative

Ex*cit"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. excitatif.] Having power to excite; tending or serving to excite; excitatory. Barrow.

Excitator

Ex"ci*ta`tor (?), n. [L., one who rouses.] (Elec.) A kind of discarder.

Excitatory

Ex*cit"a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. excitatoire.] Tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative.

Excite

Ex*cite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excited; p. pr. & vb. n. exciting.] [L. excitare; ex out + citare to move rapidly, to rouse: cf. OF. esciter, exciter, F. exciter. See Cite.]

1. To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

2. (Physiol.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts. Syn. -- To incite; awaken; animate; rouse or arouse; stimulate; inflame; irritate; provoke. -- To Excite, Incite. When we excite we rouse into action feelings which were less strong; when we incite we spur on or urge forward to a specific act or end. Demosthenes excited the passions of the Athenians against Philip, and thus incited the whole nation to unite in the war against him. Antony, by his speech over the body of C\'91sar, so excited the feelings of the populace, that Brutus and his companions were compelled to flee from Rome; many however, were incited to join their standard, not only by love of liberty, but hopes of plunder.

Exciteful

Ex*cite"ful (?), n. Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.

Excitement

Ex*cite"ment (?) n. [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.]

1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.

2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive.

The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. Talfowrd.

3. (Physiol.) A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.

Exciter

Ex*cit"er (?), n. One who, or that which, excites.
Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.

Exciting

Ex*cit"ing, a. Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story. -- Ex*cit"ing*ly, adv. Exciting causes (Med.), those which immediately produce disease, or those which excite the action of predisposing causes.

Excitive

Ex*cit"ive (?), a. Serving or tending to excite; excitative. [R.] Bamfield.

Excitive

Ex*cit"ive, n. That which excites; an excitant. [R.]

Excito-motion

Ex*ci`to-mo"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.

Excito-motor

Ex*ci`to-mo"tor (?), a. (Physiol.) Excitomotory; as, excito-motor power or causes.

Excito-motory

Ex*ci`to-mo"to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.

Excito-nutrient

Ex*ci`to-nu"tri*ent (?), a (Physiol.) Exciting nutrition; said of the reflex influence by which the nutritional processes are either excited or modified.

Excito-secretory

Ex*ci`to-se*cre"to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Exciting secretion; -- said of the influence exerted by reflex action on the function of secretion, by which the various glands are excited to action.

Exclaim

Ex*claim" (?), v. t.& i. [imp. & p. p. Exclaimed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Exclaiming.] [L. exclamare, exclamatum; ex + clamare to cry out; cf. OF. exclamer. See Clam.] To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; "The field is won!" he exclaimed.

Exclaim

Ex*claim", n. Outcry; clamor. [Archaic]
Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak.

Exclaimer

Ex*claim"er, n. One who exclaims.

Exclamation

Ex`cla*ma"tion (?), n. [L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation.]

1. A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.

Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker.
Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak.
A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench.

2. (Rhet.) A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.

3. (Print.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.

Exclamative

Ex*clam"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. exclamatif.] Exclamatory. Earle. -- Ex*clam"a*tive*ly, adv.

Exclamatory

Ex*clam"a*to*ry (?), a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. South. -- Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly (#), adv.

Exclave

Ex*clave" (?), n. [Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en-] A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.] &hand; The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached.

Exclude

Ex*clude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.]

1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.

And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton.

2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.

Exclusion

Ex*clu"sion (?), n. [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.]

1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.

His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton.
The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume.

2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne.

Exclusionary

Ex*clu"sion*a*ry (?), a. Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive.

Exclusionism

Ex*clu"sion*ism (?), n. The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist.

Exclusionist

Ex*clu"sion*ist, n. One who would exclude another from some right or privilege; esp., one of the anti-popish politicians of the time of Charles

Exclusive

Ex*clu"sive (?) a. [Cf. F. exclusif.]

1. Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

2. Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

Exclusive

Ex*clu"sive, n. One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.

Exclusiveness

Ex*clu"sive*ness, n. Quality of being exclusive.

Exclusivism

Ex*clu"siv*ism (?), n. The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

Exclusivist

Ex*clu"siv*ist, n. One who favor or practices any from of exclusiveness or exclusivism.
The field of Greek mythology . . . the favorite sporting ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory. Gladstone.

Exclusory

Ex*clu"so*ry (?), a. [L. exclusorius.] Able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude.

Excoct

Ex*coct" (?) v. t. [L. excoctus, p.p. of excoquere to excoct. See 3d Cook.] To boil out; to produce by boiling. [Obs.] Bacon.

Excoction

Ex*coc"tion (?). [L. excoctio.] The act of excocting or boiling out. [Obs.] Bacon.

Excogitate

Ex*cog"i*tate (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excogitated (#); p. pr. & vb. n.. Excogitating.] [L. excogitatus, p. p. of excogitare to excogitate; ex out + cogitare to think. See Cogitate.] To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling.
This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell.

Excogitate

Ex*cog"i*tate, v. i. To cogitate. [R.] Bacon.

Excogitation

Ex*cog`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.] The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.

Excommune

Ex`com*mune" (?) v. t. [Cf. F. excommuier. See Excommunicate.] To exclude from participation in; to excommunicate. [Obs.]
Poets . . . were excommuned Plato's common wealth Gayton.

Excommunicable

Ex`com*mu"ni*ca*ble (?), a. [See Excommunicate.] Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper. "Persons excommunicable ." Bp. Hall.
What offenses are excommunicable ? Kenle.

Excommunicant

Ex`com*mu"ni*cant (?), n. One who has been excommunicated.

Excommunicate

Ex"com*mu"ni*cate (?), a. [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate.] Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church. -- n. One excommunicated.
Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak.

Excommunicate

Ex`com*mu"ni*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excommunicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excommunicating (?).]

1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.

2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.

Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin.

Excommunication

Ex`com*mu`ni*ca"tion (?), n. [L. excommunicatio: cf. F. excommunication.] The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual. &hand; excommunication is of two kinds, the lesser and the greater; the lesser excommunication is a separation or suspension from partaking of the Eucharist; the greater is an absolute execution of the offender from the church and all its rights and advantages, even from social intercourse with the faithful.

Excommunicator

Ex`com*mu"ni*ca`tor (?) n. [Cf. LL. excommunicator.] One who excommunicates.

Excommunion

Ex`com*mun"ion (?). A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [Obs.]
Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.

Excoriable

Ex*co"ri*a*ble (?). Capable of being excoriated.
The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable,/qex>. Sir T. Browne.

Eccoriate

Ec*co"ri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excoriated (?);p. pr. & vb. n. excoriating (?).] [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.] To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.

Excoriation

Ex*co`ri*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. excoriation.]

1. The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

2. Stripping of possession; spoliation. [Obs.]

A pitiful excoriation of the poorer sort. Howell.

Excorticate

Ex*cor"ti*cate (?), v. t. [L. ex out, from + cortex, corticis, bark.] To strip of bark or skin; to decorticate. [Obs.] "Excorticate the tree." Evelyn.

Excortication

Ex*cor`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. excortication.] The act of stripping off bark, or the state of being thus stripped; decortication.

Excreable

Ex"cre*a*ble (?), a. [L. excreabilis, exscreabilis, fr. exscreare. See Excreate.] Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] Swift.

Excreate

Ex"cre*ate (?), v. t. [L. excreare, exsreare; ex out + screare to hawk.] To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Excreation

Ex`cre*a"tion (?), n. [L. excreatio, exscreatio.] Act of spitting out. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Excrement

Ex"cre*ment (?), n. [L. excrementum, fr. excernere, excretum, to skin out, discharge: cf. F. excr\'82ment. See Excrete.] Matter excreted and ejected; that which is excreted or cast out of the animal body by any of the natural emunctories; especially, alvine, discharges; dung; ordure.

Excrement

Ex"cre*ment, n. [L. excrementum, fr. excrescere, excretum, to grow out. See Excrescence.] An excrescence or appendage; an outgrowth. [Obs.] "Ornamental excrements." Fuller.
Living creatures put forth (after their period of growth) nothing that is young but hair and nails, which are excrements and no parts. Bacon.

Excremental

Ex`cre*men"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to excrement.

Excrementitial, Excrementitious

Ex`cre*men*ti"tial (?), Ex`cre*men*ti"tious (?), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, excrement; of the nature of excrement.

Excrementive

Ex`cre*men"tive (?), a. Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.] "The excrementive parts." Felthman.

Excrementize

Ex"cre*ment*ize` (?) v. i. To void excrement. [R.] Life of A. Wood

Excrescence

Ex*cres"cence (?) n. [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L. excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere. See Excrescent.] An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences of joy." Jer. Taylor.
The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.

Excrescency

Ex*cres"cen*cy (?), n. Excrescence. [Obs.]

Excrescent

Ex*cres"cent (?), a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.] Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope.
Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.

Excrescential

Ex`cres*cen"tial (?) a. Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence. [R.] Hawthorne.

Excreta

Ex*cre"ta (?), n. pl. [L.] Matters to be excreted.

Excrete

Ex*crete" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Excreting.] [L. excretus, p. p. of excernere to sift out, discharge; ex out + cernere to sift, separate. See Crisis.] To separate and throw off; to excrete urine. "The mucus thus excreted." Hooper.

Excretin

Ex"cre*tin (?), n. [From Excrete.] (physiol. Chem.) A nonnitrogenous, crystalline body, present in small quantity in human f\'91ces.

Excretion

Ex*cre"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. excr\'82tion.]

1. The act of excreting.

To promote secretion and excretion. Pereira.

2. That which is excreted; excrement. Bacon.

Excretive

Ex*cre"tive (?), a. Having the power of excreting, or promoting excretion. Harvey.

Excretory

Ex*cre"to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. excr\'82toire.] Having the quality of excreting, or throwing off excrementitious matter.

Excruciable

Ex*cru"ci*a*ble (?), a. [L. excruciabilis.] Liable to torment. [R.] Bailey.

Excruciate

Ex*cru"ci*ate (?), a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.] Excruciated; tortured.
And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.

Excruciate

Ex*cru"ci*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating (?).] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.

Excruciating

Ex*cru"ci*a`ting (?). Torturing; racking. "Excruciating pain." V. Knox. "Excruciating fears." Bentley -- Ex*cru"ci*a`ting*ly, adv.

Excruciation

Ex*cru`ci*a"tion (?) n. [L. excruciatio.] The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. Feltham.

Excubation

Ex`cu*ba"tion (?) n. [L. excubatio, fr. excubare to lie out on guard; ex out on guard; ex out + cubare to lie down.] A keeping watch. [Obs.] Bailey.

Excubitorium

Ex*cu`bi*to"ri*um (?), n. [LL. excubitorium; ex out + cubare, cubitum, to lie.] (Eccl. Antiq.) A gallery in a church, where persons watched all night.

Exculpable

Ex*cul"pa*ble (?). Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation. Sir G. Buck.

Exculpate

Ex*cul"pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exculpated (?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Exculpating ( [L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable.] To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason.
I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.
Syn. -- To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.

Exculpation

Ex`cul*pa"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exculpatio.] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.

Exculpatory

Ex*cul"pa*to*ry (?). Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing. "An exculpatory letter." Johnson.

Excur

Ex*cur" (?) i. [L. excurrere. See Excurrent.] To run out or forth; to extend. [Obs.] Harvey.

Excurrent

Ex*cur"rent (?), a. [L. excurrens, p. p. of excurrere, excursum, to run out; ex out + currere to run. See Current.]

1. Running or flowing out; as: (Bot.) Running or extending out; as, an excurrent midrib, one which projects beyond the apex of a leaf; an excurrent steam or trunk, one which continues to the top.

2. (Zo\'94l) Characterized by a current which flows outward; as, an excurrent orifice or tube.

Excurse

Ex*curse" (?), v. t. [See excurrent.] To journey or pass thought. [R.]

Excursion

Ex*cur"sion (?). [L. excursio: cf. F. excursion. See Excurrent.]

1. A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.

Far on excursion toward the gates of hell. Milton.
They would make excursions and waste the country. Holland.

2. A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour; as, an excursion into the country.

3. A wandering from a subject; digression.

I am not in a scribbling mood, and shall therefore make no excursions. Cowper.

4. (Mach.) Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.] Syn. -- Journey; tour; ramble; jaunt. See Journey.

Excursionist

Ex*cur"sion*ist, n. One who goes on an excursion, or pleasure trip.

Excursive

Ex*cur"sive (?), a. Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
The course of excursive . . . understandings. I. Taylor.
-- Ex*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*cur"sive*ness, , n.

Excursus

Ex*cur"sus (?), n. [L., fr. excurrere, excursum. See Excurrent.] A dissertation or digression appended to a work, and containing a more extended exposition of some important point or topic.

Excusable

Ex*cus"a*ble (?) a. [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse.] That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action. -- Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ex*cus"a*bly, adv.
The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.

Excusation

Ex`cu*sa"tion (?), n. [L. excusatio: cf. F. excusation.] Excuse; apology. [Obs.] Bacon.

Excusator

Ex`cu*sa"tor (?), n. [L.] One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist. [Obs.] Hume.

Excusatory

Ex*cus"a*to*ry (?), a. Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical; as, an excusatory plea.

Excuse

Ex*cuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Excusing.] [OE. escusen, cusen, OF. escuser, excuser, F. excuser, fr. L. excusare; ex out + causa cause, causari to plead. See Cause.]

1. To free from accusation, or the imputation of fault or blame; to clear from guilt; to release from a charge; to justify by extenuating a fault; to exculpate; to absolve; to acquit.

A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practicing it, if really and indeed it be against Gog's law. Abp. Sharp.

2. To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it.

I must excuse what can not be amended. Shak.

3. To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.

And in our own (excuse some courtly stains.) No whiter page than Addison remains. Pope.

4. To free from an impending obligation or duty; hence, to disengage; to dispense with; to release by favor; also, to remit by favor; not to exact; as, to excuse a forfeiture.

I pray thee have me excused. xiv. 19.

5. To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

Think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? 2 Cor. xii. 19.
Syn. -- To vindicate; exculpate; absolve; acquit. - To Pardon, Excuse, Forgive. A superior pardons as an act of mercy or generosity; either a superior or an equal excuses. A crime, great fault, or a grave offence, as one against law or morals, may be pardoned; a small fault, such as a failure in social or conventional obligations, slight omissions or neglects may be excused. Forgive relates to offenses against one's self, and punishment foregone; as, to forgive injuries or one who has injured us; to pardon grave offenses, crimes, and criminals; to excuse an act of forgetfulness, an unintentional offense. Pardon is also a word of courtesy employed in the sense of excuse.
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Excuse

Ex*cuse" (?), n. [Cf. F. excuse. See Excuse, v. t.]

1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation.

Pleading so wisely in excuse of it. Shak.

2. That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment.

Hence with denial vain and coy excuse. Milton.

3. That which excuses; that which extenuates or justifies a fault. "It hath the excuse of youth." Shak.

If eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty is its own excuse for being. Emerson.
Syn. -- See Apology.

Excuseless

Ex*cuse"less, a. Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock.

Excusement

Ex*cuse"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. excusement.] Excuse. [Obs.] Gower.

Excuser

Ex*cus"er (?), n.

1. One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Swift.

2. One who excuses or forgives another. Shelton.

Excuss

Ex*cuss" (?), v. t. [L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. Quash.]

1. To shake off; to discard. [R.]

To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.]

To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654).

3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Excussion

Ex*cus"sion (?), n. [L. excussio a shaking down; LL., a threshing of corn: cf. F. excussion.] The act of excusing; seizure by law. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Exeat

Ex"e*at (?), n. [L., let him go forth.]

1. A license for absence from a college or a religious house. [Eng.] Shipley.

2. A permission which a bishop grants to a priest to go out of his diocese. Wharton.

Execrable

Ex"e*cra*ble (?), a. [L. execrabilis, exsecrabilis: cf. F. ex\'82crable. See Execrate.] Deserving to be execrated; accursed; damnable; detestable; abominable; as, an execrable wretch. "Execrable pride." Hooker. -- Ex"e*cra*ble*ness, n. -- Ex"e*cra*bly, adv.

Execrate

Ex"e*crate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Execrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Execrating (?).] [L. execratus, exsecratus, p. p. of execrare, exsecrare, to execrate; ex out + sacer holy, sacred. See Sacred.] To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.

Execration

Ex`e*cra"tion (?), n. [L. execratio, exsecratio: cf. F. ex\'82cration.]

1. The act of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed.

Cease, gentle, queen, these execrations. Shak.

2. That which is execrated; a detested thing.

Ye shall be an execration and . . . a curse. Jer. xlii. 18.
Syn. -- See Malediction.

Execrative

Ex"e*cra*tive (?), a. Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying. Carlyle. -- Ex"e*cra*tive*ly, adv.

Execrative

Ex"e*cra*tive, n. A word used for cursing; an imprecatory word or expression. Earle.

Execratory

Ex"e*cra*to*ry (?), a. Of the nature of execration; imprecatory; denunciatory. C. Kingsley. -- n. A formulary of execrations. L. Addison.

Exect

Ex*ect" (?), v. t. [See Exsect.] To cut off or out. [Obs.] See Exsect. Harvey.

Exection

Ex*ec"tion (?), n. [Obs.] See Exsection.

Executable

Ex"e*cu`ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being executed; feasible; as, an executable project. [R.]

Executant

Ex*ec"u*tant (?), n. One who executes or performs; esp., a performer on a musical instrument.
Great executants on the organ. De Quincey.

Execute

Ex"e*cute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Executing (?).] [F. ex\'82cuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy.]

1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform;

Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day? Milton.

2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.

3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stimulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.

4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.

5. Too put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.

6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music, either on an instrument or with the voice; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly. Syn. -- To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish.

Execute

Ex"e*cute, v. i.

1. To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose. [R.] Hayward.

2. To perform musically.

Executer

Ex"e*cu`ter (?), n. One who performs or carries into effect. See Executor.

Execution

Ex`e*cu"tion (?), n. [F. ex\'82cution, L. executio, exsecutio.]

1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.

The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. Dryden.

2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.

A warrant for his execution. Shak.

3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.

The first quality of execution is truth. Ruskin.

4. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.

5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.

To do some fatal execution. Shak.

6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] Beau. & FL.

Executioner

Ex`e*cu"tion*er (?), n.

1. One who executes; an executer. Bacon.

2. One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman.

Executive

Ex*ec"u*tive (?), a. [Cf.F. ex\'82cutif.] Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc. &hand; In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.

Executive

Ex*ec"u*tive, n. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

Executively

Ex*ec"u*tive*ly, adv. In the way of executing or performing.

Executor

Ex*ec"u*tor (?), n. [L. executor, exsecutor: cf. F. ex\'82cuteur. Cf. Executer.]

1. One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness. Shak.

2. An executioner. [Obs.]

Delivering o'er to executors pa . . . The lazy, yawning drone. Shak.

3. (Law) The person appointed by a Executor de son tort [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.

Executorial

Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al (?), a. [LL. executorialis.] Of or pertaining to an executive.

Executorship

Ex*ec"u*tor*ship (?), n. The office of an executor.

Executory

Ex*ec"u*to*ry (?), a. [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. ex\'82cutoire.]

1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.

The official and executory duties of government. Burke.

2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.

Executress

Ex*ec"u*tress (?), n. [Cf.F. ex\'82cutrice.] An executrix.

Executrix

Ex*ec"u*trix (?), n. [LL.] (Law) A woman exercising the functions of an executor.

Exedent

Ex"e*dent (?), a. [L. exedent, -entis, p.pr. of exedere. See Exesion.] Eating out; consuming. [R.]

Exedra

Ex"e*dra (?), n.; pl. Exedr\'91 (#). [L., fr.Gr

1. (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.

2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form. (b) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.

Exegesis

Ex`e*ge"sis (?), n.;pl. Exegeses (#). [NL., fr.Gr. Agent.]

1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.

2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation. [Obs.]

Exegete

Ex"e*gete (?), n. [Gr. ex\'82g\'8ate. See Exegesis.] An exegetist.

Exegetic, Exegetical

Ex`e*get"ic (?), Ex`e*get"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. ex\'82g\'82tique.] Pertaining to exegesis; tending to unfold or illustrate; explanatory; expository. Walker. Ex`e*get"ic*al*ly, adv.

Exegetics

Ex`e*get"ics (?), n. The science of interpretation or exegesis.

Exegetist

Ex`e*ge"tist (?), n. One versed in the science of exegesis or interpretation; -- also called exegete.

Exemplar

Ex*em"plar (?), n. [L. exemplar, exemplum: cf. F. exemplaire. See Example, and cf. Examper, Sampler.]

1. A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.

2. A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.

Exemplar

Ex*em"plar, a. Exemplary. [Obs.]
The exemplar piety of the father of a family. Jer. Taylor.

Exemplarily

Ex"em*pla*ri*ly (?), adv. In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.
She is exemplarily loyal. Howell.
Some he punisheth exemplarily. Hakewill.

Exemplariness

Ex"em*pla*ri*ness, n. The state or quality of being exemplary; fitness to be an example.

Exemplarity

Ex`em*plar"i*ty (, n. [Cf. LL. exemplaritas.] Exemplariness. [R.]
The exemplarity of Christ's life. Abp. Sharp.

Exemplary

Ex"em*pla*ry (?), a. [L. exemplaris, fr. exemplar: cf. F. exemplaire. See Exemplar.]

1. Serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct.

[Bishops'] lives and doctrines ought to be exemplary. Bacon.

2. Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages.

3. Illustrating as the proof of a thing. Fuller. Exemplary damages. (Law) See under Damage.

Exemplary

Ex"em*pla*ry, n. An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.

Exemplifiable

Ex*em"pli*fi`a*ble (?), a. That can be exemplified.

Exemplification

Ex*em`pli*fi*ca"tion (?), n.

1. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.

2. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.

3. (Law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

Exemplifier

Ex*em"pli*fi`er (?), n. One who exemplifies by following a pattern.

Exemplify

Ex*em"pli*fy (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exemplified (?); p. pr. &. vb. n. Exemplifying.] [L. exemplum example + -fy: cf. LL. exemplificare to copy, serve as an example.]

1. To show or illustrate by example.

He did but . . . exemplify the principles in which he had been brought up. Cowper.

2. To copy; to transcribe; to make an attested copy or transcript of, under seal, as of a record. Holland.

3. To prove or show by an attested copy.

Exempt

Ex*empt" (?), a. [F. exempt, L. exemptus, p. p. of eximere to take out, remove, free; ex out + emere to buy, take. Cf. Exon, Redeem.]

1. Cut off; set apart. [Obs.]

Corrupted, and exempt from ancient gentry. Shak.

2. Extraordinary; exceptional. [Obs.] Chapman.

3. Free, or released, from some liability to which others are subject; excepted from the operation or burden of some law; released; free; clear; privileged; -- (with from): not subject to; not liable to; as, goods exempt from execution; a person exempt from jury service.

True nobility is exempt from fear. Shak.
T is laid on all, not any one exempt. Dryden.

Exempt

Ex*empt", n.

1. One exempted or freed from duty; one not subject.

2. One of four officers of the Yeomen of the Royal Guard, having the rank of corporal; an Exon. [Eng.]

Exempt

Ex*empt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exempted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exempting.] [F. exempter. See Exempt, a.]

1. To remove; to set apart. [Obs.] Holland.

2. To release or deliver from some liability which others are subject to; to except or excuse from he operation of a law; to grant immunity to; to free from obligation; to release; as, to exempt from military duty, or from jury service; to exempt from fear or pain.

Death So snatched will not exempt us from the pain We are by doom to pay. Milton.

Exemptible

Ex*empt"i*ble (?), a. That may be exempted.

Exemption

Ex*emp"tion (?), n. [L. exenptio a removing: cf. F. exemption exemption.] The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.

Exemptitious

Ex`emp*ti"tious (?), a. Separable. [Obs.] "Exemptitious from matter." Dr. H. More.

Exenterate

Ex*en"ter*ate (?), v. t. [L. exenteratus, p.p. of exenterare; cf. Gr. To take out the bowels or entrails of; to disembowel; to eviscerate; as, exenterated fishes. [R.]
Exenterated rule-mongers and eviscerated logicians. Hare.

Exenteration

Ex*en`ter*a"tion (?), n. [LL. exenteratio.] Act of exenterating. [R.]

Exequatur

Ex`e*qua"tur (?), n. [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. subj. of exequi, exsequi, to perform, execute.]

1. A written official recognition of a consul or commercial agent, issued by the government to which he is accredited, and authorizing him to exercise his powers in the place to which he is assigned.

2. Official recognition or permission. Prescott.

Exequial

Ex*e"qui*al (?), a. [L. exequialis, exsequialis, fr. exsequiae exequies.] Of or pertaining to funerals; funereal.

Exequious

Ex*e"qui*ous (?), a. Funereal. [Obs.] Drayton.

Exequy

Ex"e*quy (?), n.;pl. Exequies (#). [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See Exequte.] A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.

Exercent

Ex*er"cent (?), a. [L. exercents, -entis, p. pr. of exercere. See Exercise.] Practicing; professional. [Obs.] "Every exercent advocate." Ayliffe.

Exercisable

Ex"er*ci`sa*ble (?) a. That may be exercised, used, or exerted.

Exercise

Ex"er*cise (?), n. [F. exercice, L. exercitium, from exercere, exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive out of the inclosure; ex out + arcere to shut up, inclose. See Ark.]

1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in general; practice.

exercise of the important function confided by the constitution to the legislature. Jefferson.
O we will walk this world, Yoked in all exercise of noble end. Tennyson.

2. Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual, or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness, grace, etc. "Desire of knightly exercise." Spenser.

An exercise of the eyes and memory. Locke.

3. Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state; hygienic activity; as, to take exercise ob horseback.

The wise for cure on exercise depend. Dryden.

4. The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.

Lewis refused even those of the church of England . . . the public exercise of their religion. Addison.
To draw him from his holy exercise. Shak.

5. That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ebbs; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition.

The clumsy exercises of the European tourney. Prescott.
He seems to have taken a degree, and preformed public exercises in Cambridge, in 1565. Brydges.

6. That which gives practice; a trial; a test.

Patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude. Milton.
Exercise bone (Med.), a deposit of bony matter in the soft tissues, produced by pressure or exertion.

Exercise

Ex"er*cise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exercised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exercising (?).]

1. To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to; to put in action habitually or constantly; to school or train; to exert repeatedly; to busy.

Herein do I Exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence. Acts xxiv. 16.

2. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop; hence, also, to improve by practice; to discipline, and to use or to for the purpose of training; as, to exercise arms; to exercise one's self in music; to exercise troops.

About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth. Milton.

3. To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain.

Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end. Milton.

4. To put in practice; to carry out in action; to perform the duties of; to use; to employ; to practice; as, to exercise authority; to exercise an office.

I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. Jer. ix. 24.
The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery. Ezek. xxii. 29.

Exercise

Ex"er*cise, v. i. To exercise one's self, as under military training; to drill; to take exercise; to use action or exertion; to practice gymnastics; as, to exercise for health or amusement.
I wear my trusty sword, When I do exercise. Cowper.

Exerciser

Ex"er*ci`ser (?), n. One who exercises.

Exercisible

Ex"er*ci`si*ble (?), a. Capable of being exercised, employed, or enforced; as, the authority of a magistrate is exercisible within his jurisdiction.

Exercitation

Ex*er`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exercitatio, fr. exercitare, intense., fr. exercere to exercise: CF. f. exercitation.] exercise; practice; use. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Exergue

Ex*ergue" (?), n. [F.,fr.Gr. i.e., accessory work. See Work.] (Numis.) The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt.

Exert

Ex*ert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exerting.] [L. exertus, exsertus, p.p. of exerere, exserere, to thrust out; ex out + serere to join or bind together. See Series, and cf. Exsert.]

1. To thrust forth; to emit; to push out. [Obs.]

So from the seas exerts his radiant head The star by whom the lights of heaven are led. Dryden.

2. To put force, ability, or anything of the nature of an active faculty; to put in vigorous action; to bring into active operation; as, to exert the strength of the body, limbs, faculties, or imagination; to exert the mind or the voice.

3. To put forth, as the result or exercise of effort; to bring to bear; to do or perform.

When we will has exerted an act of command on any faculty of the soul or member of the body. South.
To exert one's self, to use efforts or endeavors; to strive; to make an attempt.

Exertion

Ex*er"tion (?), n. The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day. Syn. -- Attempt; endeavor; effort; essay; trial. See Attempt.

Exertive

Ex*ert"ive (?), a. Having power or a tendency to exert; using exertion.

Exertment

Ex*ert"ment (?), n. Exertion. [R.]

Exesion

Ex*e"sion (?), n. [L. exedere, exesum, to eat up; ex out + edere to eat.] The act of eating out or through. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exestuate

Ex*es"tu*ate (?), v. i. [L. exaestuatus,p.p. of exaestuare to boil up. See Estuate.] To be agitated; to boil up; to effervesce. [Obs.]

Exestuation

Ex*es`tu*a"tion (?), n. [L. exaestuatio.] A boiling up; effervescence. [Obs.] Boyle.

Exeunt

Ex"e*unt (?). [L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of exire to go out.] They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st Exit.

Exfetation

Ex`fe*ta"tion (?), n [Pref. ex- + fetation.] (Med.) Imperfect fetation in some organ exterior to the uterus; extra-uterine fetation. Hoblyn.

Exfoliate

Ex*fo"li*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exfoliated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exfoliating (?).] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.]

1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin\'91, as pieces of carious bone or of bark.

2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition.

Exfoliate

Ex*fo"li*ate v. t. To remove scales, lamin\'91, or splinters from the surface of.

Exfoliation

Ex*fo`li*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

Exfoliative

Ex*fo"li*a"tive (?), a. [Cf.F. exfoliatif.] Having the power of causing exfoliation. -- n. An exfoliative agent. Wiseman.

Exhalable

Ex*hal"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being exhaled or evaporated. Boyle.

Exhalant

Ex*hal"ant (?), a. [Cf. F. exhalant.] Having the quality of exhaling or evaporating.

Exhalation

Ex`ha*la"tion (?), n. [L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation.]

1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation.

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc.

Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor.

I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak.

Exhale

Ex*hale" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaled (?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Exaling.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.]

1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. Pope.

2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.

Exhale

Ex*hale", v. i. To rise or be given off, as vapor; to pass off, or vanish.
Their inspiration exhaled in elegies. Prescott.

Exhalement

Ex*hale"ment (?), n. Exhalation. [Obs.]

Exhalence

Ex*hal"ence (?), n. Exhalation. [R.]

Exhaust

Ex*haust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhausted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhausting.] [L. exhaustus, p.p. of exhaurire; ex out + haurire, haustum, to draw, esp. water; perhaps akin to Icel. asua to sprinkle, pump.]

1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely; as, to exhaust the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation.

2. To empty by drawing or letting out the contents; as, to exhaust a well, or a treasury.

3. To drain, metaphorically; to use or expend wholly, or till the supply comes to an end; to deprive wholly of strength; to use up; to weary or tire out; to wear out; as, to exhaust one's strength, patience, or resources.

A decrepit, exhausted old man at fifty-five. Motley.

4. To bring out or develop completely; to discuss thoroughly; as, to exhaust a subject.

5. (Chem.) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances or extractives; as, to exhaust a drug successively with water, alcohol, and ether. Exhausted receiver. (Physics) See under Receiver. Syn. -- To spend; consume; tire out; weary.

Exhaust

Ex*haust", a. [L. exhaustus, p.p.]

1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy.

2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. -- Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. -- Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine), the blast orifice or nozzle. -- Exhaust pipe (Steam Engine), the pipe that conveys exhaust steam from the cylinder to the atmosphere or to the condenser. Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the opening, in the cylinder or valve, by which the exhaust steam escapes. -- Exhaust purifier (Milling), a machine for sorting grains, or purifying middlings by an exhaust draught. Knight. -- Exhaust steam (Steam Engine), steam which is allowed to escape from the cylinder after having been employed to produce motion of the piston. -- Exhaust valve (Steam Engine), a valve that lets exhaust steam escape out of a cylinder.

Exhaust

Ex*haust", n. (Steam Engine)

1. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.

2. The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

Exhauster

Ex*haust"er (?) n. One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.

Exhaustibility

Ex*haust`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being exhausted.
I was seriously tormented by the thought of the exhaustibility of musical combinations. J. S. Mill.

Exhaustible

Ex*haust"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being exhausted, drained off, or expended. Johnson.

Exhausting

Ex*haust"ing, a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. -- Ex*haust"ing, adv.

Exhaustion

Ex*haus"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. exhaustion.]

1. The act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying completely of the contents.

2. The state of being exhausted or emptied; the state of being deprived of strength or spirits.

3. (Math.) An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. &hand; The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications and quadratures, now investigated by the calculus.

Exhaustive

Ex*haust"ive (?), a. Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.

Exhaustless

Ex*haust"less, a. Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

Exhaustment

Ex*haust"ment (?), n. Exhaustion; drain. [Obs.]

Exhausture

Ex*haus"ture (?), n. Exhaustion. Wraxall.

Exhedra

Ex"he*dra (?), n. [NL.] See Exedra.

Exheredate

Ex*her"e*date (?), v. t. [L., exheredatus, p.p. of exheredare to disinherit; ex out + heres, heredis, heir.] To disinherit. [R.] Huloet.

Exheredation

Ex*her`e*da"tion (?), n. [L., exheredatio: cf. F. exh\'82r\'82dation.] A disinheriting; disherisor. [R.]

Exhereditation

Ex`he*red`i*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. exhereditare, exhereditatum, disinherit.] A disinheriting; disherison. [R.] E. Waterhouse.

Exhibit

Ex*hib"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or hold. See Habit.]

1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.

Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of mind and body. Pope.

2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.

He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge of high treason against the earl. Clarendon.

3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel. To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to tender it as a bounty to candidates. -- To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in public. [Obs.]

Exhibit

Ex*hib"it, n.

1. Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit.

2. (Law) A document produced and identified in court for future use as evidence.

Exhibiter

Ex*hib"it*er (?), n. [Cf. Exhibitor.] One who exhibits; one who presents a petition, charge or bill. Shak.

Exhibition

Ex`hi*bi"tion (?), n. [L. exhibitio a delivering: cf. F. exhibition.]

1. The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view; manifestation; display.

2. That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition.

3. Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars.

What maintenance he from his friends receives, Like exhibition thou shalt have from me. Shak.
I have given more exhibitions to scholars, in my days, than to the priests. Tyndale.

4. (Med.) The act of administering a remedy.

Exhibitioner

Ex`hi*bi"tion*er (?), n. (Eng. Univ.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.
A youth who had as an exhibitioner from Christ's Hospital. G. Eliot.

Exhibitive

Ex*hib"it*ive (?), a. Serving for exhibition; representative; exhibitory. Norris. -- Ex*hib"it*ive*ly, adv.

Exhibitor

Ex*hib"it*or (?), n. [Cf. L. exhibitor a giver.] One who exhibits.

Exhibitory

Ex*hib"it*o*ry (?), a. [L. exhibitorius relating to giving up: cf. F. exhibitoire exhibiting.] Exhibiting; publicly showing. J. Warton.

Exhilarant

Ex*hil"a*rant (?), a. [L. exhilarans. -antis, p. pr. See Exhilarate.] Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. -- n. That which exhilarates.

Exhilarate

Ex*hil"a*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating.] [L. exhilaratus, p.p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

Exhilarate

Ex*hil"a*rate, v. i. To become joyous. [R.] Bacon.

Exhilarating

Ex*hil"a*ra`ting (?), a. That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. -- Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly, adv.

Exhilaration

Ex*hil`a*ra"tion (?), n. [L., exhilaratio.]

1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.

Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. Bacon.
Syn. -- Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

Exhort

Ex*hort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.] To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.
Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak.
Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. J. D. Forbes.

Exhort

Ex*hort", v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
With many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.

Exhort

Ex*hort", n. Exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.

Exhortation

Ex`hor*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exhortatio: cf. F. exhortation.]

1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.

2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.

Exhortative

Ex*hor"ta*tive (?), a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.

Exhortatory

Ex*hor"ta*to*ry (?) a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

Exhorter

Ex*hort"er (?), n. One who exhorts or incites.

Exhumated

Ex*hu"ma*ted (?), a. Disinterred. [Obs.]

Exhumation

Ex`hu*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation.] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body.

Exhume

Ex*hume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhumed (?) p. pr. & vb. n.. Exhuming.] [LL. exhumare; L. ex out + humus ground, soil: cf. F. exhumer. See Humble.] To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Mantell.

Exiccate

Ex"ic*cate (?), v. t. See Exsiccate. [Obs.] Holland.

Exiccation

Ex`ic*ca"tion (?), n. See Exsiccation. [Obs.]

Exigence

Ex"i*gence (?), n. [F.] Exigency. Hooker.

Exigency

Ex"i*gen*cy (?), n.;pl. Exigencies (#). [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow. Syn. -- Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

Exigendary

Ex`i*gen"da*ry (?), n. See Exigenter.

Exigent

Ex`i*gent, a. [L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.] Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.

Exigent

Ex"i*gent, n.

1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. [Obs.]

Why do you cross me in this exigent? Shak.

2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

Exigenter

Ex"i*gent*er (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) An officer in the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas whose duty it was make out exigents. The office in now abolished. Cowell.

Exigible

Ex"i*gi*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exigible. See Exigent.] That may be exacted; repairable. [R.] A. Smith.

Exiguity

Ex`i*gu"i*ty (?), n. [L. exiguitas, fr. exiguus small: cf. F. exiguit\'82.] Scantiness; smallness; thinness. [R.] Boyle.

Exiguous

Ex*ig"u*ous (?), a. [L. exiguus.] Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] "Exiguous resources." Carlyle. -- Ex*ig"uous*ness, n. [R.]

Exile

Ex"ile (?), n. [OE. exil, fr. L. exilium, exsilium, fr. exsuil one who quits, or is banished from, his native soil; ex out + solum ground, land, soil, or perh. fr.the root of salire to leap, spring; cf. F. exil. Cf. Sole of the foot, Saltation.]

1. Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's native country.

Let them be recalled from their exile. Shak.

2. The person expelled from his country by authority; also, one who separates himself from his home.

Thou art in exile, and thou must not stay. Shak.
Syn. -- Banishment; proscription; expulsion.

Exile

Ex"ile (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exiling.] To banish or expel from one's own country or home; to drive away. "Exiled from eternal God." Tennyson.
Calling home our exiled friends abroad. Shak.
Syn. -- See Banish.

Exile

Ex*ile" (?), a. [L. exilis.] Small; slender; thin; fine. [Obs.] "An exile sound." Bacon.

Exilement

Ex"ile*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. exilement.] Banishment. [R.] Sir. H. Wotton.

Exilic

Ex*il"ic (?), a. Pertaining to exile or banishment, esp. to that of the Jews in Babylon. Encyc. Dict.

Exilition

Ex`i*li"tion (?), n. [L. exsilire to spring from; ex out + salire to spring, leap.] A sudden springing or leaping out. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exility

Ex*il"ity (?), n. [L. exilitas: cf. F. exilit\'82. See Exile, a.] Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness. [R.] Paley.

Eximious

Ex*im"ious (?) a. [L. eximius taken out, i. e. select, fr. eximere to take out. See Exempt.] Select; choice; hence, extraordinary, excellent. [Obs.]
The eximious and arcane science of physic. Fuller.

Exinanite

Ex*in"a*nite (?), v. t. [L. exinanitus, p. p. of exinanire; ex out (intens.) + inanire to make empty, inanis, empty.] To make empty; to render of no effect; to humble. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Exinanition

Ex*in`a*ni"tion (?) n. [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.]
Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor.

Exist

Ex*ist" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Existed; p. pr. & vb. n. Existing.] [L. existere, exsistere, to step out or forth, emerge, appear, exist; ex out + sistere to cause to stand, to set, put, place, stand still, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. exister. See Stand.]

1. To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

Who now, alas! no more is missed Than if he never did exist. Swift.
To conceive the world . . . to have existed from eternity. South.

2. To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.

3. To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land. Syn. -- See Be.

Existence

Ex*ist"ence (?), n. [Cf. F. existence.]

1. The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existence of the soul; immortal existence.

The main object of our existence. Lubbock.

2. Continued or repeated manifestation; occurrence, as of events of any kind; as, the existence of a calamity or of a state of war.

The existence therefore, of a phenomenon, is but another word for its being perceived, or for the inferred possibility of perceiving it. J. S. Mill.

3. That which exists; a being; a creature; an entity; as, living existences.

Existency

Ex*ist"en*cy (?), n. Existence. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Existent

Ex*ist"ent (?), a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.
The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. Dryden.

Existential

Ex`is*ten"tial (?), a. Having existence. [Archaic] Bp. Barlow. --Ex`is*ten"tial*ly, adv. [Archaic]
Existentially as well as essentially intelligent. Colerige.

Exister

Ex*ist"er (?), n. One who exists.

Existible

Ex*ist"i*ble (?), a. Capable of existence. Grew.

Existimation

Ex*is`ti*ma"tion (?), n. [L. existimatio judgment, opinion, fr. existimare to estimate. See Estimate.] Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.

Exit

Ex"it (?). [L., 3d pers. sing. pres. of exire to go out. See Exeunt, Issue.] He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth. &hand; The Latin words exit (he or she goes out), and exeunt ( they go out), are used in dramatic writings to indicate the time of withdrawal from the stage of one or more of the actors.

Exit

Ex"it, n. [See 1st Exit.]

1. The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part.

They have their exits and their entrances. Shak.

2. Any departure; the act of quitting the stage of action or of life; death; as, to make one's exit.

Sighs for his exit, vulgarly called death. Cowper.

3. A way of departure; passage out of a place; egress; way out.

Forcing he water forth thought its ordinary exists. Woodward.

Exitial, Exitious

Ex*i"tial (?), Ex*i"tious (?), a. [L. exitialis, exitious, fr. exitium a going out, a going to naught, i. e., ruin, fr.exire to go out: cf. F. exitial.] Destructive; fatal. [Obs.] "Exitial fevers." Harvey.

Exo

Ex"o (?). [Gr. Ex-.] A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.

Exocardiac, Exocardial

Ex`o*car"di*ac (?), Ex`o*car"di*al (?), a. [Exo- + Gr. (Anat.) Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.

Exocarp

Ex"o*carp (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. (Bot.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.

Exoccipital

Ex`oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. [Pref. ex- + occipital.] (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull. -- n. The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.

Exocetus or, Exoc\'d2tus

Ex`o*ce"tus (? or ?), Ex`oc\'d2"tus
, n. [NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore, Gr. (Zo\'94l) A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish.

Exoculate

Ex*oc"u*late (?), v. t. [L. exoculatus, p. p. of exoculare to exoculate; ex out + oculus an eye.] To deprive of eyes. [R.] W. C. Hazlitt.

Exode

Ex"ode (?) n. [L. exodium, Gr. exode. See Exodus.]

1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [Obs.] L. Coleman. Bolingbroke.

2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.

3. (Rom. Antig.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty.

Exodic

Ex*od"ic (?), a. [Gr. Exodus.] (Physiol.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

Exogium

Ex*o"gi*um (?), n. [L.] See Exode.

Exodus

Ex"o*dus (?), n. [L., the book of Exodus, Gr. Skr. \'be-sad to approach.]

1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.

2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

Exody

Ex"o*dy (?), n. Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]
The time of the Jewish exody. Sir M. Hale.

Ex-official

Ex`-of*fi"cial (?), a. Proceeding from office or authority.

Ex officio

Ex` of*fi"ci*o (?); pl. Ex officiis (#). [L.] From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.

Exogamous

Ex*og"a*mous (?), a. [Exo- + Gr. Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

Exogamy

Ex*og"a*my (?), n. The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Exogen

Ex"o*gen (?), n. [Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exog\'8ane.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

Exogenetic

Ex`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous.

Exogenous

Ex*og"e*nous (?), a.

1. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

2. (Biol.) Growing by addition to the exterior.

3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. Owen. Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury.

Exogyra

Ex`o*gy"ra (?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

Exolete

Ex"o*lete (?), a. [L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow.] Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [Obs.]

Exolution

Ex`o*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exolutio a release. See Exolve.] See Exsolution. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exolve

Ex*olve" (?), v. t. [L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out + solvere.] To loose; to pay. [Obs.]

Exon

Ex"on (?), n. [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.] A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.

Exon

Ex"on, n. [F. expect an under officer.] An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]

Exonerate

Ex*on"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating (?).] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous.]

1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]

All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.

2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke.

3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball. Syn>- To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.

Exoneration

Ex*on`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. exoneratio: cf. F. Exon\'82ration.] The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Exonerative

Ex*on"er*a*tive (?), a. Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Exonerator

Ex*on"er*a`tor (?), n. [L., an unloader.] One who exonerates or frees from obligation.

Exophthalmia

Ex`oph*thal"mi*a (?), n. [Nl.,fr. Gr. (Med.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

Exophthalmic

Ex`oph*thal"mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia. Exophthalmic golter. Same as Rasedow's disease.

Exophthalmos, Exophthalmus

Ex`oph*thal"mos (?), Ex`oph*thal"mus (
, n. [NL.] (Med.) Same as Exophthalmia.

Exophthalmy

Ex`oph*thal"my (?), n. (Med.) Exophthalmia.

Exophyllous

Ex*oph"yl*lous (?), a. [Exo- + Gr. (Bot.) Not sheathed in another leaf.

Exoplasm

Ex"o*plasm (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. (Biol.) See Ectosarc, and Ectoplasm.

Exopodite

Ex*op"o*dite (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l) The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

Exoptable

Ex*op"ta*ble (?), a. [L. exoptabilis.] Very desirable. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exoptile

Ex*op"tile (?), n. [F., fr.Gr. (Bot.) A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.

Exrable

Ex"ra*ble (?), a. [L. exorabilis: cf. F. exorable. See Exorate.] Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender. Milton.

Exorate

Ex"o*rate (?), v. t. [L. exoratus, p. p. of exorare to gain by entreaty; ex out, from + orare to pay.] To persuade, or to gain, by entreaty. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Exoration

Ex`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exoratio.] Entreaty. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Exorbitance, Exorbitancy

Ex*or"bi*tance (?), Ex*or"bi*tan*cy (?),, n. A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. "a curb to your exorbitancies." Dryden.
The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. Bp. Hall.

Exorbitant

Ex*or"bi*tant (?), a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See Orbit.]

1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims.

Foul exorbitant desires. Milton.

2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous.

The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. Hooker.

Exorbitantly

Ex*or"bi*tant*ly, adv. In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously.

Exorbitate

Ex*or"bi*tate (?), v. i. [L.exorbitatus, p.p. of exorbitare. See Exorbitant.] To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] Bentley.

Exorcise

Ex"or*cise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exorcised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Exorcising .] [L. exorcizare, Gr. exorciser.]

1. To cast out, as a devil, evil spirits, etc., by conjuration or summoning by a holy name, or by certain ceremonies; to expel (a demon) or to conjure (a demon) to depart out of a person possessed by one.

He impudently excorciseth devils in the church. Prynne.

2. To deliver or purify from the influence of an evil spirit or demon.

Exorcise the beds and cross the walls. Dryden.
Mr. Spectator . . . do all you can to exorcise crowds who are . . . processed as I am. Spectator.

Exor-ciser

Ex"or-ci`ser (?), n. An exorcist.

Exorcism

Ex"or*cism (?), n. [L. exorcismus, Gr. ; cf. F. exorcisme.]

1. The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of conjuration used.

2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] Shak.

Exor-cist

Ex"or-cist (?), n. [L. exorcista, Gr. exorciste.]

1. One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.

Certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists. Acts xix. 13.

2. A conjurer who can raise spirits. [R.]

Thou, like an exorcist, hast conjured up My mortified spirit. Shak.

Exordial

Ex*or"di*al (?), a. Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
The exordial paragraph of the second epistle. I. Taylor.

Exordium

Ex*or"di*um (?), n.; pl. E. Exordiums (#), L. Exordia . [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.] A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.

Exorhiza

Ex`o*rhi"za (?), n.; pl. Exorhize (#). [NL. fr. Gr. (Bot.) A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule. Gray.

Exorhizal, Exorhizous

Ex`o*rhi"zal (?), Ex`o*rhi`zous (?), a. (Bot.) Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.

Exornation

Ex`or*na"tion (?), n. [L. exornatio, fr. exornare. See Ornate.] Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.]
Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect. Burton.

Exortive

Ex*or`tive (?), a. [L. exortivus, fr. exortus a coming forth, rising; ex out + orivi to rise, come forth.] Rising; relating to the east. [R.]

Exosculate

Ex*os"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. exosculatus, p. p. of exosculari to kiss. See Osculate.] To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly. [Obs.]

Exoskeletal

Ex`o*skel"e*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the exoskeleton; as exoskeletal muscles.

Exoskeleton

Ex`o*skel"e*ton (?), n. [Exo- + skeleton] (Anat.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.

Exosmose

Ex"os*mose` (?), n. [Exo+osmose: cf. F. ezosmose.] (Physics) The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose.

Exosmosis

Ex`os*mo"sis (?), n. [NL. See Exo-, and Osmose.] (Physics) See Exosmose.

Exosmotic

Ex`os*mot`ic (?), a. Pertaining to exosmose.

Exospore

Ex`o*spore (?), n. [Exo+spote.] (Biol.) The extreme outer wall of a spore; the epispore.

Exosstate

Ex*os"state (?), v. t. [L. exossatus, p. p. of exossare to bone , fr. exos without bones; ex out + os, ossis, bone.] To deprive of bones; to take out the bones of; to bone. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exossation

Ex`os*sa"tion (?), n. A depriving of bone or of fruit stones. [Obs.] Bacon.

Exosse-ous

Ex*os"se-ous (?), a. [Ex + osseous.] Boneless. "Exosseous animals. " Sir T. Browne.

Exostome

Ex"o*stome (?), n. [Exo- + Gr. exostome.] (Bot.) The small aperture or foremen in the outer coat of the ovule of a plant.

Exostosis

Ex`os*to"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. exostose.]

1. (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe.

2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.

Exoteric, Exoterical

Ex`o*ter"ic (?), Ex`o*ter"ic*al (?) a. [L. exotericus, Gr. exot\'82rique. See Ex-] External; public; suitable to be imparted to the public; hence, capable of being readily or fully comprehended; -- opposed to esoteric, or secret.
The foppery of an exoteric and esoteric doctrine. De Quincey.

Exoterics

Ex`o*ter`ics (?), n. pl. (Philos.) The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.

Exotery

Ex"o*ter*y (?), n.; pl. Exoteries (-. That which is obvious, public, or common.
Dealing out exoteries only to the vulgar. A. Tucker.

Exotheca

Ex`o*the"ca (?), n. [Nl., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the cost\'91 of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa.

Exotheci-um

Ex`o*the"ci-um (?), n. [NL. See Exotheca.] (Bot.) The outer coat of the anther.

Exotic

Ex*ot"ic (?), a. [L. exoticus, Gr. exotique. See Exoteric.] Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.
Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. Evelyn.

Exotic

Ex*ot"ic (?), n. Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.
Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics. Addison.

Exotical

Ex*ot"ic*al (?), a. Foreign; not native; exotic. [R.] -- Ex*ot"ic*al*ness, n.

Exoticism

Ex*ot"i*cism (?), n. The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.

Expand

Ex*pand" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expanding.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. Spawn.]

1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.

Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton.

2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.

3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.

Expand

Ex*pand", v. i. To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy. Dryden.

Expander

Ex*pand"er (?), n. Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.

Expanding

Ex*pand"ing, a. That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging. Expanding bit, Expanding drill (Mech.), a bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring. -- Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or diminished.

Expanse

Ex*panse" (?), n. [From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See Expand.] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. "The green expanse." Savage.
Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. Milton.
The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. Pope.

Expanse

Ex*panse", v. t. To expand. [Obs.]
That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. Sir. T. Browne.

Expansibility

Ex*pan`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.

Expabsible

Ex*pab"si*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. expansible.] Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Bodies are not expansible in proposition to their weight. Ex*pab"si*ble*ness ,n. -Ex*pan"si*bly ,adv.

Expansile

Ex*pan"sile (?), a. Expansible.
Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C.

Expansion

Ex*pan"sion (?), n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.]

1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.

The starred expansion of the skies. Beattie.

3. Space thought which anything is expanded; also, pure space.

Lost in expansion, void and infinite. Blackmore.

4. (Com.) Enlargement or extension of business transaction; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.

6. (Steam Ebgine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.

7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. Ham. Nav. Encyc. &hand; Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion joint, expansion gear, etc. Expansion curve, a curve the co\'94rdinates of which show the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of the steam as it expands in the cylinder. -- Expansion gear (Stream Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust. of Link motion. -- Automatic expansion gear ∨ cut-off, one that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power. -- Fixed expansion gear, ∨ Fixed cut-off, one that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke. -- Expansion joint, ∨ Expansion coupling (Mech. & Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as: (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion. -- Expansion valve (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.

Expansive

Ex*pan"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. expansif.] Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
A more expansive and generous compassion. Eustace.
His forehead was broad and expansive. Prescott.
-- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n.

Expansure

Ex*pan"sure (?shur; 135), n. Expanse. [Obs.] "Night's rich expansure."

Ex parte

Ex` par"te (?). [L. See Ex-, and Part.] Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement. Ex parte application, one made without notice or opportunity to oppose. -- Ex parte council, one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute. -- Ex parte hearing ∨ evidence (Law), that which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

Expatiate

Ex*pa"ti*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expatiated (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expariating (?).] [L. expatiatus, exspatiatus, p. p. of expatiari, exspatiari, to expatiate; ex out + spatiari to walk about spread out, fr. spatium space. See Space.]

1. To range at large, or without restraint.

Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. Pope.

2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant.

He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison.

Expatiate

Ex*pa"ti*ate, v. t. To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.
Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden.

Expatiation

Ex*pa`ti*a"tion (?), n. Act of expatiating.

Expatiatory

Ex*pa"ti*a*to*ry (?), a. Expansive; diffusive. [R.]

Expatriate

Ex*pa"tri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expatriated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expatriating (?).] [LL. expatriatus, p. p. of expatriare; L. ex out + patria fatherland, native land, fr. pater father. See Patriot.]

1. To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

The expatriated landed interest of France. Burke.

2. Reflexively, as To expatriate one's self: To withdraw from one's native country; to renounce the rights and liabilities of citizenship where one is born, and become a citizen of another country.

Expatriation

Ex*pa`tri*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. expatriation.] The act of banishing, or the state of banishment; especially, the forsaking of one's own country with a renunciation of allegiance.
Expatriation was a heavy ransom to pay for the rights of their minds and souls. Palfrey.

Expect

Ex*pect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expected; p. pr. & vb. n. Expecting.] [L. expectatum, to look out for, await, expect; ex + out spectare to look at. See Spectacle.]

1. To wait for; to await. [Obs.]

Let's in, and there expect their coming. Shak.

2. To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated. "Good: I will expect you." Shak. "Expecting thy reply." Shak.

The Somersetshire or yellow regiment . . . was expected to arrive on the following day. Macaulay.
Syn. -- To anticipate; look for; await; hope. -- To Expect, Think, Believe, Await. Expect is a mental act and has aways a reference to the future, to some coming event; as a person expects to die, or he expects to survive. Think and believe have reference to the past and present, as well as to the future; as I think the mail has arrived; I believe he came home yesterday, that he is he is at home now. There is a not uncommon use of expect, which is a confusion of the two; as, I expect the mail has arrived; I expect he is at home. This misuse should be avoided. Await is a physical or moral act. We await that which, when it comes, will affect us personally. We expect what may, or may not, interest us personally. See Anticipate.

Expect

Ex*pect", v. t. To wait; to stay. [Obs.] Sandys.

Expect

Ex*pect", n. Expectation. [Obs.] Shak.

Expectable

Ex*pect"a*ble (?), a. [L. expectabilis.] That may be expected or looked for. Sir T. Browne.

Expectance, Expectancy

Ex*pect"ance (?), Ex*pect"an*cy (?), n.

1. The act of expecting ; expectation. Milton.

2. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.

The expectancy and rose of the fair state. Shak.
Estate in expectancy (Law), one the possession of which a person is entitled to have at some future time, either as a remainder or reversion, or on the death of some one. Burrill.

Expectant

Ex*pect"ant (?), a. [L.expectans, exspectans, p.pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.] Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.) waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.

Expectant

Ex*pect"ant, n. One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.
An expectant of future glory. South.
Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.

Expectation

Ex`pec*ta"tion (?) n. [L. expectio. exspectio: cf. F. expectation.]

1. The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen. "In expectation of a guest." Tennyson.

My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. Ps. lxii. 5.

2. That which is expected or looked for.

Why our great expectation should be called The seed of woman. Milton.

3. The prospect of the future; grounds upon which something excellent is expected to happen; prospect of anything good to come, esp. of c or rank.

His magnificent expiations made him, in the opinion of the world, the best much in Europe. Prescott.
By all men's eyes a youth of expectations. Otway.

4. The value of any chance (as the prospect of prize or property) which depends upon some contingent event. Expectations are computed for or against the occurrence of the event.

5. (Med.) The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age. Syn. -- Anticipation; confidence; trust.

Expectative

Ex*pect"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. expectatif.] Constituting an object of expectation; contingent. Expectative grace, a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant. Foxe.

Expectative

Ex*pect"a*tive, n. [F. expectative, fr. expectatif expectant.] Something in expectation; esp., an expectative grace. Milman.

Expectedly

Ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. In conformity with expectation. [R.] Walpole.

Expecter

Ex*pect"er (?), n. One who expects.

Expectingly

Ex*pect"ing*ly, adv. In state of expectation.

Expective

Ex*pect"ive (?), a. Expectative. [R.] Shipley.

Expectorant

Ex*pec"to*rant (?), a. [L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant.] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n. An expectorant medicine.

Expectorate

Ex*pec"to*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expectorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expectorating (?).] [L. expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pectoral.] To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

Expectorate

Ex*pec"to*rate, v. i. To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.

Expectoration

Ex*pec`to*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. expectoration.]

1. The act of ejecting phlegm or mucus from the throat or lungs, by coughing, hawking, and spitting.

2. That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.

Expectorative

Ex*pec"to*ra*tive (?), a. & n. Same as Expectorant. Harvey.

Expede

Ex*pede" (?) v. t. To expedite; to hasten. [Obs.]

Expediate

Ex*pe"di*ate (?), v. t. [Cf. F. exp\'82dier. See Expedite.] To hasten; to expedite. [Obs.] "To expediate their business." Sir E. Sandys.

Expedience, Expediency

Ex*pe"di*ence (?), Ex*pe"di*en*cy (?),, n.

1. The quality of being expedient or advantageous; fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude.

Divine wisdom discovers no expediency in vice. Cogan.
To determine concerning the expedience of action. Sharp.
Much declamation may be heard in the present day against expediency, as if it were not the proper object of a deliberative assembly, and as if it were only pursued by the unprincipled. Whately.

2. Expedition; haste; dispatch. [Obs.]

Making hither with all due expedience. Shak.

3. An expedition; enterprise; adventure. [Obs.]

Forwarding this dear expedience. Shak.

Expedient

Ex*pe"di*ent (?) a. [L. expediens, -entis, p. pr. of expedire to be expedient, release, extricate: cf. F. exp\'82dient. See Expedite.]

1. Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right.

It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7.
Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately.

2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.]

His marches are expedient to this town. Shak.

Expedient

Ex*pe"di*ent, n.

1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.

What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind? Philips.

2. Means devised in an exigency; shift. Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.

Expediential

Ex*pe`di*en"tial (?). Governed by expediency; seeking advantage; as an expediential policy. "Calculating, expediential understanding." Hare. -- Ex*pe`di*en"tial*ly , adv.

Expediently

Ex*pe"di*ent*ly (?) adv.

1. In an expedient manner; fitly; suitably; conveniently.

2. With expedition; quickly. [Obs.]

Expediment

Ex*ped"i*ment (?) n. An expedient. [Obs.]
A like expediment to remove discontent. Barrow.

Expeditate

Ex*ped"i*tate (?), v. t. [LL. expeditatus, p. p. of expeditare to expeditate; ex out + pes, pedis, foot.] (Eng. Forest Laws) To deprive of the claws or the balls of the fore feet; as, to expeditate a dog that he may not chase deer.

Expedite

Ex"pe*dite (?), a. [L. expeditus, p. p. of expedire to free one caught by the foot, to extricate, set free, bring forward, make ready; ex out + pes, prdis, t. See Foot.]

1. Free of impediment; unimpeded.

To make the way plain and expedite. Hooker.

2. Expeditious; quick; speedily; prompt.

Nimble and expedite . . . in its operation. Tollotson.
Speech is a very short and expedite way of conveying their thoughts. Locke.

Expedite

Ex"pe*dite, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expedited (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expediting (?).]

1. To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants.

To expedite your glorious march. Milton.

2. To despatch; to send forth; to issue officially.

Such charters be expedited of course. Bacon.

Expeditely

Ex"pe*dite`ly (?), adv. In expedite manner; expeditiously.

Expediteness

Ex"pe*dite`ness, n. Quality of being expedite.

Expedition

Ex`pe*di"tion (?), n. [L. expeditio: cf.F. exp\'82dition.]

1. The quality of being expedite; efficient promptness; haste; dispatch; speed; quickness; as to carry the mail with expedition.

With winged expedition
Swift as the lightning glance.

2. A sending forth or setting forth the execution of some object of consequence; progress.

Putting it straight in expedition.

3. An important enterprise, implying a change of place; especially, a warlike enterprise; a march or a voyage with martial intentions; an excursion by a body of persons for a valuable end; as, a military, naval, exploring, or scientific expedition; also, the body of persons making such excursion.

The expedition miserably failed. Prescott.
Narrative of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains. J. C. Fremont.

Expeditionary

Ex`pe*di"tion*a*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force.

Expeditoinist

Ex`pe*di"toin*ist, n. One who goes upon an expedition. [R].

Expeditious

Ex`pe*di"tious (?), a. Possessed of, or characterized by, expedition, or efficiency and rapidity in action; performed with, or acting with, expedition; quick; having celerity; speedily; as, an expeditious march or messenger. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ly, adv. -- Ex`pe*di"tious*ness, n. Syn. -- Prompt; ready; speedy; alert. See Prompt.

Expeditive

Ex*ped"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. exp\'82ditif.] Performing with speed. [Obs.] Bacon.

Expel

Ex*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expelled (?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Expelling.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See Pulse a beat.]

1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house?
Judg. Xi. 7.

2. To drive away from one's country; to banish.

Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser.
.
He shell expel them from before you . . . and ye shell possess their land. Josh. xxiii. 5.

3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." Shak.

5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.]

Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. Spenser.
. Syn. -- To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.

Expellable

Ex*pel"la*ble (?), a. Capable of being expelled or driven out. "Expellable by heat." Kirwan.

Expeller

Ex*pel"ler (?), n. One who. or that which, expels.

Expend

Ex*pend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and cf. Spend.] To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
If my death might make this island happy . . . I would expend it with all willingness. Shak.

Expend

Ex*pend", v. i.

1. To be laid out, used, or consumed.

2. To pay out or disburse money.

They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. Macaulay
.

Expenitor

Ex*pen"i*tor (?), n. [LL.] (O. Eng. Law) A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers. Mozley & W.

Expenditure

Ex*pend"iture (?), n.

1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. Burke.

2. That which is expended or paid out; expense.

The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country. A. Hamilton.

Expense

Ex*pense" (?), n. [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.]

1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

Husband nature's riches from expense. Shak.

2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.

Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.

3. Loss. [Obs.] Shak.

And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser.
Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. H. L. Scott.

Expensefull

Ex*pense"full (?), a. Full of expense; costly; chargeable. [R.] Sir H. Wotton. -- Ex*pense"ful*ly, adv. [R.] -- Ex*pense"ful*ness, n. [R.]

Expenseless

Ex*pense"less, a. Without cost or expense.

Expensive

Ex*pen"sive (?), a.

1. Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

War is expensive, and peace desirable. Burke.

2. Free in expending; very liberal; especially, in a bad scene; extravagant; lavish. [R.]

An active, expensive, indefatigable goodness. Sprat.
The idle and expensive are dangerous. Sir W. Temple.
Syn. -- Costly; dear; high-priced; lavish; extravagant. -- Ex*pen"sive*ly, adv. -- Ex*pen"sive*ness, n.

Experience

Ex*pe"ri*ence (?), n. [F. exp\'82rience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, , p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of pertus experienced. See Peril, and cf. Expert.]

1. Trial, as a test or experiment. [Obs.]

She caused him to make experience Upon wild beasts. Spenser.

2. The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. "Guided by other's experiences." Shak.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. P. Henry
To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. Coleridge.
When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. Holland.
Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. Sharp.

3. An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war.

Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience. Locke.
Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment. Sir J. Herschel.

Exrerience

Ex*re"ri*ence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experienced (-enst); p. pr. & vb. n. Experiencing (-en-s?ng).]

1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.

The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. Thirwall.

2. To exercise; to train by practice.

The youthful sailors thus with early care
Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. Harte.
To experience religion (Theol.), to become a convert to the diatribes of Christianity; to yield to the power of religions truth.

Experienced

Ex*pe"ri*enced (-enst), p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye.
The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft.

Experiencer

Ex*pe"ri*en*cer (-en-s?r), n.

1. One who experiences.

2. An experimenter. [Obs.] Sir. K. Gigby.

Experient

Ex*pe"ri*ent (-ent), a. Experienced. [Obs.]
The prince now ripe and full experient. Beau & Fl.

Experiential

Ex*pe`ri*en"tial (?), a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge.
It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is divan to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamiltion.
-- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. DR. H. More.

Experientialism

Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ism (?), n. (Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionists.
Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a philosophical one. G. C. Robertson.

Experientiallist

Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*list, n. One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively.

Experiment

Ex*per"i*ment (?), n. [L. experimentum, fr. experiri to try: cf. OF. esperiment, experiment. See Experience.]

1. Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or operation undertaken in order to discover some unknown principle or effect, or to test, establish, or illustrate some suggest or known truth; practical test; poof.

A political experiment can not be made in a laboratory, not determinant in a few hours. J. Adams.

2. Experience. [Obs.]

Adam, by sad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find. Milton.

Experiment

Ex*per"i*ment (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Experinenting.] To make experiment; to operate by test or trial; -- often with on, upon, or in, referring to the subject of an experiment; with, referring to the instrument; and by, referring to the means; as, to experiment upon electricity; he experimented in plowing with ponies, or by steam power.

Experiment

Ex*per"i*ment, v.t, To try; to know, perceive, or prove, by trial experience. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Experimental

Ex*per`i*men"tal (?), a. [Cf.F. exp\'82rimental.]

1. Pertaining to experiment; founded on, or derived from, experiment or trial; as, experimental science; given to, or skilled in, experiment; as, an experimental philosopher.

2. Known by, or derived from, experience; as, experimental religion.

Experimetalist

Ex*per`i*me"tal*ist, n. One who makes experiments; an experimenter. Whaterly.

Experimentalize

Ex*per`i*men"tal*ize (?), v. i. To make experiments (upon); to experiment. J. S. Mill.

Experimentally

Ex*per`i*men"tal*ly (?), adv. By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill.

Experimentarian

Ex*per`i*men*ta"ri*an (?), a. Relying on experiment or experience. "an experimentarian philosopher." Boyle. -- n. One who relies on experiment or experience. [Obs.]

Experimentation

Ex*per`i*men*ta"tion (?), n. The act of experimenting; practice by experiment. J. S. Mill.
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Ex-peri-mentative

Ex-per`i-men"ta*tive (?), a. Experimental; of the nature of experiment. [R.]

Experimentator

Ex*per"i*men*ta`tor (?), n. [LL.] An experimenter. [R.]

Experimenter

Ex*per"i*men`ter (?), n. One who makes experiments; one skilled in experiments. Faraday.

Experimentist

Ex*per"i*men`tist (?), n. An experimenter.

Experrection

Ex`per*rec"tion (?), n. [L. expergisci, p. p. experrectus, to rose up; ex out + pergere to wake up.] A waking up or arousing. [Obs.] Holland

Expert

Ex*pert" (?), a. [F. expert, L. expertus, p. p. of experiri to try. See Experience.] Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from much practice; clever; skillful; as, an expert surgeon; expert in chess or archery.
A valiant and most expert gentleman. Shak.
What practice, howsoe'er expert In fitting aptest words to things . . . Hath power to give thee as thou wert? Tennison.
Syn. -- Adroit; dexterous; clever; ready; prompt.

Expert

Ex"pert (?), n.

1. An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning.

2. (Law) (a) A specialist in a particular profession or department of science requiring for its mastery peculiar culture and erudition. &hand; Such specialists may be witnesses in matters as to which ordinary observers could not without such aid form just conclusions, and are liable for negligence in case they injure another from want of proper qualifications or proper care in the exercise of their specialty. (b) A sworn appraiser.

Expert

Ex*pert" (?), v. t. To experience. [Obs.]
Die would we daily, once it to expert. Spencer.

Expertly

Ex*pert"ly, adv. In a skillful or dexterous manner; adroitly; with readiness and accuracy.

Expertness

Ex*pert"ness, n. Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning. Syn. -- Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See Facility.

Expetible

Ex*pet"ible (?), a. [L., expetibilis, fr. expetere to wish for; ex out + petere to seek.] Worthy of being wished for; desirable. [Obs.] Puller.

Expiable

Ex"pi*a*ble (?), a. [See Expiate.] Capable of being expiated or atoned for; as, an expiable offense; expiable guilt. Bp. Hall.

Expiate

Ex"pi*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expiated(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expiating(?).] [L. expiatus, p.p. of expiare to expiate; ex out + piare to seek to appease, to purify with sacred rites, fr. pius pious. See Pious.]

1. To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

To expiate his treason, hath naught left. Milton.
The Treasurer obliged himself to expiate the injury. Clarendon.

2. To purify with sacred rites. [Obs.]

Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire. Deut. xviii. 10 (Douay version)

Expiate

Ex"pi*ate (?), a. [L. expiatus,p.p] Terminated. [Obs.] Shak.

Expiation

Ex`pi*a"tion (?), n. [L. expiatio: cf.F. expiation]

1. The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

His liberality seemed to have something in it of self-abasement and expiation. W. Irving.

2. The means by which reparation or atonement for crimes or sins is made; an expiatory sacrifice or offering; an atonement.

Those shadowy expiations weak, The blood of bulls and goats. Milton.

3. An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient heathen. [Obs.] Hayward.

Expiatist

Ex"pi*a*tist (?), n. An expiator. [R.]

Expiator

Ex"pi*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who makes expiation or atonement.

Expiatorious

Ex`pi*a*to"ri*ous (?), a. Of an expiatory nature; expiatory. Jer. Taylor.

Expiatory

Ex"pi*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.] Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice.

Expilation

Ex`pi*la"tion (?), n. [L. expiatio.] The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [Obs.]
This ravenous expiation of the state. Daniel.

Expilator

Ex"pi*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Expirable

Ex*pir"a*ble (?), a. That may expire; capable of being brought to an end.

Expirant

Ex*pir"ant (?), n. One who expires or is expiring.

Expiration

Ex`pi*ra"tion (?), n. [L. expiratio,exspiratio: cf. F. expiration. See Expire.]

1. The act of expiring; as: (a)(Physiol.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration. (b) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.

The true cause of cold is an expiration from the globe of the earth. Bacon.
(c) The last emission of breath; death. "The groan of expiration." Rambler. (d) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
Before the expiration of thy time. Shak.

2. That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.

The aspirate "he," which is . . . a gentle expiration. G. Sharp.

Expiratory

Ex*pir"a*to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles.

Expire

Ex*pire" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expired (?);p. pr & vb. n. Expiring.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See Spirit.]

1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Harvey.
This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire. Dryden.

2. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.

The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. Bacon.

3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] Dryden.

4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]

Expire the term Of a despised life. Shak.

Expire

Ex*pire", v. i.

1. To emit the breath.

2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.

4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden.

Expiring

Ex*pir"ing (?), a.

1. Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

2. Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.

Expiry

Ex"pi*ry (?), n. Expiration.
He had to leave at the expiry of the term. Lamb.
The Parliament . . . now approaching the expiry of its legal term. J. Morley.

Expiscate

Ex*pis"cate (?), v. t. [L. expiscatus, p.p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish.] To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.] Nichol.
Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander.

Expiscation

Ex`pis*ca"tion (?), n. The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.] Chapman.

Expiscatory

Ex*pis"ca*to*ry (?), a. Tending to fish out; searching out [R.] Carlyle.

Explain

Ex*plain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explained(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf. Esplanade.]

1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]

The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn.

2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.

Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. Gay.
To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. "Those explain the meaning quite "away." Pope. Syn. -- To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.

Explain

Ex*plain", v. i. To give an explanation.

Explainable

Ex*plain"a*ble (?), a. [L. explainabilis.] Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.

Explainer

Ex*plain"er (?), n. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.

Explanate

Ex"pla*nate, a. [L. explanatus, p.p. of explanare. See Explain.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form.

Explanation

Ex`pla*na"tion (?), n. [L. explanatio: cf. OF. esplanation.]

1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty.

2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation.

3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; inerpretation; sense.

Different explanations [of the Trinity]. Bp. Burnet.

4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation. Syn. -- Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See Definition.

Explanative

Ex*plan"a*tive (?), a. Explanatory.

Explanatoriness

Ex*plan"a*to*ri*ness (?), n. The quality of being explanatory.

Explanatory

Ex*plan"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. explanatorius.] Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. Swift.

Explat, Explate

Ex*plat" (?), Ex*plate" (?), v. t. [Pref. ex-+plat or plait.] To explain; to unfold. [Obs.]
Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. B. Jonson.

Expletion

Ex*ple"tion (?), n. [L. expletio a satisfying. See Expletive.] Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] Killingbeck.

Expletive

Ex"ple*tive (?), a. [L. expletivus, from expletus, p.p. of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. expl\'82tif. See Full.] Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. "Expletive imagery." Hallam.
Expletive phrases to plump his speech. Barrow.

Expletive

Ex"ple*tive, n. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath.
While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Pope.

Expletively

Ex"ple*tive*ly, adv. In the manner of an expletive.

Expletory

Ex"ple*to*ry (?), a. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word. Bp. Burnet.

Explicable

Ex"pli*ca*ble (?), a. [L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable.] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation.
It is not explicable upon any grounds. Burke.

Explicableness

Ex"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. Quality of being explicable.

Explicate

Ex"pli*cate (?), a. [L. explicatus, p.p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor.

Explicate

Ex"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explicated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating(?).]

1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] "They explicate the leaves." Blackmore.

2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret.

The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden.

Explication

Ex`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.]

1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.

The explication of our Savior's parables. Atterbury.

2. The sense given by an expositor. Bp. Burnet.

Explicative

Ex"pli*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. explicatif.] Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory. Sir W. Hamilton.

Explicator

Ex"pli*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.

Explicatory

Ex"pli*ca`to*ry (?), a. Explicative. Barrow.

Explicit

Ex"pli*cit (?). [LL., an abbreviation of explicitus (est liber) the book (which anciently was a roll of parchment) is unfolded (and, of course, "finished"). See Explicit, a.] A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.

Explicit

Ex*plic"it (?), a. [L. explicitus; p.p. of explicare to unfold: cf. F. explicite. See Explicate, Exploit.]

1. Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.

The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt. Bancroft.

2. Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement. Explicit function. (Math.) See under Function. Syn. -- Express; clear; plain; open; unreserved; unambiguous. -- Explicit, Express. Explicit denotes a setting forth in the plainest, language, so that the meaning can not be misunderstood; as, an explicit promise. Express is stronger than explicit: it adds force to clearness. An express promise or engagement is not only unambiguous, but stands out in bold relief, with the most binding hold on the conscience. An explicit statement; a clear and explicit notion; explicit direction; no words can be more explicit. An explicit command; an express prohibition. "An express declaration goes forcibly and directly to the point. An explicit declaration leaves nothing ambiguous." C. J. Smith.

Explicitly

Ex*plic"it*ly (?), adv. In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention.

Explicitness

Ex*plic"it*ness, n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. Jer. Taylor.

Explode

Ex*plode" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exploding.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See Plausible.]

1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.

3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.

Explode

Ex*plode", v. t.

1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.]

Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. Milton.

2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.

Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke.
To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently.

3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.

4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.

But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore.

Explodent

Ex*plod"ent (?), n.

1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.

2. See Explosive, n.,

2.

Exploder

Ex*plod"er (?), n.

1. One who or that which explodes.

2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. South.

Exploit

Ex*ploit" (?), n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p.p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex+plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Explicit, Explicate.]

1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.

Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak.

2. Combat; war. [Obs.]

He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland.

2. [F. exploiter.] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent]


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3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [Recent]

In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employ\'82s or make his capital "out of" anybody else. W. G. Sumner.

Exploitation

Ex`ploi*ta"tion (?), n. [F.] The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney.

Exploiture

Ex*ploi"ture (?; 135), n.

1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.] Udall.

2. Exploitation. Harper's Mag.

Explorable

Ex*plor"a*ble (?), a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region.

Explorate

Ex*plo"rate (?), v. t. [L. explorare, exploratum.] To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Exploration

Ex`plo*ra"tion (?), n. [L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration.] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination.
"An exploration of doctrine." Bp. Hall.

Explorative

Ex*plor"a*tive (?), a. Exploratory.

Explorator

Ex"plo*ra`tor (?), n. [L.] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Exploratory

Ex*plor"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exploratorius.] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.

Explore

Ex*plore" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explored(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Exploring.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.]

1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]

Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. Pope.

2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. "Hidden frauds [to] explore." Dryden.

Explorement

Ex*plore"ment, n. The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Explorer

Ex*plor"er (?), n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.

Eploring

Eplor"ing, a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. "Exploring parties." Bancroft.

Explosion

Ex*plo"sion (?), n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.]

1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.

2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.

3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.

A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. Macaulay.

Explosive

Ex*plo"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

Explosive

Ex*plo"sive, n.

1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.

2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, &root; 155-7, 184.]

Explosively

Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv. In an explosive manner.

Expoliation

Ex*po`li*a"tion (?), n. See Exspoliation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Expolish

Ex*pol"ish (?), v. t. [Cf. L. expolire. See Polish.] To polish thoroughly. [Obs.] Heywood.

Expone

Ex*pone" (?), v. t. [OE. exponen. See Expound.] To expound; to explain; also, to expose; to imperil. [Old Eng. & Scotch] Drummond.

Exponent

Ex*po"nent (?), n. [L. exponens, -entis, p. pr. of exponere to put out, set forth, expose. See Expound.]

1. (Alg.) A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a factor to produce the power indicated; thus a2 denotes the second power, and an the xth power, of a (2 and x being the exponents). A fractional exponent, or index, is used to denote the root of a quantity. Thus, a denotes the third or cube root of a.

2. One who, or that which, stands as an index or representative; as, the leader of a party is the exponent of its principles. Exponent of a ratio, the quotient arising when the antecedent is divided by the consequent; thus, 6 is the exponent of the ratio of 30 to 5. [R.]

Exponential

Ex`po*nen"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. exponentiel.] Pertaining to exponents; involving variable exponents; as, an exponential expression; exponential calculus; an exponential function. Exponential curve, a curve whose nature is defined by means of an exponential equation. -- Exponential equation, an equation which contains an exponential quantity, or in which the unknown quantity enters as an exponent. -- Exponential quantity (Math.), a quantity whose exponent is unknown or variable, as ax. -- Exponential series, a series derived from the development of exponential equations or quantities.

Export

Ex*port" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exported; p. pr. & vb. n. Exporting.] [L. exportare, exportatum; ex out+portare to carry : cf. F. exporter. See Port demeanor.]

1. To carry away; to remove. [Obs.]

[They] export honor from a man, and make him a return in envy. Bacon.

2. To carry or send abroad, or out of a country, especially to foreign countries, as merchandise or commodities in the way of commerce; -- the opposite of import; as, to export grain, cotton, cattle, goods, etc.

Export

Ex"port (?), n.

1. The act of exporting; exportation; as, to prohibit the export of wheat or tobacco.

2. That which is exported; a commodity conveyed from one country or State to another in the way of traffic; -- used chiefly in the plural, exports.

The ordinary course of exchange . . . between two places must likewise be an indication of the ordinary course of their exports and imports. A. Smith.

Exportability

Ex*port`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being suitable for exportation.
To increase the exportability of native goods. J. P. Peters.

Exportable

Ex*port"a*ble (?), a. Suitable for exportation; as, exportable products.

Exportation

Ex`por*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exportatio: cf. F. exporation.]

1. The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.

2. Commodity exported; an export.

3. The act of carrying out. [R.] Bourne.

Exporter

Ex*port"er (?), n. One who exports; the person who sends goods or commodities to a foreign country, in the way of commerce; -- opposed to importer.

Exposal

Ex*pos"al (?), n. Exposure. Swift.

Expose

Ex*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exposed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exposing.] [F. exposer; pref. ex- (L. ex out)+poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]

1. To set forth; to set out to public view; to exhibit; to show; to display; as, to expose goods for sale; to expose pictures to public inspection.

Those who seek truth only, freely expose their principles to the test, and are pleased to have them examined. Locke.

2. To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat.

Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel. Shak.

3. To deprive of concealment; to discover; to lay open to public inspection, or bring to public notice, as a thing that shuns publicity, something criminal, shameful, or the like; as, to expose the faults of a neighbor.

You only expose the follies of men, without arraigning their vices. Dryden.

4. To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.

Expos\'82

Ex`po`s\'82" (?), n. [F., prop.p.p. of exposer. See Expose, v. t.] A formal recital or exposition of facts; exposure, or revelation, of something which some one wished to keep concealed.

Exposedness

Ex*pos"ed*ness (?), n. The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.

Exposer

Ex*pos"er (?), n. One who exposes or discloses.

Exposition

Ex`po*si"tion (?), n. [L. expositio, fr. exponere, expositum: cf. F. exposition. See Expound.]

1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or the like, by an interpreter; hence, a work containing explanations or interpretations; a commentary.

You know the law; your exposition Hath been most sound. Shak.

3. Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

4. A public exhibition or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]

Expositive

Ex*pos"i*tive (?), a. Serving to explain; expository. Bp. Pearson.

Expositor

Ex*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L. See Expound.] One who, or that which, expounds or explains; an expounder; a commentator. Bp. Horsley.

Expository

Ex*pos"i*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical.
A glossary or expository index to the poetical writers. Johnson.

Expost facto, ∨ Expostfacto

Ex"post` fac"to, ∨ Ex"post`fac"to (?). [L., from what is done afterwards.] (Law) From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospective. Ex post facto law, a law which operates by after enactment. The phrase is popularly applied to any law, civil or criminal, which is enacted with a retrospective effect, and with intention to produce that effect; but in its true application, as employed in American law, it relates only to crimes, and signifies a law which retroacts, by way of criminal punishment, upon that which was not a crime before its passage, or which raises the grade of an offense, or renders an act punishable in a more severe manner that it was when committed. Ex post facto laws are held to be contrary to the fundamental principles of a free government, and the States are prohibited from passing such laws by the Constitution of the United States. Burrill. Kent.

Expostulate

Ex*pos"tu*late (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expostulated(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating.] [L. expostulatus, p.p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate.] To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong. Jowett (Thuc. ).
Syn. -- To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.

Expostulate

Ex*pos"tu*late, v. t. To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is. Shak.

Expostulation

Ex*pos`tu*la"tion (?), n. [L. expostulatio.] The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance; earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
We must use expostulation kindly. Shak.

Expostulator

Ex*pos"tu*la`tor (?;135), n. One who expostulates. Lamb.

Expostulatory

Ex*pos"tu*la*to*ry (?), a. Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter.

Exposture

Ex*pos"ture (?;135), n. [Cf. Imposture.] Exposure. [Obs.] Shak.

Exposure

Ex*po"sure (?;135), n. [From Expose.]

1. The act of exposing or laying open, setting forth, laying bare of protection, depriving of care or concealment, or setting out to reprobation or contempt.

The exposure of Fuller . . . put an end to the practices of that vile tribe. Macaulay.

2. The state of being exposed or laid open or bare; openness to danger; accessibility to anything that may affect, especially detrimentally; as, exposure to observation, to cold to inconvenience.

When we have our naked frailties hid, That suffer in exposure. Shak.

3. Position as to points of compass, or to influences of climate, etc. "Under a southern exposure. Evelyn.

The best exposure of the two for woodcocks. Sir. W. Scott.

4. (Photog.) The exposing of a sensitized plate to the action of light.

Expound

Ex*pound" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expounding.] [OE. exponen, expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre. See Position.]

1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [Obs.]

He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras.

2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle.

Expound this matter more fully to me. Bunyan.

Expounder

Ex*pound"er (?), n. One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.

Express

Ex*press" (?), a. [F. expr\'8as, L. expressus, p.p. of exprimere to express; ex. out + premere To press. See Press.]

1. Exactly representing; exact.

Their human countenance The express resemblance of the gods. Milton.

2. Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement.

I have express commandment. Shak.

3. Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially.

A messenger sent express from the other world. Atterbury.
Express color. (Law) See the Note under Color, n., 8. Syn. -- Explicit; clear; unambiguous. See Explicit.

Express

Ex*press", n. [Cf. F. expr\'8as a messenger.]

1. A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration. [Obs.]

The only remanent express of Christ's sacrifice on earth. Jer. Taylor.

2. A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier; hence, a regular and fast conveyance; commonly, a company or system for the prompt and safe transportation of merchandise or parcels; also, a railway train for transporting passengers or goods with speed and punctuality.

3. An express office.

She charged him . . . to ask at the express if anything came up from town. E. E. Hale.

4. That which is sent by an express messenger or message. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike. Express office, an office where packages for an express are received or delivered.

Express

Ex*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expressed(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expressing.] [Cf. OF. espresser, expresser, L. exprimere, expressum. See Express,a.; cf. Sprain.]

1. To press or squeeze out; as, to express the juice of grapes, or of apples; hence, to extort; to elicit.

All the fruits out of which drink is expressed. Bacon.
And th'idle breath all utterly expressed. Spenser.
Halters and racks can not express from thee More than by deeds. B. Jonson.

2. To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.

Each skillful artist shall express thy form. E. Smith.
So kids and whelps their sires and dams express. Dryden.

3. To give a true impression of; to represent and make known; to manifest plainly; to show in general; to exhibit, as an opinion or feeling, by a look, gesture, and esp. by language; to declare; to utter; to tell.

My words express my purpose. Shak.
They expressed in their lives those excellent doctrines of morality. Addison.

4. To make known the opinions or feelings of; to declare what is in the mind of; to show (one's self); to cause to appear; -- used reflexively.

Mr. Phillips did express with much indignation against me, one evening. Pope.

5. To denote; to designate.

Moses and Aaron took these men, which are expressed by their names. Num. i. 17.

6. To send by express messenger; to forward by special opportunity, or through the medium of an express; as, to express a package. Syn. -- To declare; utter; signify; testify; intimate.

Expressage

Ex*press"age (?;48), n. The charge for carrying a parcel by express.

Expressible

Ex*press"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered. -- Express"i*bly,adv.

Expression

Ex*pres"sion (?), n. [L. expressio. cf. F. expression.]

1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.

2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.

With this tone of philosophy were mingled expressions of sympathy. Prescott.

3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.

The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention on his wonderful power of expression, have directed their imitation to this. M. Arnold.

4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling. "The expression of an eye." Tennyson.

It still wore the majesty of expression so conspicuous in his portraits by the inimitable pencil of Titian. Prescott.

5. A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.

6. (Math.) The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton.

Expressional

Ex*pres"sion*al (?), a. Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin.

Expressionless

Ex*pres"sion*less, a. Destitute of expression.

Expressive

Ex*press"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. expressif.]

1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude.

Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell.

2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning or feeling meant to be conveyed; significant; emphatic; as, expressive looks or words.

You have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu; be more expressive to them. Shak.
Through her expressive eyes her soul distinctly spoke. Littelton.
-- Ex*press"ive*ly,adv. -- Ex*press"ive*ness,n.

Expressly

Ex*press"ly, adv. In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young.
The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel. Ezek. i. 3.
I am sent expressly to your lordship. Shak.

Expressman

Ex*press"man (?), n.; pl. Expressmen (. A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.

Expressness

Ex*press"ness, n. The state or quality of being express; definiteness. [Obs.] Hammond.

Expressure

Ex*pres"sure (?;135), n. The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. [Obs.]
An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak.

Exprobrate

Ex"pro*brate (?), v. t. [L. exprobratus, p.p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or disgraceful act.] To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Exprobration

Ex`pro*bra"tion (?), n. [L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration.] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [Obs.]
A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Exprobrative, Exprobratory

Ex*pro"bra*tive (?), Ex*pro"bra*to*ry (?), a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [R.] Sir A. Shirley.

Expropriate

Ex*pro"pri*ate (?), v. t. [L. ex out, from + proprius one's own: cf. F. exproprier.] To put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights. Boyle.
Expropriate these [bad landlords] as the monks were expropriated by Act of Parliament. M. Arnold.

Expropriation

Ex*pro`pri*a"tion, n. [Cf. F. expropriation.] The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W. Montagu.
The expropriation of bad landlords. M. Arnold.

Expugn

Ex*pugn" (?), v. t. [L. expugnare; ex out + pugnare to fight, pugna fight. Cf. Impugn.] To take by assault; to storm; to overcome; to vanquish; as, to expugn cities; to expugn a person by arguments.

Expugnable

Ex*pug"nable (?), a. [L. Expugnabilis.] Capable of being expugnded.

Expugnation

Ex`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L. expugnatio.] The act of taking by assault; conquest. [R.] Sandys.

Expugner

Ex*pugn"er (?), n. One who expugns.

Expulse

Ex*pulse" (?), v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See Expel.] To drive out; to expel. [Obs.]
If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. Milton.

Expulser

Ex*puls"er (?), n. An expeller. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Expulsion

Ex*pul"sion (?), n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.]

1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.

2. The state of being expelled or driven out.

Expulsive

Ex*pul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. expulsif.] Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel.
The expulsive power of a new affection. Chalmers.

Expunction

Ex*punc"tion (?), n. [L. expunctio execution, performance, from expungere. See Expunge.] The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged. Milton.

Expunge

Ex*punge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expunged(?);p. pr. & vb. n. Expunging(?).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to prick, puncture. See Pungent.]

1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sentences.

2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as, to expugne an offense. Sandys.

Expugne the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts. Pope.
Syn. -- To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy; annihilate; cancel.

Expurgate

Ex"pur*gate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating(?).] [L. expurgatus, p.p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.] To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.

Expurgation

Ex`pur*ga"tion (?), n. [L. expurgatio justification, excuse: cf. F. expurgation.] The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous. Milton.

Expurgator

Ex"pur*ga`tor (?; 277), n. One who expurgates or purifies.

Expurgatorial

Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*al (?), a. Tending or serving to expurgate; expurgatory. Milman.

Expurgatorious

Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*ous (?), a. Expurgatory. [Obs.] "Expurgatorious indexes." Milton.

Expurgatory

Ex*pur"ga*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. expurgatoire.] Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying. "Expurgatory animadversions." Sir T. Browne. Expurgatory Index. See Index Expurgatorius, under Index.

Expurge

Ex*purge" (?), v. t. [Cf. OF. espurgier. See Expurgate.] To purge away. [Obs.] Milton.

Exquire

Ex*quire" (?), v. t. [L. exquirere. See Exquisite.] To search into or out. [Obs.] Chapman.

Exquisite

Ex"qui*site (?), a. [L. exquisitus, p.p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See Quest.]

1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and exquisite form. Shak.
I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. Shak.

2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.

3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.

His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. Fuller.
Syn. -- Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect.

Exquisite

Ex"qui*site, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

Exquisitely

Ex"qui*site*ly, adv. In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought.
To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. Hawthorne.

Exquisiteness

Ex"qui*site*ness, n. Quality of being exquisite.

Exquisitive

Ex*quis"i*tive (?), a. Eager to discover or learn; curious. [Obs.] Todd. -- Ex*quis"i*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

Exsanguine

Ex*san"guine (?), a. Bloodless. [R.]

Exsanguineous

Ex`san*guin"e*ous (?), a. Destitute of blood; an\'91mic; exsanguious.

Exsanguinity

Ex`san*guin"i*ty (?), n. (Med.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison.

Exsanguinous

Ex*san"gui*nous (?), a. See Exsanguious.

Exsanguious

Ex*san"gui*ous (?), a. [L. exsanguis; ex out + sanguis, sanguinis, blood. Cf. Exsanguineous.]

1. Destitute of blood. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Destitute of true, or red, blood, as insects.

Exscind

Ex*scind" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exscinding.] [L. exscindere; ex out, from + scindere to cut.] To cut off; to separate or expel from union; to extirpate. Barrow.
The second presbytery of Philadelphia was also exscinded by that Assembly. Am. Cyc.

Exscribe

Ex*scribe" (?), v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Exscript

Ex"script (?), n. [L. exscriptus, p.p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exscriptural

Ex*scrip"tur*al (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

Exscutellate

Ex*scu"tel*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + scutellate.] (Zo\'94l.) Without, or apparently without, a scutellum; -- said of certain insects.

Exsect

Ex*sect" (?), v. t. [L. exsectio.]

1. A cutting out or away. E. Darwin.

2. (Surg.) The removal by operation of a portion of a limb; particularly, the removal of a portion of a bone in the vicinity of a joint; the act or process of cutting out.

Exsert, Exserted

Ex*sert" (?), Ex*sert"ed, a. [L. exsertus, p.p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See Exert.] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens.
A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. D. H. Barnes.

Exsertile

Ex*sert"ile (?), a. (Biol.) Capable of being thrust out or protruded. J. Fleming.

Exsiccant

Ex*sic"cant (?), a. [L. exsiccans, p.pr. of exsiccare. See Exsiccate.] Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up. -- n. (Med.) An exsiccant medicine.

Exsiccate

Ex"sic*cate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsiccated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exsiccating.] [L. exsiccatus, p.p. of exsiccare to dry up; ex out + siccare to make dry, siccus dry.] To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up. Sir T. Browne.

Exsiccation

Ex`sic*ca"tion (?), n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.] The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne.

Exsiccative

Ex*sic"ca*tive (?), a. Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.

Exsiccator

Ex"sic*ca`tor (?), n. (Chem.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.

Exsiliency

Ex*sil"i*en*cy (?; 106), n. [L. exsiliens leaping out, p.pr. of exsilire; ex out + salire to leap.] A leaping out. [R.] Latham.

Exsolution

Ex`so*lu"tion (?), n. [L. exsolutio a release.] Relaxation. [R.] Richardson (Dict. ).

Exspoliation

Ex*spo`li*a"tion (?), n. [L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See Spoliate.] Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] Bp. Hall.

Exspuition

Ex`spu*i"tion (?), n. [L. exspuitio; ex out + spuere to spit: cf. F. exspuition.] A discharge of saliva by spitting. [R.] E. Darwin.

Exsputory

Ex*spu"to*ry (?), a. Spit out, or as if spit out. "Exsputory lines." Cowper.

Exstipulate

Ex*stip"u*late (?), a. [Pref. ex- + stipulate.] (Bot.) Having no stipules. Martyn.

Exstrophy

Ex"stro*phy (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface; as, exstrophy of the eyelid or of the bladder.

Exsuccous

Ex*suc"cous (?), a. [L. exsuccus; ex out + succus juice.] Destitute of juice; dry; sapless. Latham.

Exsuction

Ex*suc"tion (?), n. [L. exsugere, exsuctum, to suck out; ex out + sugere to suck: cf. F. exsuccion.] The act of sucking out.

Exsudation

Ex`su*da"tion (?), n. Exudation.

Exsufflate

Ex`suf*flate" (?), v. t. [L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See Sufflate.] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.

Exsufflation

Ex`suf*fla"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.]

1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.

3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Exsufflicate

Ex*suf"fli*cate (?), a. Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.]
Such exsufflicate and blown surmises. Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182).

Exsuscitate

Ex*sus"ci*tate (?), v. t. [L. exsuscitatus, p.p. of exsuscitare; ex out + suscitare. See Suscitate.] To rouse; to excite. [Obs.] Johnson.

Exsuscitation

Ex*sus`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. exsuscitatio.] A stirring up; a rousing. [Obs.] Hallywell.

Extacy

Ex"ta*cy (?), n. See Ecstasy. [Obs.]

Extance

Ex"tance (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p.pr. See Extant.] Outward existence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Extancy

Ex"tan*cy (?), n. [L. extantia, exstantia.] The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle.

Extant

Ex"tant (?), a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p.pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]

1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray.
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley.

2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale.
The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor.

3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Extasy

Ex"ta*sy (?), n. & v. t. See Ecstasy, n. & v. t.

Extatic

Ex*tat"ic (?), a. See Ecstatic, a.

Extemporal

Ex*tem"po*ral (?), a. [L. extemporalis, from ex tempore.] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Ex*tem"po*ral*ly, adv. [Obs.]

Extemporanean

Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*an (?), a. Extemporaneous. [Obs] Burton.

Extemporaneous

Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [See Extempore.] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness,n.

Extemporarily

Ex*tem"po*ra*ri*ly (?), adv. Extemporaneously.

Extemporary

Ex*tem"po*ra*ry (?), a.

1. Extemporaneous. "In extemporary prayer." Fuller.

2. Made for the occasion; for the time being. [Obs.] "Extemporary habitations." Maundrell.

Extempore

Ex*tem"po*re (?), adv. [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal.] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak.
-- a. Done or performed extempore. "Extempore dissertation." Addison. "Extempore poetry." Dryden. -- n. Speaking or writing done extempore. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

Extemporiness

Ex*tem"po*ri*ness (?), n. The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson.

Extemporization

Ex*tem`po*ri*za"tion (?), n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.

Extemporize

Ex*tem"po*rize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extemporized(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extemporizing(?).] To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

Extemporize

Ex*tem"po*rize, v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc.
Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech Lord Campbell.

Extemporizer

Ex*tem"po*ri`zer (?), n. One who extemporizes.

Extend

Ex*tend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend.]

1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge'. Locke.

2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.

4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.

His helpless hand extend. Dryden.

5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors. G. P. Burnham.

7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. &hand; This is extended type. Syn. -- To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase.

Extendant

Ex*tend"ant (?), a. (Her.) Displaced. Ogilvie.

Extendedly

Ex*tend"ed*ly (?), adv. In an extended manner.

Extender

Ex*tend"er (?), n. One who, or that which, extends or stretches anything.

Extendible

Ex*tend"i*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.

2. (Law) Liable to be taken by a writ of extent.

Extendlessness

Ex*tend"less*ness, n. Unlimited extension. [Obs.]
An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.

Extense

Ex*tense" (?), a. [L. extensus, p.p. See Extend, v. t.] Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.
Men and gods are too extense; Could you slacken and condense? Emerson.

Extensibility

Ex*ten`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being extensible; the capacity of being extended; as, the extensibility of a fiber, or of a plate of metal.

Extensible

Ex*ten"si*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. extensible. See Extend.] Capable of being extended, whether in length or breadth; susceptible of enlargement; extensible; extendible; -- the opposite of contractible or compressible. "An extensible membrane" Holder.

Extensibleness

Ex*ten"si*ble*ness, n. Extensibility.

Extensile

Ex*ten"sile (?) a. Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen.

Extension

Ex*ten"sion (?), n. [L. extensio: cf. F. extension. See Extend, v. t.]

1. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

2. (Physics) That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.

3. (Logic & Metaph.) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.

The law is that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. Sir W. Hamilton.
The extension of [the term] plant is greater than that of geranium, because it includes more objects. Abp. Thomson.

4. (Surg.) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

5. (Physiol.) The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

6. (Com.) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt. Counter extension. (Surg.) See under Counter. -- Extension table, a table so constructed as to be readily extended or contracted in length.

Extensional

Ex*ten"sion*al (?), a. Having great extent.

Extensionist

Ex*ten"sion*ist, n. One who favors or advocates extension.

Extensive

Ex*ten"sive (?), a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.]

1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.

2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]

Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. Boyle.

Extensively

Ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

Extensiveness

Ex*ten"sive*ness (?), n. The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.

Extensometer

Ex`ten*som"e*ter (?), n. [Extension + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.

Extensor

Ex*ten"sor (?), n. [L., one who stretches. See Extend.] (Anat.) A muscle which serves to extend or straighten any part of the body, as an arm or a finger; -- opposed to flexor.

Extensure

Ex*ten"sure (?), n. Extension. [R.] Drayton.

Extent

Ex*tent" (?), a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend.] Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.

Extent

Ex*tent", n. [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend.]

1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.

Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton.

2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.

3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

Extenuate

Ex*ten"u*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extenuated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extenuating(?).] [L. extenuatus, p. p. of extenuare to make thin, loosen, weaken; ex out + tenuare to make thin, tenuis thin. See Tenuity.]

1. To make thin or slender; to draw out so as to lessen the thickness.

His body behind the head becomes broad, from whence it is again extenuated all the way to the tail. Grew.

2. To lessen; to palliate; to lessen or weaken the force of; to diminish the conception of, as crime, guilt, faults, ills, accusations, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.

But fortune there extenuates the crime. Dryden.
Let us extenuate, conceal, adorn the unpleasing reality. I. Taylor.

3. To lower or degrade; to detract from. [Obs.]

Who can extenuate thee? Milton.
Syn. -- To palliate; to mitigate. See Palliate.

Extenuate

Ex*ten"u*ate, v. i. To become thinner; to make excuses; to advance palliating considerations. Burke.

Extenuate

Ex*ten"u*ate (?), a. [L. extenuatus, p. p.] Thin; slender. [Obs.] Huloet.

Extenuation

Ex*ten`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. extenuatio: cf. F. ext\'82nuation.] The act of axtenuating or the state of being extenuated; the act of making thin, slender, or lean, or of palliating; diminishing, or lessening; palliation, as of a crime; mitigation, as of punishment.
To listen . . . to every extenuation of what is evil. I. Taylor.

Extenuator

Ex*ten"u*a`tor (?), n. One who extenuates.

Extenuatory

Ex*ten"u*a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. L. extenuatorius attenuating.] Tending to extenuate or palliate. Croker.

Exterior

Ex*te"ri*or, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. ext\'82rieur. See Ex, and cf. Extreme, Interior.]

1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was. Shak.

2. External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.

Without exterior help sustained. Milton.

3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom. Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside. -- Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed. Wilhelm. See Illust. of Ravelin.

Exterior

Ex*te"ri*or, n.

1. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

2. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.

Exteriority

Ex*te`ri*or"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. ext\'82riorit\'82.] Surface; superficies; externality.

Exteriorly

Ex*te"ri*or*ly (?), adv. Outwardly; externally; on the exterior. Shak.
They are exteriorly lifelike. J. H. Morse.

Exterminate

Ex*ter"mi*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exterminated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exterminating(?).] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.]

1. To drive out or away; to expel.

They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion. Barrow.

2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice.

To explode and exterminate rank atheism. Bentley.

3. (Math.) To eliminate, as unknown quantities. [R.]

Extermination

Ex*ter`mi*na"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extermination.]

1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field.

2. (Math.) Elimination. [R.]

Exterminator

Ex*ter"mi*na`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, exterminates. Buckle.

Exterminatory

Ex*ter"mi*na*to*ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate. "Exterminatory war." Burke.

Extermine

Ex*ter"mine (?), v. t. [F. exterminer.] To exterminate; to destroy. [Obs.] Shak.

Extern

Ex*tern" (?), a. [Cf. F. externe. See External.] External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] Shak.

Extern

Ex*tern", n. [Cf. F. externe.]

1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.

2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]

External

Ex*ter"nal (?), a. [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.]

1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.

Of all external things, . . . She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton.

2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.

Her virtues graced with external gifts. Shak.

4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

The external circumstances are greatly different. Trench.

5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.

External

Ex*ter"nal, n. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
Adam was then no less glorious in his externals South.
God in externals could not place content. Pope.

Externalism

Ex*ter"nal*ism (?) n.

1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.

This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. E. Eggleston.

2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.

Externalistic

Ex*ter`nal*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to externalism North Am. Rev.

Externality

Ex`ter*nal"i*ty (?), n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind.
Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. A. Smith.

Externalize

Ex*ter"nal*ize (?), v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce.

Externally

Ex*ter"nal*ly, adv. In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.

Externe

Ex`terne" (?), n. [F. Cf. Extern.] (med.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out-patients.

Exterraneous

Ex`ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. exterraneus; es out + terra land.] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.

Exterritorial

Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. [Pref. ex.] Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#),adv.<-- = extraterritorial -->

Exterritoriality

Ex*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty (?), n.

1. The state of being beyond the limits of a country.

2. The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.

Extersion

Ex*ter"sion (?), n. [L. extergere, extersum, to wipe out; ex out + tergere to wipe or rub off.] The act of wiping or rubbing out. [Obs.]

Extill

Ex*till" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extilled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extilling.] [L. extillare, exstillare; ex out + stillare to drop, stilla drop.] To drop or distill. [Obs.] Johnson.

Extillation

Ex`til*la"tion (?), n. Distillation. [Obs.]
An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices. Derham.

Extimulate

Ex*tim"u*late (?), v. t. [L. extimulatus, exstimulatus, p. p. of extimulare, exstimulare, to goad. See Stimulate.] To stimulate. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Extimulation

Ex*tim`u*la"tion (?), n. Stimulation. [Obs.]
Things insipid, and without any extimulation. Bacon.

Extinct

Ex*tinct" (?), a. [L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See Extinguish.]

1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano.

Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. Milton.

2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law.

Extinct

Ex*tinct", v. t. To cause to be extinct. [Obs.] Shak.

Extinction

Ex*tinc"tion (?), n. [L. extinctio, exstinction: cf. F. extinction.]

1. The act of extinguishing or making extinct; a putting an end to; the act of putting out or destroying light, fire, life, activity, influence, etc.

2. State of being extinguished or of ceasing to be; destruction; suppression; as, the extinction of life, of a family, of a quarrel, of claim.

Extine

Ex"tine (?; 104), n. [L. exter on the outside. Cf. Intine.] (bot.) The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

Extinguish

Ex*tin"guish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extinguished(?); p pr. & vb. n. Extinguishing.] [L. extinguere, exstinguere; ex out + stinguere to quench. See Distinguish, Finish.]

1. To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.

A light which the fierce winds have no power to extinguish. Prescott.
This extinguishes my right to the reversion. Blackstone.

2. To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.

Natural graces that extinguish art. Shak
.

Extinguishable

Ex*tin"guish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being quenched, destroyed, or suppressed.

Extinguisher

Ex*tin"guish*er (?), n. One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle.

Extinguishment

Ex*tin"guish*ment (?), n.

1. The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection.

2. (Law) The annihilation or extinction of a right or obligation. Abbott.

Extirp

Ex*tirp" (, v. t. [Cf. F. extirper.] To extirpate. [Obs.]
It is impossible to extirp it quite, friar. Shak
.

Extirpable

Ex*tir"pa*ble (?), a. Capable of being extirpated or eradicated; as, an extirpable plant. Evelyn.

Extirpate

Ex"tir*pate (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extirpated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extirpating(?).] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy. Syn. -- To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.

Extirpation

Ex`tir*pa"tion (?), n. [L. extirpatio, exstirpatio: cf. F. extirpation.] The act of extirpating or rooting out, or the state of being extirpated; eradication; excision; total destruction; as, the extirpation of weeds from land, of evil from the heart, of a race of men, of heresy.

Extirpative

Ex"tir*pa*tive (?), a. Capable of rooting out, or tending to root out. Cheyne.

Extirpator

Ex"tir*pa`tor (?; 277), n. [L. extirpator, exstirpator: cf. F. extirpateur.] One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.

Extirpatory

Ex*tir"pa*to*ry (?), a. Extirpative.

Extirper

Ex*tirp"er (?), n. Extirpator. [Obs.] Bacon.

Extispicious

Ex`ti*spi"cious (?), a. [L. extispicium an inspection of the inwards for divination; extra the entrails + specer to look at.] Relating to the inspection of entrails for prognostication. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Extogenous

Ex*tog"e*nous (?), a. [L. exter outward + .] (Biol.) Exogenous.

Extol

Ex*tol" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extolled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extolling.] [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See Tollerate, and cf. Flate.]

1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]

Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes, Where you might sit and muster all the beauties. Beau.

2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.

Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you extol me thus? Shak.
Syn. -- To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See Praise.

Extoller

Ex*tol"ler (?), n.One who extols; one who praises.

Extolment

Ex*tol"ment (?), n. Praise. [Obs.] Shak.

Extorsive

Ex*tor"sive (?), a. [See Extort.] Serving or tending to extort. [R.] Johnson. -- Ex*tor"sive*ly, adv. [R.]

Extort

Ex*tort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extorting.] [L. extortus, p. p. of extorquere to twist or wrench out, to extort; ex out + torquere to turn about, twist. See Torsion.]

1. To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt.

2. (Law) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion, 2.

Extort

Ex*tort", v. i. To practice extortion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Extort

Ex*tort", p. p. & a. [L. extortus. p. p.] Extorted. [Obs.] Spenser.

Extorter

Ex*tort"er (?), n. One who practices extortion.

Extortion

Ex*tor"tion (?), n. [F. extorsion.]

1. The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.

2. (Law) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due. Abbott.

3. That which is extorted or exacted by force. Syn. -- Oppression; rapacity; exaction; overcharge.

Extortionary

Ex*tor"tion*a*ry (?), a. Extortionate.

Extortionate

Ex*tor"tion*ate (?), a. Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Extortioner

Ex*tor"tion*er (?), n, One who practices extortion.

Extortious

Ex*tor"tious (?), a. Extortionate. [Obs.] "Extortious cruelties." Bp. Hall -- Ex*tor"tious*ly, adv. [Obs.] Bacon.

Extra-

Ex"tra- (?). [L., fr. exter. See Exterior.] A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed.

Extra

Ex"tra, a. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay. "By working extra hours." H. Spencer.

Extra

Ex"tra (?), n.; pl. Extras (. Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]

Extraarticular

Ex`tra*ar*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a joint.

Extraaxillar, Extraaxillary

Ex`tra*ax"il*lar (?), Ex`tra*ax"il*la*ry (?) a. (Bot.) Growing outside of the axils; as, an extra-axillary bud.

Extrabranchial

Ex`tra*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Anat.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.

Extracapsular

Ex`tra*cap"su*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint.

Extract

Ex*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf. Estreat.]

1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.

The bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. Milton.

2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.

Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the process is tedious.

3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book.

I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few notorious falsehoods. Swift.
To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a number or quantity.

Extract

Ex"tract` (?), n.

1. That which is extracted or drawn out.

2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation.

3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue; essence; as, extract of beef; extract of dandelion; also, any substance so extracted, and characteristic of that from which it is obtained; as, quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark.

4. (Med.) A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant; -- distinguished from an abstract. See Abstract, n., 4.

5. (Old Chem.) A peculiar principle once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts; -- called also the extractive principle. [Obs.]

6. Extraction; descent. [Obs.] South.

7. (Scots Law) A draught or copy of writing; certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgement therein, with an order for execution. Tomlins. Fluid extract (Med.), a concentrated liquid preparation, containing a definite proportion of the active principles of a medicinal substance. At present a fluid gram of extract should represent a gram of the crude drug.

Extractable, Extractible

Ex*tract"a*ble (?), Ex*tract"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being extracted.

Extractiform

Ex*tract"i*form (?), a. (Chem.) Having the form, appearance, or nature, of an extract.

Extraction

Ex*trac"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extraction.]

1. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.

2. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. "A family of ancient extraction." Clarendon.

3. That which is extracted; extract; essence.

They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. Milton.
The extraction of roots. (Math.) (a) The operation of finding the root of a given number or quantity. (b) The method or rule by which the operation is performed; evolution.

Extractive

Ex*tract"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. extractif.]

1. Capable of being extracted. "Thirty grains of extractive matter." Kirwan.

2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out.

Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g., agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc. Cairnes.

Extractive

Ex*tract"ive, n.

1. Anything extracted; an extract.

Extractives, of which the most constant are urea, kreatin, and grape sugar. H. N. Martin.

2. (Chem.) (a) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. [Obs.] (b) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hypoxanthin, and creatin extractives from muscle tissue.

Extractor

Ex*tract"or (?), n. One who, or that which, extracts; as: (a) (Surg.) A forceps or instrument for extracting substances. (b) (Breech-loading Firearms) A device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel.

Extradictionary

Ex`tra*dic"tion*a*ry (?), a. [Pref. extra + L. dictio a saying. See Diction.] Consisting not in words, but in realities. [Obs.]
Of these extradictionary and real fallacies, Aristotle and logicians make in number six. Sir T. Browne.

Extraditable

Ex"tra*di`ta*ble (?), a.

1. Subject, or liable, to extradition, as a fugitive from justice.

2. Making liable to extradition; as, extraditable offenses.

Extradite

Ex"tra*dite (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extradited(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extraditing(?).] To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.

Extradition

Ex`tra*di"tion (?), n. [L. ex out + traditio a delivering up: cf. F. extradition. See Tradition.] The surrender or delivery of an alleged criminal by one State or sovereignty to another having jurisdiction to try charge.

Extrados

Ex*tra"dos (?), n. [F.; pref. extra outside + dos (L. dorsum) the back.] (Arch.) The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.

Extradotal

Ex`tra*do"tal (?), a. [Pref. extra.] Forming no part of the dowry; as, extradotal property.

Extrafoliaceous

Ex`tra*fo`li*a"ceous (?), a. [Pref. extra + foliaceous.] (Bot.) Away from the leaves, or inserted in a different place from them; as, extrafoliaceous prickles. Loudon.

Extraforaneous

Ex`tra*fo*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. extra + L. foras out of doors.] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. "Extr occupations." Cowper.

Extrageneous

Ex`tra*ge"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. extra + L. genus race.] Belonging to another race or kind.

Extrajudicial

Ex`tra*ju*di"cial (?), a. Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required. "An extrajudicial opinion." Hallam. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly, adv.

Extralimitary

Ex`tra*lim"it*a*ry (?), a. Being beyond the limit or bounds; as, extraliminary land. Mitford.

Extralogical

Ex`tra*log"ic*al (?), a. Lying outside of the domain of logic. -- Ex`tra*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Extramission

Ex`tra*mis"sion (?), n. A sending out; emission. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Extramundane

Ex`tra*mun"dane (?), a. [L. extramundanus; extra + mundus world.] Beyond the material world. "An extramundane being." Bp. Warburton.

Extramural

Ex`tra*mu"ral (?), a. Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city.

Extraneity

Ex`tra*ne"i*ty (?), n. State of being without or beyond a thing; foreignness. [Obs.]

Extraneous

Ex*tra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra, Strange.] Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.
-- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.

Extra-ocular

Ex`tra-oc"u*lar (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antenn\'91 of certain insects.

Extra-official

Ex`tra-of*fi"cial (?), a. Not prescribed by official duty.

Extraordinarily

Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ly (?), adv. In an extraordinary manner or degree.

Extraordinariness

Ex*traor"di*na*ri*ness, n. The quality of being extraordinary. [R.] Gov. of the Tongue.

Extraordinary

Ex*traor"di*na*ry (?), a. [L. extraordinarius; extra on the outside + ordinarius: cf. F. extraordinaire. See Ordinary.]

1. Beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies.

Which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. Milton.

2. Exceeding the common degree, measure. or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.

3. Employed or sent upon an unusual or special service; as, an ambassador extraordinary.

Extraordinary

Ex*traor"di*na*ry, n.; pl. Extraordinaries (. That which is extraordinary; -- used especially in the plural; as, extraordinaries excepted, there is nothing to prevent success.
Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter of prayers and devotions. Jer. Taylor.

Extraparochial

Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al (?), a. Beyond the limits of a parish. -- Ex`tra*pa*ro"chi*al*ly, adv.

Extraphysical

Ex`tra*phys"i*cal (?), a. Not subject to physical laws or methods.

Extraprofessional

Ex`tra*pro*fes"sion*al (?), a. Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.

Extraprovincial

Ex`tra*pro*vin"cial (?), a. Not within of pertaining to the same province or jurisdiction. Ayliffe.

Extraregular

Ex`tra*reg"u*lar (?), a. Not comprehended within a rule or rules. Jer. Taylor.

Extrastapedial

Ex`tra*sta*pe"di*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. -- n. The extrastapedial part of columella.

Extraterritorial

Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.

Extraterritoriality

Ex`tra*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law), a fiction by which a public minister, though actually in a foreign country, is supposed still to remain within the territory of his own sovereign or nation. Wheaton.

Extratropical

Ex`tra*trop"ic*al (?), a. Beyond or outside of the tropics. Whewell.

Extraught

Ex`traught" (?), p. p. of Extract. [Cf. Distraught.] Extracted; descended. [Obs.]
Knowing whence thou art extraught Shak.

Extra-uterine

Ex`tra-u"ter*ine (?), a. (Anat. & Med.) Outside of the uterus, or womb. Extra-uterine pregnancy (Med.), a condition of pregnancy in which the fetus is not in the uterus, but in the Fallopian tube or in the abdominal cavity.

Extravagance

Ex*trav"a*gance (?), n. [Cf. F. extravagance. See Extravagant, and cf. Extravaganza.]

1. A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

2. The state of being extravagant, wild, or prodigal beyond bounds of propriety or duty; want of moderation; excess; especially, undue expenditure of money; vaid and superfluous expense; prodigality; as, extravagance of anger, love, expression, imagination, demands.

Some verses of my own, Maximin and Almanzor, cry vengeance on me for their extravagance. Dryden.
The income of three dukes was enough to supply her extravagance. Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Wildness; irregularity; excess; prodigality; profusion; waste; lavishness; unreasonableness; recklessness.

Extravagancy

Ex*trav"a*gan*cy (?), n.; pl. Extravagancies (. Extravagance.

Extravagant

Ex*trav"a*gant (?), a. [F. extravagant, fr. L. extra on the outside + vagance, , p. pr. of vagari to wander, from vagus wandering, vague. See Vague.]

1. Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign. [Obs.]

The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.

2. Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.

There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses. Addison.

3. Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man. "Extravagant expense." Bancroft.

Extravagant

Ex*trav"a*gant, n.

1. One who is confined to no general rule. L'Estrange.

2. pl. (Eccl. Hist.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.

Extravagantly

Ex*trav"a*gant*ly, adv. In an extravagant manner; wildly; excessively; profusely.

Extravagantness

Ex*trav"a*gant*ness, n. The state of being extravagant or in excess; excess; extravagance.

Extravaganza

Ex*trav`a*gan"za (?), n. [Extravagance with an Italian ending: cf. It. stravaganza.]

1. A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature.

2. An extravagant flight of sentiment or language.

Extravagate

Ex*trav"a*gate (?), v. i. [Pref. extra + L. vagatus, p. p. of vagari to rove. See Extravagant.] To rove. Bp. Warburton.

Extravagation

Ex*trav`a*ga"tion (?), n. A wandering beyond limits; excess. [Obs.] Smollett.

Extravasate

Ex*trav"a*sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extravasated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extravasating(?).] [Pref. extra + L. vas vessel: cf. F. extravaser. See Vase.] To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

Extravasation

Ex*trav`a*sa"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. extravasation.] The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.

Extravascular

Ex`tra*vas"cu*lar (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Outside the vessels; -- said of the substance of all the tissues. (b) Destitute of vessels; non-vascular.

Extravenate

Ex*trav"e*nate (?), a. [Pref. extra + L. vena vein.] Let out of the veins. [Obs.] "Extravenate blood." Glanvill.

Extraversion

Ex`tra*ver"sion (?), n. [Pref. extra + L. vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extraversion.] The act of throwing out; the state of being turned or thrown out. [Obs.] Boyle.

Extreat

Ex*treat" (?), n. [See Estreat, Extract.] Extraction. [Obs.] Spenser.

Extreme

Ex*treme" (?), a. [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus, on the outside, outward: cf. F. extr\'88me. See Exterior.]

1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." Dryden. "Extreme rapidity." Sir W. Scott.

Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. Shak.

4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.

The Puritans or extreme Protestants. Gladstone.

5. (Mus.) Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth. Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less. -- Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6. -- Extreme unction. See under Unction. &hand; Although this adjective, being superlative in signification, is not properly subject to comparison, the superlative form not unfrequently occurs, especially in the older writers. "Tried in his extremest state." Spenser. "Extremest hardships." Sharp. "Extremest of evils." Bacon. "Extremest verge of the swift brook." Shak. "The sea's extremest borders." Addison.

Extreme

Ex*treme", n.

1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.

His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness. Bancroft.

3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes." Shak.

4. (Logic) Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

5. (Math.) The first or the last term of a proportion or series. In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme." J. P. Peters.

Extremeless

Ex*treme"less (?), a. Having no extremes; infinite.

Extremely

Ex*treme"ly, adv. In an extreme manner or state; in the utmost degree; to the utmost point; exceedingly; as, extremely hot or cold.

Extremist

Ex*trem"ist (?), n. A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

Extremity

Ex*trem"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Extremities(. [L. extremitas: cf. F. extr\'82mit\'82.]

1. The extreme part; the utmost limit; the farthest or remotest point or part; as, the extremities of a country.

They sent fleets . . . to the extremities of Ethiopia. Arbuthnot.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of locomotive appendages of an animal; a limb; a leg or an arm of man.

3. The utmost point; highest degree; most aggravated or intense form. "The extremity of bodily pain." Ray.

4. The highest degree of inconvenience, pain, or suffering; greatest need or peril; extreme need; necessity.

Divers evils and extremities that follow upon such a compulsion shall here be set in view. Milton.
Upon mere extremity he summoned this last Parliament. Milton.
Syn. -- Verge; border; extreme; end; termination.

Extricable

Ex"tri*ca*ble (?), a. Capable of being extricated. Sir W. Jones.

Extricate

Ex"tri*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extricated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extricating(?).] [L. extricatus, p. p. of extricare to extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. Intricate.]

1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc.

We had now extricated ourselves from the various labyrinths and defiles. Eustance.

2. To cause to be emitted or evolved; as, to extricate heat or moisture. Syn. -- To disentangle; disembarrass; disengage; relieve; evolve; set free; liberate.

Extrication

Ex`tri*ca"tion (?), n.

1. The act or process of extricating or disentangling; a freeing from perplexities; disentanglement.

2. The act of sending out or evolving.

Extrinsic

Ex*trin"sic (?), a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrins\'8aque. See Exterior, Second.]

1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. I. Taylor.

2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.

Extrinsical

Ex*trin"sic*al (?), a. Extrinsic. -- Ex*trin"sic*al*ly(#), adv.

Extrinsicality, Extrinsicalness

Ex*trin`si*cal"i*ty (?), Ex*trin"sic*al*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being extrinsic.

Extroitive

Ex*tro"i*tive (?), a. [L. extra on the outside + ire, itum, to go.] Seeking or going out after external objects. [R.]<-- extroverted? -->
Their natures being almost wholly extroitive. Coleridge.

Extrorsal

Ex*tror"sal (?), a. (Bot.) Extrorse.

Extrorse

Ex*trorse" (?), a. [As if from an assumed L. extrorsus, for extroversus; extra on the outside + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. extrorse.] (Bot.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament.

Extroversion

Ex`tro*ver"sion (?), n. [See Extrorse.] The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. Dunglison.

Extruct

Ex*truct" (?), v. t. [L. extructus, exstructus, p. p. of extruere, exstruere, to build up; ex out + struere to build.] To construct. [Obs.] Byrom.

Extruction

Ex*truc"tion (?), n. [L. exstructio.] A building up; construction. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Extructive

Ex*truct"ive (?), a. Constructive. [Obs.] Fulke.

Extructor

Ex*truct"or (?), n. [L.] A builder. [Obs.] Bailey.

Extrude

Ex*trude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Extruding.] [L. extrudere, extrusum; ex out + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] To thrust out; to force, press, or push out; to expel; to drive off or away. "Parentheses thrown into notes or extruded to the margin." Coleridge.

Extrusion

Ex*tru"sion (?), n. The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

Extuberance

Ex*tu"ber*ance (?), n. A swelling or rising; protuberance. [R.] Moxon.

Extuberancy

Ex*tu"ber*an*cy (?), n. Extuberance. [R.]

Extuberant

Ex*tu"ber*ant (?), a. [L. extuberare.] Swollen out; protuberant. [R.] "Extuberant lips." Gayton.

Extuberate

Ex*tu"ber*ate (?), v. i. [L. extuberatus, p. pr. of extuberare to swell; ex out + tuber a swelling.] To swell out. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Extuberation

Ex*tu`ber*a"tion (?), n. [L. extuberatio.] Protuberance. [Obs.] Farindon.

Extumescence

Ex`tu*mes"cence (?), n. [L. ex. + tumescens, p. pr. of tumescere, incho. fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. extumescence.] A swelling or rising. [R.] Cotgrave.

Exuberance

Ex*u"ber*ance (?), n. [L. exuberantia: cf. F. exub\'82rance.] The state of being exuberant; an overflowing quantity; a copious or excessive production or supply; superabundance; richness; as, an exuberance of joy, of fancy, or of foliage. Syn. -- Abundance; superabundance; excess; plenty; copiousness; profusion; richness; overflow; overgrowth; rankness; wantonness. See Abundance.

Exuberancy

Ex*u"ber*an*cy (?), . Exuberance.

Exuberant

Ex*u"ber*ant (?), a. [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exub\'82rant. See Udder.] Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly, adv.

Exuberate

Ex*u"ber*ate (?), v. i. [L. exuberatus, p. p. of exuberare. See Exuberant, n.] To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] Boyle.

Exuccous

Ex*uc"cous (?), a. See Exsuccous. [Obs.]

Exudate

Ex*u"date (?), v. t. & i. [See Exude.] To exude. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Exudation

Ex`u*da"tion (?), n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations. Am. Cyc.

Exude

Ex*ude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exuded; p. pr. & vb. n. exuding.] [L. exudare, exsudare, exudatum, exsudatum, to sweat out; ex out + sudare to sweat: cf. F. exuder, exsuder. See Sweat.] To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
Our forests exude turpentine in . . . abundance. Dr. T. Dwight.

Exude

Ex*ude", v. i. To flow from a body through the pores, or by a natural discharge, as juice.

Exulcerate

Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. exulceratus, p. p. of exulcerare to make sore; ex out + ulcerare. See Ulcerate.]

1. To ulcerate. [Obs.] "To exulcerate the lungs." Evelyn.

2. To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame. [Obs.]

Minds exulcerated in themselves. Hooker.

Exulcerate

Ex*ul"cer*ate (?), a. [L. exulceratus, p. p.] Very sore; ulcerated. [Obs.] Bacon.

Exulceration

Ex*ul`cer*a"tion (?), n. [L. exulceratio: cf. F. exulc\'82ration.] [Obs. or R.]

1. Ulceration. Quincy.

2. A fretting; a festering; soreness. Hooker.

Exulcerative

Ex*ul"cer*a*tive (?), a. Tending to cause ulcers; exulceratory. Holland.

Exulceratory

Ex*ul"cer*a*to*ry (?), a. [L. exulceratorius: cf. F. exulc\'82ratoire.] Having a tendency to form ulcers; rendering ulcerous.

Exult

Ex*ult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exulting.] [L. exultare, exsultare, exultatum, exsultatum, to leap vigorously, to exult, intens. fr. exsilire to spring out or up; ex out + salire to spring, leap: cf. F. exulter. See Salient.] To be in high spirits; figuratively, to leap for joy; to rejoice in triumph or exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft.
The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. Pope.

Exultance, Exultancy

Ex*ult"ance (?), Ex*ult"an*cy (?), n. [L. exsultantia.] Exultation. [Obs.] Burton. Hammond.

Exultant

Ex*ult"ant (?), a. [L. exsultans, exsultantis, p. pr. of exsultare. See Exult.] Inclined to exult; characterized by, or expressing, exultation; rejoicing triumphantly.
Break away, exultant, from every defilement. I. Tay;or.

Exultation

Ex`ul*ta"tion (?; 277), n. [L. exsultatio: cf. F. exultation.] The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.
His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott.

Exulting

Ex*ult"ing, a. Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant. -- Ex*ult"ing*ly, adv.

Exundate

Ex*un"date (?), v. i. [L. exundatus, p. p. of exundare to overflow; ex out + undare. See Undated waved.] To overflow; to inundate. [Obs.] Bailey.

Exundation

Ex`un*da"tion (?), n. [L. exundatio.] An overflow, or overflowing abundance. [R.] Ray.

Exungulate

Ex*un"gu*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exungulated(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Exungulating(?).] [L. exungulare to lose the hoof, ex out, from + ungula. See Ungula.] To pare off, as nails, the hoof, etc. [R.]

Exuperable

Ex*u"per*a*ble (?), a. [L. exuperabilis, exsuperabilis. See Exuperate.] Surmountable; superable. [Obs.] Johnson.

Exuperance

Ex*u"per*ance (?), n. [L. exuperantia, exsuperantia.] Superiority; superfluity. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

Exuperant

Ex*u"per*ant (?), a. [L. exuperans, exsuperans, p. pr.] Surpassing; exceeding; surmounting. [Obs.]

Exuperate

Ex*u"per*ate (?), v. t. [L. exuperatus, exsuperatus, p. p. of exuperare, exsuperare to excel; ex out + superare to go over, super above, over.] To excel; to surmount. [Obs.]

Exuperation

Ex*u`per*a"tion (?), n. [See Exurgent.] The act of rising or coming into view. [Obs.] Baxter.

Exurgent

Ex*ur"gent (?), a. [L. exurgens, exsurgens, p. pr. of exurgere, exsurgere, to rise up; ex out + surgere to rise.] Arising; coming to light. [Obs.]

Exuscitate

Ex*us"ci*tate (?), v. t. See Exsuscitate [Obs.] T. Adams.

Exustion

Ex*us"tion (?; 106), n. [L. exustio, fr. exurere, exustum, to burn up; ex out + urere to burn.] The act or operation of burning up. Bailey.

Exutory

Ex*u"to*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. exutoire. See Exuv.] (Med.) An issue.

Exuvia

Ex*u"vi*a (?), n. sing. of Exuvi\'91.

Exuviability

Ex*u`vi*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of shedding the skin periodically. Craig.

Exuviable

Ex*u"vi*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. exuviable.] Capable of being cast off in the form of exuvi\'91.

Exuvi\'91

Ex*u"vi*\'91, n. pl. [L., fr. exuere to draw out or off, to pull off.]

1. (Zo\'94l) Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.

2. (Geol.) The fossil shells and other remains which animals have left in the strata of the earth.

Exuvial

Ex*u"vi*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to exuvi\'91. "Exuvial layers." "Exuvial deposits."
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Exuviate

Ex*u"vi*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exuviated, p. pr. & vb. n. Exuviating.] ( [From Exuviae.] (Zo\'94l.) To shed an old covering or condition preliminary to taking on a new one; to molt.
There is reason to suppose that very old crayfish do not exuviate every year. Huxley.

Exuviation

Ex*u`vi*a"tion (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.

Ex-voto

Ex`-vo"to (?), n.;pl. Ex-votos (-t\'94z). [L. ex out of, in accordance with + voto, abl. of votum a vow.] An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.

Ey

Ey (?), n.[AS.\'c6g. Cf.Eyot.] An island. [Obs.]

Ey

Ey, n.; pl. Eyren (. See Egg. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ey

Ey, an interj. of wonder or inquiry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eya-let

E`ya-let" (?), n. [Turk.,fr. Ar.iy\'belah.] Formerly, one of the administrative divisions or provinces of the Ottoman Empire; -- now called a vilayet.

Eyas

Ey`as (?), n. [F.niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest, and cf. Nias, Jashawk.] (Zo\'94l.) A nesting or unfledged Lird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to pr Shak J. H. Walsh

Eyas

Ey"as, a. Jnfledged, or newly fledged. [Obs.]
Like eyas hawk up mounts unto the skies, His newly budded pinions assay. Spebser.

Eyasmusket

Ey"as*mus`ket (?), n. [Eyas + muske the brid.] An unfledged or young male sparrow hawk. [Obs.] Shak.

Eye

Eye (?), n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See Nye.] (Zo\'94l.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

Eye

Eye (?), n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e\'a0ge; akin to OFries. \'bege, OS. ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. \'94ga, Dan. \'94ie, Goth. aug; cf. OSlav. oko, Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. , eye, , the two eyes, Skr. akshi. Diasy, Ocular, Optic, Eyelet, Ogle.]

1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus. Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve. &hand; The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor. The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil, admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.

2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.

3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.

In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on. Shak.

4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence.

We shell express our duty in his eye. Shak.
Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. Shak.

5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. "Keep eyes upon her." Shak.

Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage. Addison.

6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zo\'94l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone.

7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. "The very eye of that proverb." Shak.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. Milton.

8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]

Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. Boyle.
By the eye, in abundance. [Obs.] Marlowe. -- Elliott eye (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served. -- Eye agate, a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zo\'94l), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. -- Eye doctor, an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute. -- Eye of day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven, the sun. "So gently shuts the eye day." Mrs. Barbauld. -- Eye of a ship, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. "Those who have but half an eye. " B. Jonson. -- To catch one's eye, to attract one's notice. -- To find favor in the eyes (of), to be graciously received and treated. -- To have an eye to, to pay particular attention to; to watch. "Have an eye to Cinna." Shak. -- To keep an eye on, to watch. -- To set the eyes on, to see; to have a sight of. -- In the eye of the wind (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

Eye

Eye (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eyed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Eying ∨ Eyeing.] To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. Milton.

Eye

Eye, v. i. To appear; to look. [Obs.]
My becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you. Shak.

Eyeball

Eye"ball` (?), n. The ball or globe of the eye.

Eyebar

Eye"bar` (?), n. (Engin.) A bar with an eye at one or both ends.

Eyebeam

Eye"beam` (?), n. A glance of the eye. Shak.

Eyebolt

Eye"bolt` (?), n. (Mach.) A bolt which a looped head, or an opening in the head.

Eyebright

Eye"bright` (?), n. (Bot.) A small annual plant (Euphrasia officinalis), formerly much used as a remedy for diseases of the eye.

Eyebrow

Eye"brow` (?), n. The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak.

Eyecup

Eye"cup` (?), n. A small oval porcelain or glass cup, having a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye. it is used in the application of liquid remedies to eyes; -- called also eyeglass.

Eyed

Eyed (?), a. Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.

Eyedrop

Eye"drop" (?), n. A tear. [Poetic] Shak.

Eyeflap

Eye"flap" (?), n. A blinder on a horse's bridle.

Eyeful

Eye"ful (?), a. Filling or satisfying the eye; visible; remarkable. [Obs.] "Eyeful trophies." Chapman.

Eyeglance

Eye"glance` (?), n. A glance of eye.

Eyeglass

Eye"glass` (?), n.

1. A lens of glass to assist the sight. Eyeglasses are used singly or in pairs.

2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.

3. The retina. [Poetic]

4. A glass eyecup. See Eyecup.

Eyehole

Eye"hole` (?), n. A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.

Eyelash

Eye"lash` (?), n.

1. The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.

2. A hair of the fringe on the edge of the eyelid.

Eyeless

Eye"less` (?), a. Without eyes; blind. "Eyeless rage." Shak.

Eyelet

Eye"let` (?), n. [F., dim. of oculus. See Eye, and cf. Oillet.]

1. A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

2. A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole. Eyelet hole, a hole made for an eyelet. -- Eyelet punch, a machine for punching eyelet holes and fastening eyelets, as in paper or cloth. -- Eyelet ring. See Eyelet, 2.

Eyeleteer

Eye`let*eer" (?), n. A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.

Eyelid

Eye`lid" (?), n. (Anat.) The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure.

Eyen

Ey"en (?), n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Eyepiece

Eye"piece` (?), n. (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed. Collimating eyepiece. See under Collimate. -- Negative, or Huyghenian, eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called Campani's eyepiece. -- Positive eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Ramsden's eyepiece. -- terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.

Eyer

Ey"er (?), n. One who eyes another. Gayton.

Eyreach

Ey"reach` (?), n. The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. "A seat in eyereach of him." B. Jonson.

Eyesaint

Eye"*saint` (?), n. An object of interest to the eye; one wirehaired with the eyes. [Obs.]
That's the eye-saint, I know, Among young gallants. Beau. & Fl.

Eyesalve

Eye"salve` (?), n. Ointment for the eye.

Eyeservant

Eye"serv`ant (?), n. A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched.

Eyeservice

Eye"serv`ice (?), n. Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer.
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. Col. iii. 22.

Eyeshot

Eye"shot` (?), n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden.

Eyesight

Eye"sight` (?), n. Sight of the eye; the sense of seeing; view; observation.
Josephus sets this down from his own eyesight. Bp. Wilkins.

Eyesore

Eye"sore` (?), n. Something offensive to the eye or sight; a blemish.
Mordecai was an eyesore to Haman. L'Estrange.

Eyesplice

Eye"*splice` (?), n. (Naut.) A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.

Eyespot

Eye"*spot` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination. (b) An eyelike spot of color.

Eyespotted

Eye"*spot`ted (?), a. Marked with spots like eyes.
Junno's bird, in her eye-spotted train. Spenser.

Eyestalk

Eye"stalk` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

Eyestone

Eye"stone` (?), n.

1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinid, used to remove a foreign sub stance from the eye. It is rut into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with the substance.

2. (Min.) Eye agate. See under Eye.

Eyestring

Eye"string` (?), n. The tendon by which the eye is moved. Shak.

Eyet

Ey"et (?), n. An island. See Eyot.

Eyetooth

Eye"tooth (?), n.; pl. Eyeteeth ( (Anat.) A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth. To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [Colloq.]

Eyewater

Eye"wa`ter (?), n. (Med.) A wash or lotion for application to the eyes.

Eyewink

Eye"wink` (?), n. A wink; a token. Shak.

Eyewinker

Eye"wink`er (?), n. An eyelash. [A child's word.]

Eyewitness

Eye"wit`ness (?), n. One who sees a thing done; one who has ocular view anything.
We . . . were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 2 Pet. i. 16.

Eyghen

Ey"ghen (?), n. pl. Eyes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eyehgt

Eyehgt (?), n. An island. See Eyot.

Eyle

Eyle (?) v. t.& i. To ail. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eyil-ad

Ey"il-ad (?), n. See (Eiliad.

Eyne, ∨ Eyen

Eyne (?), ∨ Ey"en (?), n. Plural of eye; obsolete, or used only in poetry. Shak.
With such a plaintive gaze their eyne Are fastened upwardly on mine. Mrs. Browning.

Eyot

Ey"ot (?), n. [Ey (AS. \'c6g or Icel. ey) + F. dim. termination -ot; cf. AS. \'c6geo&edt;. See Island, and cf. Ait.] A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. [Written also ait, ayt, eey, eyet, and eyght.] Blackstone.

Eyr

Eyr (?), n. [See Air.] Air. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Eyra

Ey"ra (?), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo\'94l.) A wild cat (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.

Eyre

Eyre (?), n. [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere). &hand; They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.

Eyren

Ey"ren (?), n. pl. See Ey, an egg.

Eyrie, Eyry

Ey"rie, Ey"ry (?), n.; pl>. Ey"ries (#). [See Aerie] The nest of a bird of prey or other large bird that builds in a lofty place; aerie.
The eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar tops their eyries build. Milton.

Eysell

Ey"sell (?), n. Same as Eisel. [Obs.] Shak.
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F

F (&ecre;f).

2. (Mus.) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F ♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G. F clef, the bass clef. See under Clef.

Fa

Fa (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) (a) A syllable applied to the fourth tone of the diatonic scale in solmization. (b) The tone F.

Fabaceous

Fa*ba"ceous (?), a. [L. fabaceus, fr. faba bean.] Having the nature of a bean; like a bean.

Fabella

Fa*bel"la (?), n.; pl. Fabellae (-l. [NL., dim. of L. faba a bean.] (Anat.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals.

Fabian

Fa"bi*an (?), a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to Fabius.] Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.

Fable

Fa"ble (?), n. [F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame.]

1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue.

Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. Addison
.

2. The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. Dryden.

3. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "Old wives' fables. " 1 Tim. iv. 7.

We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt. Tennyson.

4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.

It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. Addison.

Fable

Fa"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling (?).] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." Shak.
Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. Prior.
He fables, yet speaks truth. M. Arnold.

Fable

Fa"ble, v. t. To fiegn; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
The hell thou fablest. Milton.

Fabler

Fa"bler (?), n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.

Fabliau

Fa`bli`au" (?), n.; pl. Fabliaux . [F., fr. OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouv\'8ares, or early poets of the north of France.

Fabric

Fab"ric (?), n. [L. fabrica fabric, workshop: cf. F. fabrique fabric. See Forge.]

1. The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.

2. That which is fabricated; as : (a) Framework; structure; edifice; building.

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation. Milton.
(b) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal; manufactured cloth; as, silks or other fabrics.

3. The act of constructing; construction. [R.]

Tithe was received by the bishop, . . . for the fabricof the churches for the poor. Milman.

4. Any system or structure consisting of connected parts; as, the fabric of the universe.

The whole vast fabric of society. Macaulay.

Fabric

Fab"ric, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricking.] To frame; to built; to construct. [Obs.] "Fabric their mansions." J. Philips.

Fabricant

Fab"ri*cant (?), n. [F.] One who fabricates; a manufacturer. Simmonds.

Fabricate

Fab"ri*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fabricated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabricating (?).] [L. fabricatus, p.p. of fabricari, fabricare, to frame, build, forge, fr. fabrica. See Fabric, Farge.]

1. To form into a whole by uniting its parts; to frame; to construct; to build; as, to fabricate a bridge or ship.

2. To form by art and labor; to manufacture; to produce; as, to fabricate woolens.

3. To invent and form; to forge; to devise falsely; as, to fabricate a lie or story.

Our books were not fabricated with an accomodation to prevailing usages. Paley.

Fabrication

Fab`ri*ca"tion (?), n. [L. fabricatio; cf. F. fabrication.]

1. The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government. Burke.

2. That which is fabricated; a falsehood; as, the story is doubtless a fabrication. Syn. -- See Fiction.

Fabricator

Fab"ri*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who fabricates; one who constructs or makes.
The fabricator of the works of Ossian. Mason.

Fabricatress

Fab"ri*ca`tress (?), n. A woman who fabricates.

Fabrile

Fab"rile (?), a. [L. fabrilis, fr. faber workman. See Forge.] Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill.

Fabulist

Fab"u*list (?), n. [Cf. F. fabuliste, fr. L. fabula. See Fable.] One who invents or writes fables.

Fabulize

Fab"u*lize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabulized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fabulizing (?).] [Cf. F. fabuliser. See Fable.] To invent, compose, or relate fables or fictions. G. S. Faber.

Fabulosity

Fab`u*los"i*ty (?), n. [L. fabulositas: cf. F. fabulosit\'82.]

1. Fabulousness. [R.] Abp. Abbot.

2. A fabulous or fictitious story. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Fabulous

Fab"u*lous (?), a. [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]

1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

The fabulous birth of Minerva. Chesterfield.

2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price. Macaulay. Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; as, the fabulous age of Greek and Rome. -- Fab"u*lous*ly (#), adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n.

Faburden

Fab"ur*den (?), n. [F. foux bpirdon. See False, and Burden a verse.]

1. (Mus.) (a) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass. (b) A succession of chords of the sixth. [Obs.]

2. A monotonous refrain. [Obs.] Holland.

Fac

Fac (?), n. [Abbrev. of facsimile.] A large ornamental letter used, esp. by the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

Fa\'87ade

Fa`\'87ade" (?), n. [F., fr. It. facciata, fr. fassia face, L. facies. See Face.] (Arch.) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.

Face

Face (?), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious.]

1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator.

A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. Gen. ii. 6.
Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. Byron.

2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces.

3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.

4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type.

5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired.

To set a face upon their own malignant design. Milton.
This would produce a new face of things in Europe. Addison.
We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. Wordsworth.

6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. Gen. iii. 19.

7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance.

We set the best faceon it we could. Dryden.

8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. Chaucer.

9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.

This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. Tillotson.

10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presenceof.

11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases.

The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. Num. vi. 25.
My face [favor] will I turn also from them. Ezek. vii. 22.

12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done.

13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount.<-- = face value --> McElrath. &hand; Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer. Face ague (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also tic douloureux. -- Face card, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack. -- Face cloth, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse. -- Face guard, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc. -- Face hammer, a hammer having a flat face. -- Face joint (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure. -- Face mite (Zo\'94ll.), a small, elongated mite (Demdex folliculorum), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face. -- Face mold, the templet or pattern by which carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, ect. -- Face plate. (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. Knight. -- Face wheel. (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.<-- face value = face, 13. Also used metaphorically, = apparent value: "Take at its face value" --> Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. -- Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface. -- Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. -- Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. -- Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. -- Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. Wilhelm. -- Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. -- Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. -- Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face." 1 Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis \'85 vis; -- opposed to back to back. -- To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand. -- To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. Shak.

Face

Face (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Facing (?).]

1. To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battale.

I'll face This tempest, and deserve the name of king. Dryden.

2. To Confront impudently; to bully.

I will neither be facednor braved. Shak.

3. To stand opposite to; to stand with the face or front toward; to front upon; as, the apartments of the general faced the park.

He gained also with his forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland. Milton.

4. To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon; as, a building faced with marble.

5. To line near the edge, esp. with a different material; as, to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress.

6. To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc.

7. (Mach.) To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smooth the flat surface of, as distinguished from the cylindrical surface.

8. To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction. To face down, to put down by bold or impudent opposition. "He faced men down." Prior. -- To face (a thing) out, to persist boldly or impudently in an assertion or in a line of conduct. "That thinks with oaths to face the matter out." Shak

Face

Face, v. i.

1. To carry a false appearance; to play the hypocrite. "To lie, to face, to forge." Spenser.

2. To turn the face; as, to face to the right or left.

Face about, man; a soldier, and afraid! Dryden.

3. To present a face or front.

Faced

Faced (?), a. Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.

Faser

Fa"ser (?), n.

1. One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person. [Obs.]

There be no greater talkers, nor boasters, nor fasers. Latimer.

2. A blow in the face, as in boxing; hence, any severe or stunning check or defeat, as in controversy. [Collog.]

I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer. C. Kingsley.

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Facet

Fac"et (?), n. [F. facette, dim. of face face. See Face.]

1. A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond. [Written also facette.]

2. (Anat.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone.

3. (Arch.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

4. (Zo\'94l.) One of the numerous small eyes which make up the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Facet

Fac"et, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faceted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faceting.] To cut facets or small faces upon; as, to facet a diamond.

Facete

Fa*cete" (?), a. [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See Face, and cf. Facetious.] Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] "A facete discourse." Jer. Taylor.
"How to interpose" with a small, smart remark, sentiment facete, or unctuous anecdote. Prof. Wilson.
-- Fa*cete"ly, adv. -- Fa*cete"ness, n.

Faceted

Fac"et*ed (?), a. Having facets.

Faceti\'91

Fa*ce"ti*\'91 (, n. pl. [L., fr. facetus. See Facete.] Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.

Facetious

Fa*ce"tious (?), a. [Cf. F. fac\'82tieux. See Faceti\'91.]

1. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion.

2. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply. -- Fa*ce"tious*ly, adv. -- Fa*ce"tious*ness, n.

Facette

Fa*cette" (?), n. [F.] See Facet, n.

Facework

Face"work` (?), n. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing.

Facia

Fa"ci*a (?), n. (Arch.) See Fascia.

Facial

Fa"cial (?), a. [LL. facialis, fr. L. facies face : cf. F. facial.] Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. -- Fa"cial*ly, adv. Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line (ab, in the illustrations), from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front efge of the upper jaw bone, and another (cd) from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.

Faciend

Fa"ci*end (?), n. [From neut. of L. faciendus, gerundive of facere to do.] (Mach.) The multiplicand. See Facient,

2.

Facient

Fa"cient (?), n. [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See Fact.]

1. One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] Br. Hacket.

2. (Mach.) (a) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. (b) The multiplier. &hand; The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See Multiplication.

Facies

Fa"ci*es (?), n. [L., from, face. See Face.]

1. The anterior part of the head; the face.

2. (Biol.) The general aspect or habit of a species, or group of species, esp. with reference to its adaptation to its environment.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The face of a bird, or the front of the head, excluding the bill. Facies Hippocratica. (Med.) See Hippocratic.

Facile

Fac"ile (?) a. [L. facilis, prop., capable of being done or made, hence, facile, easy, fr. facere to make, do: cf. F. facile. Srr Fact, and cf. Faculty.]

1. Easy to be done or performed: not difficult; performable or attainable with little labor.

Order . . . will render the work facile and delightful. Evelyn.

2. Easy to be surmounted or removed; easily conquerable; readily mastered.

The facile gates of hell too slightly barred. Milton.

3. Easy of access or converse; mild; courteous; not haughty, austere, or distant; affable; complaisant.

I meant she should be courteous, facile, sweet. B. Jonson.

4. Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.

Since Adam, and his facile consort Eve, Lost Paradise, deceived by me. Milton.
This is treating Burns like a child, a person of so facile a disposition as not to be trusted without a keeper on the king's highway. Prof. Wilson.

5. Ready; quick; expert; as, he is facile in expedients; he wields a facile pen. -- Fac"ile-ly, adv. -- Fac"ile*ness, n.

Facilitate

Fa*cil"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Facilitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Facilitating (?).] [Cf. F. faciliter. See Facility.] To make easy or less difficult; to free from difficulty or impediment; to lessen the labor of; as, to facilitate the execution of a task.
To invite and facilitate that line of proceeding which the times call for. I. Taylor.

Facilitation

Fa*cil`i*ta"tion (?), n. The act of facilitating or making easy.

Facility

Fa*cil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Facilities (#). [L. facilitas, fr. facilis easy: cf. F. facilitFacile.]

1. The quality of being easily performed; freedom from difficulty; ease; as, the facility of an operation.

The facility with which government has been overturned in France. Burke
.

2. Ease in performance; readiness proceeding from skill or use; dexterity; as, practice gives a wonderful facility in executing works of art.

3. Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.

It is a great error to take facility for good nature. L'Estrange.

4. Easiness of access; complaisance; affability.

Offers himself to the visits of a friend with facility. South.

5. That which promotes the ease of any action or course of conduct; advantage; aid; assistance; -- usually in the plural; as, special facilities for study. Syn. -- Ease; expertness; readiness; dexterity; complaisance; condescension; affability. -- Facility, Expertness, Readiness. These words have in common the idea of performing any act with ease and promptitude. Facility supposes a natural or acquired power of dispatching a task with lightness and ease. Expertness is the kind of facility acquired by long practice. Readiness marks the promptitude with which anything is done. A merchant needs great facility in dispatching business; a bunker, great expertness in casting accounts; both need great readiness in passing from one employment to another. "The facility which we get of doing things by a custom of doing, makes them often pass in us without our notice." Locke. "The army was celebrated for the expertness and valor of the soldiers." "A readiness obey the known will of God is the surest means to enlighten the mind in respect to duty."

Facing

Fa"cing (?), n.

1. A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface.

2. A lining placed near the edge of a garment for ornament or protection.

3. (Arch.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used.

4. (Founding) A powdered substance, as charcoal, bituminous coal, ect., applied to the face of a mold, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.

5. (Mil.) (a) pl. The collar and cuffs of a military coat; -- commonly of a color different from that of the coat. (b) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about; -- chiefly in the pl. Facing brick, front or pressed brick.

Facingly

Fa"cing*ly, adv. In a facing manner or position.

Facinorous

Fa*cin"o*rous (?), a. [L. facinorous, from facinus deed, bad deed, from facere to make, do.] Atrociously wicked. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Fa*cin"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.]

Facound

Fac"ound (?), n. [F. faconde, L. facundia. See Facund.] Speech; eloquence. [Obs.]
Her facound eke full womanly and plain. Chaucer.

Facsimile

Fac*sim"i*le (?), n.; pl. Facsimiles (-l. [L. fac simile make like; or an abbreviation of factum simile made like; facere to make + similes like. See Fact, and Simile.] A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness. Facsimile telegraph, a telegraphic apparatus reproducing messages in autograph.

Facsimile

Fac*sim"i*le, (

Fact

Fact (?), n. [L. factum, fr. facere to make or do. Cf. Feat, Affair, Benefit, Defect, Fashion, and -fy.]

1. A doing, making, or preparing. [Obs.]

A project for the fact and vending Of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. B. Jonson.

2. An effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance.

What might instigate him to this devilish fact, I am not able to conjecture. Evelyn.
He who most excels in fact of arms. Milton.

3. Reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.

4. The assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts.

I do not grant the fact. De Foe.
This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. Roger Long.
&hand; TheTerm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. There is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. Burrill Bouvier. Accessary before, ∨ after, the fact. See under Accessary. -- Matter of fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact narration. Syn. -- Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence; circumstance.

Faction

Fac"tion (?), n. [L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting together, a faction: cf. F. faction See Fashion.]

1. (Anc. Hist.) One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.

3. Tumult; discord; dissension.

They remained at Newbury in great faction among themselves. Clarendon.
Syn. -- Combination; clique; junto. See Cabal.

Factionary

Fac"tion*a*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. factionnaire, L. factionarius the head of a company of charioteers.] Belonging to a faction; being a partisan; taking sides. [Obs.]
Always factionary on the party of your general. Shak.

Factioner

Fac"tion*er (-?r), n. One of a faction. Abp. Bancroft.

Factionist

Fac"tion*ist, n. One who promotes faction.

Factious

Fac"tious (?). a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]

1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons.

Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.

2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.

Headlong zeal or factious fury. Burke.
-- Fac"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac"tious-ness, n.

Factitious

Fac*ti"tious (?), a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Fetich.] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fac*ti"tious-ness, n.
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. De Quincey.
Syn. -- Unnatural. -- Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a factitious demand is one created by active exertions for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.

Factitive

Fac"ti*tive (?). a. [See Fact.]

1. Causing; causative.

2. (Gram.) Pertaining to that relation which is proper when the act, as of a transitive verb, is not merely received by an object, but produces some change in the object, as when we say, He made the water wine.

Sometimes the idea of activity in a verb or adjective involves in it a reference to an effect, in the way of causality, in the active voice on the immediate objects, and in the passive voice on the subject of such activity. This second object is called the factitive object. J. W. Gibbs.

Factive

Fac"tive (?), a. Making; having power to make. [Obs.] "You are . . . factive, not destructive." Bacon.

Facto

Fac"to (?), adv. [L., ablative of factum deed, fact.] (Law) In fact; by the act or fact. De facto. (Law) See De facto.

Factor

Fac"tor (?), n. [L. factor a doer: cf. F. facteur a factor. See Fact.]

1. (Law) One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts business for others in commission; a commission merchant or consignee. He may be a home factor or a foreign factor. He may buy and sell in his own name, and he is intrusted with the possession and control of the goods; and in these respects he differs from a broker. Story. Wharton.

My factor sends me word, a merchant's fled That owes me for a hundred tun of wine. Marlowe.

2. A steward or bailiff of an estate. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

3. (Math.) One of the elements or quantities which, when multiplied together, from a product.

4. One of the elements, circumstances, or influences which contribute to produce a result; a constituent.

The materal and dynamical factors of nutrition. H. Spencer.

Factor

Fac"tor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factored (-t?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factoring.] (Mach.) To resolve (a quantity) into its factors.

Factorage

Fac"tor*age (?), n. [Cf. F. factorage.] The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; -- called also a commission.

Factoress

Fac"tor*ess (?), n. A factor who is a woman. [R.]

Factorial

Fac*to"ri*al (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a factory. Buchanan.

2. (Math.) Related to factorials.

Factorial

Fac*to"ri*al, n. (Math.) (a) pl. A name given to the factors of a continued product when the former are derivable from one and the same function F(x) by successively imparting a constant increment or decrement h to the independent variable. Thus the product F(x).F(x + h).F(x + 2h) . . . F[x + (n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. Brande & C. (b) The product of the consecutive numbers from unity up to any given number.

Factoring

Fac"tor*ing (?), n. (Math.) The act of resolving into factors.

Factorize

Fac"tor*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Factorized (-?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Factorizing (-?"z?ng).] (Law) (a) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff. (b) To attach (the effects of a debtor) in the hands of a third person ; to garnish. See Garnish. [Vt. & Conn.]

Factorship

Fac"tor*ship, n. The business of a factor.

Factory

Fac"to*ry (?), n.; pl. Factories (-r. [Cf. F. factorerie.]

1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." Burke.

2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.

3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.

Factotum

Fac*to"tum (?), n.; pl. Factotums (-t. [L., do everything; facere to do + totus all : cf. F. factotum. See Fact, and Total.] A person employed to do all kinds of work or business. B. Jonson.

Factual

Fac"tu*al (?), a. Relating to, or containing, facts. [R.]
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Factum

Fac"tum (?), n.; pl. Facta (#). [L. See Fact.]

1. (Law) A man's own act and deed; particularly: (a) (Civil Law) Anything stated and made certain. (b) (Testamentary Law) The due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.

2. (Mach.) The product. See Facient, 2.

Facture

Fac"ture (?), n. [F. facture a making, invoice, L. factura a making. See Fact.]

1. The act or manner of making or doing anything; -- now used of a literary, musical, or pictorial production. Bacon.

2. (Com.) An invoice or bill of parcels.

Facul\'91

Fac"u*l\'91 (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of facula a little torch.] (Astron.) Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. Newcomb.

Facular

Fac"u*lar (?) a. (Astron.) Of or pertaining to the facul\'91. R. A. Proctor.

Faculty

Fac"ul*ty (?), n.; pl. Faculties (#). [F. facult, L. facultas, fr. facilis easy (cf. facul easily), fr. fecere to make. See Fact, and cf. Facility.]

1. Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any of the well-known classes of mental activity; psychical or soul capacity; capacity for any of the leading kinds of soul activity, as knowledge, feeling, volition; intellectual endowment or gift; power; as, faculties of the mind or the soul.

But know that in the soul Are many lesser faculties that serve Reason as chief. Milton.
What a piece of work is a man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! Shak.

2. Special mental endowment; characteristic knack.

He had a ready faculty, indeed, of escaping from any topic that agitated his too sensitive and nervous temperament. Hawthorne.

3. Power; prerogative or attribute of office. [R.]

This Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek. Shak.

4. Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation.

The pope . . . granted him a faculty to set him free from his promise. Fuller.
It had not only faculty to inspect all bishops' dioceses, but to change what laws and statutes they should think fit to alter among the colleges. Evelyn.

5. A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect.

6. (Amer. Colleges) The body of person to whom are intrusted the government and instruction of a college or university, or of one of its departments; the president, professors, and tutors in a college. Dean of faculty. See under Dean. -- Faculty of advocates. (Scot.) See under Advocate. Syn. -- Talent; gift; endowment; dexterity; expertness; cleverness; readiness; ability; knack.

Facund

Fac"und (?), a. [L. facundus, fr. fari to speak.] Eloquent. [Archaic]

Facundious

Fa*cun"di*ous (?), a. [L. facundiosus.] Eloquement; full of words. [Archaic]

Facundity

Fa*cun"di*ty (?), n. [L. facunditas.] Eloquence; readiness of speech. [Archaic]

Fad

Fad (?), n. [Cf. Faddle.] A hobby ; freak; whim. -- Fad"dist, n.
It is your favorite fad to draw plans. G. Eliot.

Faddle

Fad"dle (?), v. i. [Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle.] To trifle; to toy. -- v. t. To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Fade

Fade (?) a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that are somewhat fade." Jeffrey.
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.

Fade

Fade (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, a., Vade.]

1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

The earth mourneth and fadeth away. Is. xxiv. 4.

2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade." Milton.

3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

The stars shall fade away. Addison
He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. Shak.

Fade

Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden.

Faded

Fad"ed (?), a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. "His faded cheek." Milton.
Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight. Keats.

Fadedly

Fad"ed*ly, adv. In a faded manner.
A dull room fadedly furnished. Dickens.

Fadeless

Fade"less, a. Not liable to fade; unfading.

Fader

Fa"der (?), n. Father. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fadge

Fadge (?), v. i. [Cf. OE. faden to flatter, and AS. f to join, unit, G. f\'81gen, or AS. \'bef\'91gian to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. fair. Cf. Fair, a., Fay to fit.] To fit; to suit; to agree.
They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together. Milton.
Well, Sir, how fadges the new design ? Wycherley.

Fadge

Fadge (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Fading

Fad"ing (?), a. Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- Fad"ing*ly, adv. -- Fad"ing*ness, n.

Fading

Fad"ing, n. An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a fine jig." [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Fadme

Fad"me (?), n. A fathom. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fady

Fad"y (?), a. Faded. [R.] Shenstone.

F\'91cal

F\'91"cal (?), a. See Fecal.

F\'91ces

F\'91"ces (?), n.pl. [L. faex, pl. faeces, dregs.] Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation. [Written also feces.]

F\'91cula

F\'91c"u*la (?), n. [L.] See Fecula.

Fa\'89ry

Fa"\'89r*y (?), n. & a. Fairy. [Archaic] Spenser.

Faffle

Faf"fle (?), v. i. [Cf. Famble, Maffle.] To stammer. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Fag

Fag (?) n. A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]

Fag

Fag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fagging (?).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f\'bech devoted to death, OS. f, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.]

1. To become weary; to tire.

Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. G. Mackenzie.

2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.

Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. Coleridge.

3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.

Fag

Fag, v. t.

1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.

2. Anything that fatigues. [R.]

It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. Miss Austen.
Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy.

Fagend

Fag"*end" (?), n.

1. An end of poorer quality, or in a spoiled condition, as the coarser end of a web of cloth, the untwisted end of a rope, ect.

2. The refuse or meaner part of anything.

The fag-end of business. Collier.

Fagging

Fag"ging (?), n. Laborious drudgery; esp., the acting as a drudge for another at an English school.

Fagot

Fag"ot (?) n. [F., prob. aug. of L. fax, facis, torch, perh. orig., a bundle of sticks; cf. Gr. Fagotto.]

1. A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine. Shak.

2. A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.

3. (Mus.) A bassoon. See Fagotto.

4. A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company. [Eng.] Addison.

5. An old shriveled woman. [Slang, Eng.] Fagot iron, iron, in bars or masses, manufactured from fagots. -- Fagot vote, the vote of a person who has been constituted a voter by being made a landholder, for party purposes. [Political cant, Eng.]

Fagot

Fag"ot (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fagoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fagoting.] To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle; also, to collect promiscuously. Dryden.

Fagotto

Fa*got"to (?), n. [It. See Fagot.] (Mus.) The bassoon; -- so called from being divided into parts for ease of carriage, making, as it were, a small fagot.

Faham

Fa"ham (?), n. The leaves of an orchid (Angraecum fragrans), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea.

Fahlband

Fahl"band` (?), n. [G., fr. fahl dun-colored + band a band.] (Mining) A stratum in crystalline rock, containing metallic sulphides. Raymond.

Fahlerz, Fahlband

Fahl"erz (?), Fahl"band (?), n. [G. fahlerz; fahl dun-colored, fallow + erz ore.] (Min.) Same as Tetrahedrite.

Fahlunite

Fah"lun*ite (?), n. [From Falhun, a place in Sweden.] (Min.) A hydration of iolite.

Fahrenheit

Fah"ren*heit (?) a. [G.] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. -- n. The Fahrenheit termometer or scale. &hand; The Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at 212 degrees above. It is commonly used in the United States and in England.

Fa\'8bence

Fa`\'8b*ence" (?), n. [F., fr. Faenza, a town in Italy, the original place of manufacture.] Glazed earthenware; esp., that which is decorated in color.

Fail

Fail (?) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Failed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Failing.] [F. failir, fr. L. fallere, falsum, to deceive, akin to E. fall. See Fail, and cf. Fallacy, False, Fault.]

1. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.

As the waters fail from the sea. Job xiv. 11.
Till Lionel's issue fails, his should not reign. Shak.

2. To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. Berke.

3. To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

When earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail. Milton.

4. To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.

5. To perish; to die; -- used of a person. [Obs.]

Had the king in his last sickness failed. Shak.

6. To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this. Ezra iv. 22.
Either my eyesight fails, or thou look'st pale. Shak.

7. To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

Our envious foe hath failed. Milton.

8. To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Which ofttimes may succeed, so as perhaps Shall grieve him, if I fail not. Milton.

9. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Fail

Fail (?), v. t.

1. To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

There shall not fail thee a man on the throne. 1 Kings ii. 4.

2. To miss of attaining; to lose. [R.]

Though that seat of earthly bliss be failed. Milton.

Fail

Fail, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See Fail, v. i.]

1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail. "His highness' fail of issue." Shak.

2. Death; decease. [Obs.] Shak.

Failance

Fail"ance (?), n. [Of. faillance, fr. faillir.] Fault; failure; omission. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.

Failing

Fail"ing, n.

1. A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.

And ever in her mind she cas about For that unnoticed failing in herself. Tennyson.

2. The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt. Syn. -- See Fault.

Faille

Faille (?), n. [F.] A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.

Failure

Fail"ure (?), n. [From Fail.]

1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.

3. Want of success; the state of having failed.

4. Decau, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.

5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.

6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] Johnson.

Fain

Fain (?), a. [OE. fain, fagen, AS. f\'91gen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. f\'91gnian to rejoice, OS. fagan&omac;n, Icel. fagna, Goth. fagin&omac;n, cf. Goth. fah&emac;ds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf. Fawn to court favor.]

1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

Men and birds are fain of climbing high. Shak.
To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor.

2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak.

The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. Locke.

Fain

Fain, adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold.
He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv. 16.
Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.

Fain

Fain, v. t. & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.]
Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.

Fain\'82ant

Fai`n\'82`ant" (?), a. [F.; fait he does + n\'82ant nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.

Faint

Faint (?), a. [Compar. Fainter (-?r); superl. Faintest.] [OE. faint, feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Faign, and cf. Feint.]

1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.

3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

The faint prosecution of the war. Sir J. Davies.

Faint

Faint, n. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. Sir W. Scott.

Faint

Faint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting.]

1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.

Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away. Guardian.
If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way. Mark viii. 8.

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2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Prov. xxiv. 10.

3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye. Pope.

Faint

Faint (?), v. t. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.]
It faints me to think what follows. Shak.

Fainthearted

Faint"*heart`ed (?), a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4.
-- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.

Fainting

Faint"ing (?), n. Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak. Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq.]

Faintish

Faint"ish, a. Slightly faint; somewhat faint. -- Faint"ish*ness, n.

Faintling

Faint"ling (?), a. Timorous; feeble-minded. [Obs.] "A fainting, silly creature." Arbuthnot.

Faintly

Faint"ly, adv. In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.

Faintness

Faint"ness, n.

1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser.

3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.

4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.

I will send a faintness into their hearts. Lev. xxvi. 36.

Faints

Faints (?), n.pl. The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure.

Fainty

Faint"y (?), a. Feeble; languid. [R.] Dryden.

Fair

Fair (?), a. [Compar. Fairer (?); superl. Fairest.] [OE. fair, fayer, fager, AS. f\'91ger; akin to OS. & OHG. fagar, Isel. fagr, Sw. fager, Dan. faver, Goth. fagrs fit, also to E. fay, G. f\'81gen, to fit. fegen to sweep, cleanse, and prob. also to E. fang, peace, pact, Cf. Fang, Fain, Fay to fit.]

1. Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

A fair white linen cloth. Book of Common Prayer.

2. Pleasing to the eye; handsome; beautiful.

Who can not see many a fair French city, for one fair French made. Shak.

3. Without a dark hue; light; clear; as, a fair skin.

The northern people large and fair-complexioned. Sir M. Hale.

4. Not overcast; cloudless; clear; pleasant; propitious; favorable; -- said of the sky, weather, or wind, etc.; as, a fair sky; a fair day.

You wish fair winds may waft him over. Prior.

5. Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view.

The caliphs obtained a mighty empire, which was in a fair way to have enlarged. Sir W. Raleigh.

6. (Shipbuilding) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines.

7. Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor; open; upright; free from suspicion or bias; equitable; just; -- said of persons, character, or conduct; as, a fair man; fair dealing; a fair statement. "I would call it fair play." Shak.

8. Pleasing; favorable; inspiring hope and confidence; -- said of words, promises, etc.

When fair words and good counsel will not prevail on us, we must be frighted into our duty. L' Estrange.

9. Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting.

10. Free from any marked characteristic; average; middling; as, a fair specimen.

The news is very fair and good, my lord. Shak.
Fair ball. (Baseball) (a) A ball passing over the home base at the height called for by the batsman, and delivered by the pitcher while wholly within the lines of his position and facing the batsman. (b) A batted ball that falls inside the foul lines; -- called also a fair hit. -- Fair maid. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European pilchard (Clupea pilchardus) when dried. (b) The southern scup (Stenotomus Gardeni). [Virginia] -- Fair one, a handsome woman; a beauty, -- Fair play, equitable or impartial treatment; a fair or equal chance; justice. -- From fair to middling, passable; tolerable. [Colloq.] -- The fair sex, the female sex. Syn. -- Candid; open; frank; ingenuous; clear; honest; equitable; impartial; reasonable. See Candid.

Fair

Fair, adv. Clearly; openly; frankly; civilly; honestly; favorably; auspiciously; agreeably. Fair and square, justly; honestly; equitably; impartially. [Colloq.] -- To bid fair. See under Bid. -- To speak fair, to address with courtesy and frankness. [Archaic]

Fair

Fair, n.

1. Fairness, beauty. [Obs.] Shak.

2. A fair woman; a sweetheart.

I have found out a gift for my fair. Shenstone.

3. Good fortune; good luck.

Now fair befall thee ! Shak.
The fair, anything beautiful; women, collectively. "For slander's mark was ever yet the fair." Shak.

Fair

Fair, v. t.

1. To make fair or beautiful. [Obs.]

Fairing the foul. Shak.

2. (Shipbuilding) To make smooth and flowing, as a vessel's lines.

Fair

Fair, n. [OE. feire, OF. feire, F. foire, fr. L. fariae, pl., days of rest, holidays, festivals, akin to festus festal. See Feast.]

1. A gathering of buyers and sellers, assembled at a particular place with their merchandise at a stated or regular season, or by special appointment, for trade.

2. A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair.

3. A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products, etc., not primarily for purposes of sale; as, the Mechanics' fair; an agricultural fair. After the fair, Too late. [Colloq.]

Fair-haired

Fair"-haired` (?), a. Having fair or light-colored hair.

Fairhood

Fair"hood (?), n. Fairness; beauty. [Obs.] Foxe.

Fairily

Fair"i*ly (?), adv. In the manner of a fairy.
Numerous as shadows haunting fairily The brain. Keats.

Fairing

Fair"ing, n. A present; originally, one given or purchased at a fair. Gay. Fairing box, a box receiving savings or small sums of money. Hannah More.

1. F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Ph\'d2nician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically fis most closely related to p,k,v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. f, L. lupus, Gr. fox, vixen ; fragile, break ; fruit, brook, v. t.; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, &root; 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.

Fairish

Fair"ish, a. Tolerably fair. [Colloq.] W. D. Howells.

Fair-leader

Fair"-lead`er (?), n. (Naut.) A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.

Fairly

Fair"ly, adv.

1. In a fairmanner; clearly; openly; plainly; fully; distinctly; frankly.

Even the nature of Mr. Dimmesdale's disease had never fairly been revealed to him. Hawthorne.

2. Favorably; auspiciously; commodiously; as, a town fairly situated for foreign traade.

3. Honestly; properly.

Such means of comfort or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp. Hawthorne.

4. Softly; quietly; gently. [Obs.] Milton.

Fair-minded

Fair"-mind`ed (?), a. Unprejudiced; just; judicial; honest. -- Fair"*mind`ed*ness, n.

Fair-natured

Fair"-na`tured (?), a. Well-disposed. "A fair-natured prince." Ford.

Fairness

Fair"ness, n. The state of being fair, or free form spots or stains, as of the skin; honesty, as of dealing; candor, as of an argument, etc.

Faair-spoken

Faair"-spo`ken (?), a. Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. "A marvelous fair-spoken man." Hooker.

Fairway

Fair"way` (?), n. The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels. Totten. <-- [2]. That part of a golf course between the tee and the green which is of closely mowed grass, as contrasted to the rough. -->

Fair-weather

Fair"-weath`er (?), a.

1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. Pope.

2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. Fair-weather sailor, a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; -- the nautical equivalent of carpet knight.

Fair-world

Fair"-world` (?) n. State of prosperity. [Obs.]
They think it was never fair-world with them since. Milton.

Fairy

Fair"y (?), n.; pl. Fairies (#). [OE. fairie, faierie, enchantment, fairy folk, fairy, OF. faerie enchantment, F. f\'82er, fr. LL. Fata one of the goddesses of fate. See Fate, and cf. Fay a fairy.] [Written also fa\'89ry.]

1. Enchantment; illusion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The God of her has made an end, And fro this worlde's fairy Hath taken her into company. Gower.

2. The country of the fays; land of illusions. [Obs.]

He [Arthur] is a king y-crowned in Fairy. Lydgate.

3. An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon.

The fourth kind of spirit [is] called the Fairy. K. James.
And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring. Shak.

5. An enchantress. [Obs.] Shak. Fairy of the mine, an imaginary being supposed to inhabit mines, etc. German folklore tells of two species; one fierce and malevolent, the other gentle, See Kobold.

No goblin or swart fairy of the mine Hath hurtful power over true virginity. Milton.

Fairy

Fair"y, a.

1. Of or pertaining to fairies.

2. Given by fairies; as, fairy money. Dryden. Fairy bird (Zo\'94l.), the Euoropean little tern (Sterna minuta); -- called also sea swallow, and hooded tern. -- Fairy bluebird. (Zo\'94l.) See under Bluebird. -- Fairy martin (Zo\'94l.), a European swallow (Hirrundo ariel) that builds flask-shaped nests of mud on overhanging cliffs. -- Fairy rings ∨ circles, the circles formed in grassy lawns by certain fungi (as Marasmius Oreades), formerly supposed to be caused by fairies in their midnight dances. -- Fairy shrimp (Zo\'94l.), a European fresh-water phyllopod crustacean (Chirocephalus diaphanus); -- so called from its delicate colors, transparency, and graceful motions. The name is sometimes applied to similar American species. -- Fairy stone (Paleon.), an echinite.

Fairyland

Fair"y*land` (?) n. The imaginary land or abode of fairies.

Fairylike

Fair"y*like` (?), a. Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music.

Faith

Faith (?), n. [OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and cf. Confide, Defy, Fealty.]

1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.

2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.

Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. Coleridge.

3. (Theol.) (a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. (b) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.

Without faith it is impossible to please him [God]. Heb. xi. 6.
The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called "trust" or "confidence" exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. Dr. T. Dwight.
Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. J. Hawes.

4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.

Which to believe of her, Must be a faith that reason without miracle Could never plant in me. Shak.
Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. Gal. i. 23.

5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.

Children in whom is no faith. Deut. xxvii. 20.
Whose failing, while her faith to me remains, I should conceal. Milton.

6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.

For you alone I broke me faith with injured Palamon. Dryden.

7. Credibility or truth. [R.]

The faith of the foregoing narrative. Mitford.
Act of faith. See Auto-da-f\'82. -- Breach of faith, Confession of faith, etc. See under Breach, Confession, etc. -- Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. -- In good faith, with perfect sincerity. <-- faith healing, faith healer = faith cure. -->

Faith

Faith (?), interj. By my faith; in truth; verily.

Faithed

Faithed (?), a. Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [Obs.] "Make thy words faithed." Shak.

Faithful

Faith"ful (?), a.

1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God.

You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson.

2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements.

The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. Deut. vii. 9.

3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, be ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant.

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless, faithful only he. Milton.

4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation.

It is a faithful saying. 2 Tim. ii. 11.
The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed. Syn. -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy. -- Faith"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness, n.

Faithless

Faith"less, a.

1. Not believing; not giving credit.

Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27.

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak.

3. Not observant of promises or covenants.

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife.

A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak.

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.

Faitour

Fai"tour (?), n. [OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See Factor.] A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [Obs.]
Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser.

Fake

Fake (?), n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f\'91c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake

Fake, v. t. (Naut.) To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

Fake

Fake, v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

2. To make; to construct; to do.

3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Fake

Fake, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Fakir

Fa"kir (?), n. [Ar. faq\'c6r poor.] An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.]

Falanaka

Fa"la*na"ka (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.

Falcade

Fal*cade" (f&acr;l*k&amac;d"), n. [F., ultimately fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] (Man.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets. Harris.
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Falcate, Falcated

Fal"cate (?), Fal"ca*ted (?), a. [L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.

Falcation

Fal*ca"tion (?), n. The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne.

Falcer

Fal"cer (?), n. [From L. falx, falcis, a sickle.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the mandibles of a spider.

Falchion

Fal"chion (?), n. [OE. fauchon, OF. fauchon, LL. f\'84lcio, fr. L. falx, falcis, a sickle, cf. Gr. falcon; cf. It. falcione. Cf. Defalcation.]

1. A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages.

2. A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors.

Falcidian

Fal*cid"i*an (?), a. [L. Falcidius.] Of or pertaining to Publius Falcidius, a Roman tribune. Falcidian law (Civil Law), a law by which a testator was obliged to leave at least a fourth of his estate to the heir. Burrill.

Falciform

Fal"ci*form (?), a. [L. falx, falcis, a sickle + -form: cf. F. falciforme.] Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.

Falcon

Fal"con (?), n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. Falchion.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of a family (Falconid\'91) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. (b) Any species of the genus Falco, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game.

In the language of falconry, the female peregrine (Falco peregrinus) is exclusively called the falcon. Yarrell.

2. (Gun.) An ancient form of cannon. Chanting falcon. (Zo\'94l.) See under Chanting.

Falconer

Fal"con*er (?), n. [OE. fauconer, OF. falconier, fauconier, F. fauconnier. See Falcon.] A person who breeds or trains hawks for taking birds or game; one who follows the sport of fowling with hawks. Johnson.

Falconet

Fal"co*net (?), n. [Dim. of falcon: cf. F. fauconneau, LL. falconeta, properly, a young falcon.]

1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax. (b) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.

Falcongentil

Fal"con*gen`til (?), n. [F. faucon-gentil. See Falcon, and Genteel.] (Zo\'94l.) The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius).

Falconine

Fal"co*nine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconid\'91

Falconry

Fal"con*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. fauconnerie. See Falcon.]

1. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.

2. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.

Falcula

Fal"cu*la (?), n. [L., a small sickle, a billhook.] (Zo\'94l.) A curved and sharp-pointed claw.

Falculate

Fal"cu*late (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.

Faldage

Fald"age (?), n. [LL. faldagium, fr. AS. fald, E. fold. Cf. Foldage.] (O. Eng. Law) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor. Spelman.

Faldfee

Fald"fee` (?), n. [AS. fald (E.fold) + E. fee. See Faldage.] (O. Eng. Law) A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground. Blount.

Falding

Fald"ing, n. A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.]

Faldistory

Fal"dis*to*ry (?), n. [LL. faldistorium, faldestorium, from OHG. faldstuol; faldan, faltan, to fold (G. falten) + stuol stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See Fold, and Stool, and cf. Faldstool, Fauteuil.] The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [Obs.]

Faldstool

Fald"stool` (?), n. [See Faldistory.] A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church. Fairholt. &hand; In the modern practice of the Church of England, the term faldstool is given to the reading desk from which the litany is read. This esage is a relic of the ancient use of a lectern folding like a camp stool.

Falernian

Fa*ler"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine.

Falk

Falk (f&add;k), n. (Zo\'94l.) The razorbill. [Written also falc, and faik.] [Prov. Eng.]

Fall

Fall (f&add;l), v. i. [imp. Fell (?); p. p. Fallen (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Falling.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa`llein to cause to fall, Skr. sphal, sphul, to tremble. Cf. Fail, Fell, v. t., to cause to fall.]

1. To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer.

I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18.

2. To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees.

I fell at his feet to worship him. Rev. xix. 10.

3. To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean.

4. To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle.

A thousand shall fall at thy side. Ps. xci. 7.
He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell. Byron.

5. To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls.

6. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals. Shak.

7. To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points.

I am a poor falle man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master. Shak.
The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished. Sir J. Davies.

8. To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.

Heaven and earth will witness, If Rome must fall, that we are innocent. Addison.

9. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin.

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb. iv. 11.

10. To become insnared or embarrassed; to be entrapped; to be worse off than before; asm to fall into error; to fall into difficulties.

11. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; -- said of the countenance.

Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Gen. iv. 5.
I have observed of late thy looks are fallen. Addison.

12. To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes.

13. To pass somewha suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.

14. To happen; to to come to pass; to light; to befall; to issue; to terminate.

The Romans fell on this model by chance. Swift.
Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall. Ruth. iii. 18.
They do not make laws, they fall into customs. H. Spencer.

15. To come; to occur; to arrive.

The vernal equinox, which at the Nicene Council fell on the 21st of March, falls now [1694] about ten days sooner. Holder.

16. To begin with haste, ardor, or vehemence; to rush or hurry; as, they fell to blows.

They now no longer doubted, but fell to work heart and soul. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

17. To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.

18. To belong or appertain.

If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all. Pope.

19. To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him. To fall abroad of (Naut.), to strike against; -- applied to one vessel coming into collision with another. -- To fall among, to come among accidentally or unexpectedly. -- To fall astern (Naut.), to move or be driven backward; to be left behind; as, a ship falls astern by the force of a current, or when outsailed by another. -- To fall away. (a) To lose flesh; to become lean or emaciated; to pine. (b) To renounce or desert allegiance; to revolt or rebel. (c) To renounce or desert the faith; to apostatize. "These . . . for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away." Luke viii. 13. (d) To perish; to vanish; to be lost. "How . . . can the soul . . . fall away into nothing?" Addison. (e) To decline gradually; to fade; to languish, or become faint. "One color falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly." Addison. -- To fall back. (a) To recede or retreat; to give way. (b) To fail of performing a promise or purpose; not to fulfill. -- To fall back upon. (a) (Mil.) To retreat for safety to (a stronger position in the rear, as to a fort or a supporting body of troops). (b) To have recourse to (a reserved fund, or some available expedient or support). -- To fall calm, to cease to blow; to become calm. -- To fall down. (a) To prostrate one's self in worship. "All kings shall fall down before him." Ps. lxxii. 11. (b) To sink; to come to the ground. "Down fell the beauteous youth." Dryden. (c) To bend or bow, as a suppliant. (d) (Naut.) To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. -- To fall flat, to produce no response or result; to fail of the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat. -- To fall foul of. (a) (Naut.) To have a collision with; to become entangled with (b) To attack; to make an assault upon. -- To fall from, to recede or depart from; not to adhere to; as, to fall from an agreement or engagement; to fall from allegiance or duty. -- To fall from grace (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from the faith. -- To fall home (Ship Carp.), to curve inward; -- said of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side which are much within a perpendicular. -- To fall in. (a) To sink inwards; as, the roof fell in. (b) (Mil.) To take one's proper or assigned place in line; as, to fall in on the right. (c) To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse; as, on the death of Mr. B., the annuuity, which he had so long received, fell in. (d) To become operative. "The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in." Macaulay. -- To fall into one's hands, to pass, often suddenly or unexpectedly, into one's ownership or control; as, to spike cannon when they are likely to fall into the hands of the enemy. -- To fall in with. (a) To meet with accidentally; as, to fall in with a friend. (b) (Naut.) To meet, as a ship; also, to discover or come near, as land. (c) To concur with; to agree with; as, the measure falls in with popular opinion. (d) To comply; to yield to. "You will find it difficult to persuade learned men to fall in with your projects." Addison. -- To fall off. (a) To drop; as, fruits fall off when ripe. (b) To withdraw; to separate; to become detached; as, friends fall off in adversity. "Love cools, friendship falls off, brothers divide." Shak. (c) To perish; to die away; as, words fall off by disuse. (d) To apostatize; to forsake; to withdraw from the faith, or from allegiance or duty.

Those captive tribes . . . fell off From God to worship calves. Milton.
(e) To forsake; to abandon; as, his customers fell off. (f) To depreciate; to change for the worse; to deteriorate; to become less valuable, abundant, or interesting; as, a falling off in the wheat crop; the magazine or the review falls off. "O Hamlet, what a falling off was there!" Shak. (g) (Naut.) To deviate or trend to the leeward of the point to which the head of the ship was before directed; to fall to leeward. -- To fall on. (a) To meet with; to light upon; as, we have fallen on evil days. (b) To begin suddenly and eagerly. "Fall on, and try the appetite to eat." Dryden. (c) To begin an attack; to assault; to assail. "Fall on, fall on, and hear him not." Dryden. (d) To drop on; to descend on. -- To fall out. (a) To quarrel; to begin to contend.
A soul exasperated in ills falls out With everything, its friend, itself. Addison.
(b) To happen; to befall; to chance. "There fell out a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs and the mice." L'Estrange. (c) (Mil.) To leave the ranks, as a soldier. -- To fall over. (a) To revolt; to desert from one side to another. (b) To fall beyond. Shak. -- To fall short, to be deficient; as, the corn falls short; they all fall short in duty. -- To fall through, to come to nothing; to fail; as, the engageent has fallen through. -- To fall to, to begin. "Fall to, with eager joy, on homely food." Dryden. -- To fall under. (a) To come under, or within the limits of; to be subjected to; as, they fell under the jurisdiction of the emperor. (b) To come under; to become the subject of; as, this point did not fall under the cognizance or deliberations of the court; these things do not fall under human sight or observation. (c) To come within; to be ranged or reckoned with; to be subordinate to in the way of classification; as, these substances fall under a different class or order. -- To fall upon. (a) To attack. [See To fall on.] (b) To attempt; to have recourse to. "I do not intend to fall upon nice disquisitions." Holder. (c) To rush against. &hand; Fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in a perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of its applications, implies, literally or figuratively, velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. Its use is so various, and so mush diversified by modifying words, that it is not easy to enumerate its senses in all its applications.

Fall

Fall (?), v. t.

1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.]

For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak.

2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.]

3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.]

Upon lessening interest to four per cent, you fall the price of your native commodities. Locke.

4. To bring forth; as, to fall lambs. [R.] Shak.

5. To fell; to cut down; as, to fall a tree. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Fall

Fall, n.

1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship.

2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and had a fall.

3. Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.

They thy fall conspire. Denham.
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Prov. xvi. 18.

4. Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire.

Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. Pope.

5. The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; as, the fall of Sebastopol.

6. Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.

7. A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence.

8. Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.

9. Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.

10. The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice. Addison.

11. Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.

12. The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.

What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills. Dryden.

13. That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.

14. The act of felling or cutting down. "The fall of timber." Johnson.

15. Lapse or declinsion from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.

16. Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule. B. Jonson.

17. That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. Fall herring (Zo\'94l.), a herring of the Atlantic (Clupea mediocris); -- also called tailor herring, and hickory shad. -- To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. Shak.

Fallacious

Fal*la"cious (?), a. [L. fallaciosus, fr. fallacia: cf. F. fallacieux. See Fallacy.] Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; as, fallacious arguments or reasoning. -- Fal*la"cious*ly, adv. -Fal*la"cious*ness, n.
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Fallacy

Fal"la*cy (?), n.; pl. Fallacies (#). [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See Fail.]

1. Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

Winning by conquest what the first man lost, By fallacy surprised. Milton.

2. (Logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism. Syn. -- Deception; deceit; mistake. -- Fallacy, Sophistry. A fallacy is an argument which professes to be decisive, but in reality is not; sophistry is also false reasoning, but of so specious and subtle a kind as to render it difficult to expose its fallacy. Many fallacies are obvious, but the evil of sophistry lies in its consummate art. "Men are apt to suffer their minds to be misled by fallacies which gratify their passions. Many persons have obscured and confounded the nature of things by their wretched sophistry; though an act be never so sinful, they will strip it of its guilt." South.

Fallals

Fal"*lals` (?), n.pl. Gay ornaments; frippery; gewgaws. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Fallax

Fal"lax (?), n. [L. fallax deceptive. See Fallacy.] Cavillation; a caviling. [Obs.] Cranmer.

Fallen

Fall"en (?), a. Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Some ruined temple or fallen monument. Rogers.

Fallency

Fal"len*cy (?), n. [LL. fallentia, L. fallens p.pr of fallere.] An exception. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Faller

Fall"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, falls.

2. (Mach.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks.

Fallfish

Fall"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A fresh-water fish of the United States (Semotilus bullaris); -- called also silver chub, and Shiner. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Fallibility

Fal`li*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser.

Fallible

Fal"li*ble (?), a. [LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to deceive: cf. F. faillible. See Fail.] Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible.

Fallibly

Fal"li*bly, adv. In a fallible manner.

Falling

Fall"ing (?), a. & n. from Fall, v. i. Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i. -- Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century. -- Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy. Shak. -- Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star. -- Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an a\'89rolite. -- Falling tide, the ebb tide. -- Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] Bartlett.

Fallopian

Fal*lo"pi*an (?), a. [From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.

Fallow

Fal"low (?), a. [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. f\'94lr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plavpallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]

1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.

2. [Cf. Fallow, n.] Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zo\'94l.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola \'91nanthe). See Wheatear.

Fallow

Fal"low, n. [So called from the fallow, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n., cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]

1. Plowed land. [Obs.]

Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the fallows. Chaucer.

2. Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.

The plowing of fallows is a benefit to land. Mortimer.

3. The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; as, summer fallow, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds.

Be a complete summer fallow, land is rendered tender and mellow. The fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop. Sinclair.
Fallow crop, the crop taken from a green fallow. [Eng.] -- Green fallow, fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc. [Eng.]

Fallow

Fal"low (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fallowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fallowing.] [From Fallow, n.] To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land.

Fallow deer

Fal"low deer` (?). [So called from its fallow or pale yellow color.] (Zo\'94l.) A European species of deer (Cervus dama), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.

Fallowist

Fal"low*ist (?), n. One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair.

Fallowness

Fal"low*ness, n. A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Falsary

Fal"sa*ry (?), n. [L. falsarius, fr. falsus. See False, a.] A falsifier of evidence. [Obs.] Sheldon.

False

False (?), a. [Compar. Falser (?); superl. Falsest.] [L. falsus, p.p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]

1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.

I to myself was false, ere thou to me. Milton.

3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.

4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.

False face must hide what the false heart doth know. Shak.

5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.

Whose false foundation waves have swept away. Spenser.

6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.

7. (Mus.) Not in tune. False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has a false bearing. -- False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence. -- False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. -- False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. -- False door ∨ window (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry. -- False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. -- False galena. See Blende. -- False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. -- False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. -- False key, a picklock. -- False leg. (Zo\'94l.) See Proleg. -- False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an animal membrane. -- False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving false representations respecting her cargo, destination, ect., for the purpose of deceiving. -- False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments. -- False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption of the name and personality of another. -- False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning past or present facts and events, for the purpose of defrauding another. -- False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of the head rail to strengthen it. -- False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed by a flat or sharp. -- False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by the officer to whom it was delivered for execution. -- False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are five pairs in man. -- False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and the roof. Oxford Gloss. -- False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for fraudulent purposes. -- False scorpion (Zo\'94l.), any arachnid of the genus Chelifer. See Book scorpion. -- False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack. -- False vampire (Zo\'94l.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South America, formerly erroneously supposed to have blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and ghost vampire. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire. -- False window. (Arch.) See False door, above. -- False wing. (Zo\'94l.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under Bastard. -- False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding, bridge centering, etc.

False

False, adv. Not truly; not honestly; falsely. "You play me false." Shak.

False

False, v. t. [L. falsare to falsify, fr. falsus: cf. F. fausser. See False, a.]

1. To report falsely; to falsify. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To betray; to falsify. [Obs.]

[He] hath his truthe falsed in this wise. Chaucer.

3. To mislead by want of truth; to deceive. [Obs.]

In his falsed fancy. Spenser.

4. To feign; to pretend to make. [Obs.] "And falsed oft his blows." Spenser.

False-faced

False"-faced` (?), a. Hypocritical. Shak.

False-heart

False"-heart` (?), a. False-hearted. Shak.

False-hearted

False"-heart`ed, a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Falsehood

False"hood (?), n. [False + -hood]

1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. Fuller.

2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.

3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness.

Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak.

4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.

For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14.
No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. Milton.
Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.

Falsely

False"ly (?), adv. In a false manner; erroneously; not truly; perfidiously or treacherously. "O falsely, falsely murdered." Shak.
Oppositions of science, falsely so called. 1 Tim. vi. 20.
Will ye steal, murder . . . and swear falsely ? Jer. vii. 9.

Falseness

False"ness, n. The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his word.

Falser

Fals"er (?), n. A deceiver. [Obs.] Spenser.

Falsetto

Fal*set"to (?), n.; pl. Falsettos (#). [It. falsetto, dim. fr. L. falsus. See False.] A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.

Falsicrimen

Fal"si*cri"men (?). [L.] (Civ. Law) The crime of falsifying. &hand; This term in the Roman law included not only forgery, but every species of fraud and deceit. It never has been used in so extensive a sense in modern common law, in which its predominant significance is forgery, though it also includes perjury and offenses of a like character. Burrill. Greenleaf.

Falsifiable

Fal"si*fi`a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. falsifiable.] Capable of being falsified, counterfeited, or corrupted. Johnson.

Falsification

Fal`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. falsification.]

1. The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

To counterfeit the living image of king in his person exceedeth all falsifications. Bacon.

2. Willful misstatement or misrepresentation.

Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.

3. (Equity) The showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong. Story.

Falsificator

Fal"si*fi*ca`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. falsificateur.] A falsifier. Bp. Morton.

Falsifier

Fal"si*fi`er (?), n. One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.

Falsify

Fal"si*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Falsified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Falsifying.] [L. falsus false + -ly: cf. F. falsifier. See False, a.]

1. To make false; to represent falsely.

The Irish bards use to forge and falsify everything as they list, to please or displease any man. Spenser.

2. To counterfeit; to forge; as, to falsify coin.

3. To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false.

By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. Shak.
Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction. Addison.

4. To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word. Sir P. Sidney.

5. To baffie or escape; as, to falsify a blow. Bulter.

6. (Law) To avoid or defeat; to prove false, as a judgment. Blackstone.

7. (Equity) To show, in accounting, (an inem of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong. Story. Daniell.

8. To make false by multilation or addition; to tamper with; as, to falsify a record or document.

Falsify

Fal"si*fy, v. i. To tell lies; to violate the truth.
It is absolutely and universally unlawful to lie and falsify.
South.

Falsism

Fals"ism (?), n. That which is evidently false; an assertion or statement the falsity of which is plainly apparent; -- opposed to truism.

Falsity

Fal"si*ty (?), n.;pl. Falsities (#). [L. falsitas: cf. F. fausset\'82, OF. also, falsit\'82. See False, a.]

1. The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

Probability does not make any alteration, either in the truth or falsity of things. South.

2. That which is false; falsehood; a lie; a false assertion.

Men often swallow falsities for truths. Sir T. Brown.
Syn. -- Falsehood; lie; deceit. -- Falsity, Falsehood, Lie. Falsity denotes the state or quality of being false. A falsehood is a false declaration designedly made. A lie is a gross, unblushing falsehood. The falsity of a person's assertion may be proved by the evidence of others and thus the charge of falsehood be fastened upon him.

Falter

Fal"ter (?), v. t. To thrash in the chaff; also, to cleanse or sift, as barley. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Falter

Fal"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Faltering.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault. See Fault, v. & n.]

1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters.

With faltering speech and visage incomposed. Milton.

2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs falter." Wiseman.

3. To hesitate in purpose or action.

Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. Shak.

4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought.

Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. I. Taylor.

Falter

Fal"ter, v. t. To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
And here he faltered forth his last farewell. Byron.
Mde me most happy, faltering "I am thine." Tennyson.

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Falter

Fal"ter (?), n. [See Falter, v. i.] Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice.
The falter of an idle shepherd's pipe. Lowell.

Faltering

Fal"ter*ing, a. Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." Milton. -- n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.

Faluns

Fa`luns" (?), n. [F.] (Geol.) A series of strata, of the Middle Tertiary period, of France, abounding in shells, and used by Lyell as the type of his Miocene subdivision.

Falwe

Fal"we (?), a. & n. Fallow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Falx

Falx (?), n. [L., a sickle.] (Anat.) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

Famble

Fam"ble (?), v. i. [OE. falmelen; cf. SW. famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, falter, hesitate, Isel. f\'belma to grope. Cf. Famble.] To stammer. [Obs.] Nares.

Famble

Fam"ble, n. [Cf. Famble, v.] A hand [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our fambles." Beau. & Fl.

Fame

Fame (?), n. [OF. fame, L. fama, fr. fari to speak, akin to Gr. Ban, and cf. Fable, Fate, Euphony, Blame.]

1. Public report or rumor.

The fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house. Gen. xlv. 16.

2. Report or opinion generally diffused; renown; public estimation; celebrity, either favorable or unfavorable; as, the fame of Washington.

I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited. Shak.
Syn. -- Notoriety; celebrity; renown; reputation.

Fame

Fame, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famed (?),; p. pr. & vb. n. Faming.]

1. To report widely or honorably.

The field where thou art famed To have wrought such wonders. Milton.

2. To make famous or renowned.

Those Hesperian gardens famed of old. Milton.

Fameless

Fame"less, a. Without fame or renown. -- Fame"less*ly, adv.

Familiar

Fa*mil`iar (?), a. [OE. familer, familier, F. familier, fr. L. familiaris, fr. familia family. See Family.]

1. Of or pertaining to a family; domestic. "Familiar feuds." Byron.

2. Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.

3. Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible. "In loose, familiar strains." Addison.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. Shak.

4. Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.

That war, or peace, or both at once, may be As things acquainted and familiar to us. Shak.
There is nothing more familiar than this. Locke.

5. Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate. Camden. Familiar spirit, a demon or evil spirit supposed to attend at call. 1 Sam. xxviii. 3, 7-9.

Familiar

Fa*mil"iar, n.

1. An intimate; a companion.

All my familiars watched for my halting. Jer. xx. 10.

2. An attendant demon or evil spirit. Shak.

3. (Court of Inquisition) A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.

Familiarity

Fa*mil`iar"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Familiarities (#). [OE. familarite, F. familiarit\'82fr. L. faniliaritas. See Familiar.]

1. The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

2. Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties. Syn. -- Acquaintance; fellowship; affability; intimacy. See Acquaintance.

Familiarization

Fa*mil`iar*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of making familiar; the result of becoming familiar; as, familiarization with scenes of blood.

Familiarize

Fa*mil"iar*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Familiarized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Familiarizing (?).] [Cf. F. familiariser.]

1. To make familiar or intimate; to habituate; to accustom; to make well known by practice or converse; as, to familiarize one's self with scenes of distress.

2. To make acquainted, or skilled, by practice or study; as, to familiarize one's self with a business, a book, or a science.

Familiarly

Fa"mil"iar*ly, adv. In a familiar manner.

Familiarness

Fa*mil"iar*ness, n. Familiarity. [R.]

Familiary

Fa*mil"ia*ry (?), a. [L. familiaris. See Familiar.] Of or pertaining to a family or household; domestic. [Obs.] Milton.

Familism

Fam"i*lism (?), n. The tenets of the Familists. Milton.

Familist

Fam"i*list (?), n. [From Family.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of afanatical Antinomian sect originating in Holland, and existing in England about 1580, called the Family of Love, who held that religion consists wholly in love.

Familistery

Fam"i*lis*ter*y (?), n.; pl. Familisteries (. [F. familist\'8are.] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.

Familistic, Familistical

Fam`i*listic (?), Fam`i*lis"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to Familists. Baxter.

Family

Fam"i*ly (?), n.; pl. Families (#). [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh\'beman house, fr. dh\'beto set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. Do, v. t., Doom, Fact, Feat.]

1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.

2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.

The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. H. Spencer.

3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.

Go ! and pretennd your family is young. Pope.

4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.

5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.

6. A groupe of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.

7. (Biol.) A groupe of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zo\'94logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order. Family circle. See under Circle. -- Family man. (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him andd dependent upon him. (b) A man of domestic habits. "The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men." Mayhew. -- Family of curves ∨ surfaces (Geom.), a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation. -- In a family way, like one belonging to the family. "Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?" Thackeray. -- In the family way, pregnant. [Colloq.]

Famine

Fam"ine (?), n. [F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. h\'beni loss, lack, h\'be to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. "Worn with famine." Milton.
There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.
Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever.

Famish

Fam"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Famished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Famishing.] [OE. famen; cf. OF. afamer, L. fames. See Famine, and cf. Affamish.]

1. To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger. Shak.

2. To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Cen. xli. 55.
The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel. Dryden.

3. To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.

And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton.

4. To force or constrain by famine.

He had famished Paris into a surrender. Burke.

Famish

Fam"ish, v. i.

1. To die of hunger; to starve.

2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.

You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? Shak.

3. To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. Prov. x. 3.

Famishment

Fam"ish*ment (?), n. State of being famished.

Famosity

Fa*mos"i*ty (?), n. [L. famositas infamy: cf. F. famosit\'82. See Famous.] The state or quality of being famous. [Obs.] Johnson.

Famous

Fa"mous (?), a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.
Famous for a scolding tongue. Shak.
Syn. -- Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent. -- Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished.

Famoused

Fa"moused (?), a. Renowned. [Obs.] Shak.

Famously

Fa"mous*ly (?), adv. In a famous manner; in a distinguished degree; greatly; splendidly.
Then this land was famously enriched With politic grave counsel. Shak.

Famousness

Fa"mous*ness, n. The state of being famous.

Famular

Fam"u*lar (?), n. [Cf. L. famularis of servants.] Domestic; familiar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Famulate

Fam"u*late (?), v. i. [L. famulatus, p.p. of famulari to serve, fr. famulus servant.] To serve. [Obs.]

Famulist

Fam"u*list (?), n. [L. famulus servant.] A collegian of inferior rank or position, corresponding to the sizar at Cambridge. [Oxford Univ., Eng.]

Fan

Fan (?), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine, Winnow.]

1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad surface; as: (a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when opened to radiate from the center and assume the figure of a section of a circle. (b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel. (c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away. (d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a peacock's tail, a window, etc. (e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.

Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Is. xxx. 24.

2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan, as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames, heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the flame of his passion.

3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] Chaucer. Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air (fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and ventilation; a fanner. -- Fan cricket (Zo\'94l.), a mole cricket. -- Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those windows which are set in the circular heads of arched doorways. -- Fan shell (Zo\'94l.), any shell of the family Pectinid\'91. See Scallop, n., 1. -- Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface of fan vaulting. -- Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic. -- Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower. -- Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).

Fan

Fan (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fanning (?).] [Cf. OF. vanner, L. vannere. See Fan, n., Van a winnowing machine.]

1. To move as with a fan.

The air . . . fanned with unnumbered plumes. Milton.

2. To cool and refresh, by moving the air with a fan; to blow the air on the face of with a fan.

3. To ventilate; to blow on; to affect by air put in motion.

Calm as the breath which fans our eastern groves. Dryden.

4. To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. Jer. li. 2.

5. To excite or stir up to activity, as a fan axcites a flame; to stimulate; as, this conduct fanned the excitement of the populace. Fanning machine, ∨ Fanning mill, a machine for separating seed from chaff, etc., by a blast of air; a fanner.

Fanal

Fa`nal" (?), n. [F.] A lighthouse, or the apparatus placed in it for giving light.

Fanatic

Fa*nat"ic (?), a. [L. fanaticus inspired by divinity, enthusiastic, frantic, fr. fanum fane: cf. F. fanatique. See Fane.] Pertaining to, or indicating, fanaticism; extravagant in opinions; ultra; unreasonable; excessively enthusiastic, especially on religious subjects; as, fanatic zeal; fanatic notions.
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last. T. Moore.

Fanatic

Fa*nat"ic, n. A person affected by excessive enthusiasm, particularly on religious subjects; one who indulges wild and extravagant notions of religion.
There is a new word, coined within few months, called fanatics, which, by the close stickling thereof, seemeth well cut out and proportioned to signify what is meant thereby, even the sectaries of our age. Fuller (1660).
Fanatics are governed rather by imagination than by judgment. Stowe.

Fanatical

Fa*nat"ic*al (?), a. Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic. -Fa*nat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Fa*nat"ic*al*ness, n.

Fanaticism

Fa*nat"i*cism (?), n. [Cf. Fanatism.] Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.<-- and politics, terrorism --> Syn. -- See Superstition.

Fanaticize

Fa*nat"i*cize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fanaticized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fanaticizing (?).] To cause to become a fanatic.

Fanatism

Fan"a*tism (?), n. [Cf. F. fanatisme. Cf. Fanaticism.] Fanaticism. [R.] Gibbon.

Fancied

Fan"cied (?), a. [From Fancy, v. t.] Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong.

Fancier

Fan"ci*er (?), n.

1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but fanciers." Macaulay.

2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.

Fanciful

Fan"ci*ful (?), a.

1. Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects.

2. Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.

3. Curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress.

Gather up all fancifullest shells. Keats.
Syn. -- Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild. -- Fanciful, Fantastical, Visionary. We speak of that as fanciful which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as fantastical when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as visionary when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. Fanciful notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; visionary expectations are those which can never be realized in fact. -- Fan"ci*ful*ly, adv. -Fan"ci*ful*ness, n.
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Fanciless

Fan"*ci*less (?), a. Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination. [R.]
A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless, whose blood is white. Armstrong.

Fancy

Fan"cy (?), n.; pl. Fancies (#). [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. bh\'beto shine. Cf. Fantasy, Fantasia, Epiphany, Phantom.]

1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.

In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton.

2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.

How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? Shak.

3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.

I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke.

4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.

To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak.

5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer.

6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak. The fancy, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.

At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey.
Syn. -- Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See Imagination.

Fancy

Fan"cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fancied (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying (.]

1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.

If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke.

2. To love. [Obs.] Shak.

Fancy

Fan"cy, v. t.

1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden.

2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. "We fancy not the cardinal." Shak.

3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).

He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray.

Fancy

Fan"cy, a.

1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.

2. Extravagant; above real value.

This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay.
Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. -- Fancy goods, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. -- Fancy line (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. Fancy roller (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. -- Fancy stocks, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. -- Fancy store, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. -- Fancy woods, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.

Fancy-free

Fan"cy-free` (?), a. Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy-free." Shak.

Fancymonger

Fan"cy*mon`ger (?), n. A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. [Obs.] Shak.

Fancy-sick

Fan"cy-sick` (?), a. Love-sick. Shak.

Fancywork

Fan"cy*work` (?), n. Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.

Fand

Fand (?), obs. imp. of Find. Spenser.

Fandango

Fan*dan"go (?), n.; pl. Fandangoes (#). [Sp. A name brought, together with the dance, from the West Indies to Spain.]

1. A lively dance, in 3-8 or 6-8 time, much practiced in Spain and Spanish America. Also, the tune to which it is danced.

2. A ball or general dance, as in Mexico. [Colloq.]

Fane

Fane (?), n. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame.] A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [Poet.]
Such to this British Isle, her Christian fanes. Wordsworth.

Fane

Fane, n. [See Vane.] A weathercock. [Obs.]

Fanega

Fa*ne"ga (?), n. [Sp.] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1 De Colange.

Fanfare

Fan"fare` (?), n. [F. Cf. Fanfaron.] A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.; also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns during the chase.
The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various Christian princes. Sir W. Scott.

Fanfaron

Fan"fa*ron (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. fanfarron; cf. It. fanfano, and OSp. fanfa swaggering, boasting, also Ar. farf\'ber talkative.] A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster. [R.] Dryden.

Fanfaronade

Fan*far`on*ade" (?), n. [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron.] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.

Fanfoot

Fan"foot` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A species of gecko having the toes expanded into large lobes for adhesion. The Egyptian fanfoot (Phyodactylus gecko) is believed, by the natives, to have venomous toes. (b) Any moth of the genus Polypogon.

Fang

Fang (?), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p.p. and imp. tense), AS. f; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f\'behan, G. fahen, fangen, Isel. f\'be, Sw. f, f, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]

1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak.

He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.

2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged with scythes." Philips.

Fang

Fang, n. [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.

Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak.

2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.

3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.

4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. Knight.

5. (Mech.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.

6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. In a fang, fast entangled. -- To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]

Fanged

Fanged (?), a. Having fangs or tusks; as, a fanged adder. Also used figuratively.

Fangle

Fan"gle (?), n. [From Fang, v. t.; hence, prop., a taking up a new thing.] Something new-fashioned; a foolish innovation; a gewgaw; a trifling ornament.

Fangle

Fan"gle, v. t. To fashion. [Obs.]
To control and new fangle the Scripture. Milton.

Fangled

Fan"gled (?), a. New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled. "Our fangled world." Shak.

Fangleness

Fan"gle*ness (?), n. Quality of being fangled. [Obs.]
He them in new fangleness did pass. Spenser.

Fangless

Fang"less (?), a. Destitute of fangs or tusks. "A fangless lion." Shak.

Fangot

Fan"got (?), n. [Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot.] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight.

Fanion

Fan"ion (?), n. [See Fanon.]

1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]

2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.

Fanlike

Fan"like` (?), a. Resembling a fan; -- specifically (Bot.), folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.

Fannel

Fan"nel (?), n. [Dim., from same source as fanon.] Same as Fanon.

Fanner

Fan"ner (?), n.

1. One who fans. Jer. li. 2.

2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan.

Fannerved

Fan"*nerved` (?), a. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the winfs of some insects.

Fanon

Fan"on (?), n. [F. fanon, LL. fano, fr. OHG. fano banner cloth, G. fahne banner. See Vane, and cf. Fanion, Confalon.] (Eccl.) A term applied to various articles, as: (a) A peculiar striped scarf worn by the pope at mass, and by eastern bishops. (b) A maniple. [Written also fannel, phanon, etc.]

Fan palm

Fan" palm` (?). (Bot.) Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Cham\'91rops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in the West Indies, Florida, etc.; and especially the great talipot tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

Fantail

Fan"tail` (?), n. (Zool.) (a) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail. (b) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Fan-tailed

Fan"-tailed` (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

Fantasia

Fan*ta"si*a (?), n. [It. See Fancy.] (Mus.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.

Fantasied

Fan"ta*sied (?), a. [From Fantasy.] Filled with fancies or imaginations. [Obs.] Shak.

Fantasm

Fan"tasm (?), n. [See Phantasm, Fancy.] Same as Phantasm.

Fantast

Fan"tast (?), n. One whose manners or ideas are fantastic. [R.] Coleridge.

Fantastic

Fan*tas"tic (?), a. [F. fantastique, fr. Gr. Fancy.]

1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.

2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. Shak.

3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.

4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque.

There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.
Syn. -- Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.

Fantastic

Fan*tas"tic, n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. Milton.
Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to drow it out to be seen. Fuller.

Fantastical

Fan*tas"tic*al (?), a. Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.

Fantasticality

Fan*tas`ti*cal"i*ty (?), n. Fantastically. [Obs.]

Fantastically

Fan*tas"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In a fantastic manner.
the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.

Fantastic-alness

Fan*tas"tic-al*ness, n. The quality of being fantastic.

Fantasticism

Fan*tas"ti*cism (?), n. The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality. Ruskin.

Fantasticly

Fan*tas"tic*ly (?), adv. Fantastically. [Obs.]

Fantasticness

Fan*tas"tic*ness, n. Fantasticalness. [Obs.]

Fantasticco

Fan*tas"tic*co (?), n. [It.] A fantastic. [Obs.] Shak.

Fantasy

Fan"ta*sy (?), n.; pl. Fantasies (#). [See Fancy.]

1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

Is not this something more than fantasy ? Shak.
A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory. Milton.

2. Fantastic designs.

Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.

Fantasy

Fan"ta*sy, v. t. To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish.
Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Fantoccini

Fan`toc*ci"ni (?), n. pl. [It., dim. fr. fante child.] Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.

Fantom

Fan"tom (?), n. See Phantom. Fantom corn, phantom corn. Grose.

Fap

Fap (?), a. Fuddled. [Obs.] Shak.

Faquir

Fa*quir" (?), n. See Fakir.

Far

Far (?), n. [See Farrow.] (Zo\'94l.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

Far

Far, a. [Farther (#) and Farthest (#) are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See Further.] [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G. fern, a., Icel. fjarri, Dan. fjirn, Sw. fjerran, adv., Goth. fa\'c6rra, adv., Gr. paras, adv., far, and prob. to L. per through, and E. prefix for-, as in forgive, and also to fare. CF. Farther, Farthest.]

1. Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent.

They said, . . . We be come from a far country. Josh. ix. 6.
The nations far and near contend in choice. Dryden.

2. Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.

3. Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated.

They that are far from thee ahsll perish. Ps. lxxiii. 27.

4. Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther. F. Anstey.

5. The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. &hand; The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated. By far, by much; by a great difference. -- Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and far between." Farrar.

Far

Far, adv.

1. To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.

2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.

3. In great part; as, the day is far spent.

4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.

Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far above rubies. Prov. xxxi. 10.
As far as, to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under As. -- Far off. (a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively. (b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." Eph. ii. 13. -- Far other, different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike. Pope. -- Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region. -- Far and wide, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. "Far and wide his eye commands." Milton. -- From far, from a great distance; from a remote place. &hand; Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread.
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Farabout

Far"*a*bout` (?), n. A going out of the way; a digression. [Obs.] Fuller.

Farad

Far"ad (?), n. [From Michael Faraday, the English electrician.] (Elec.) The standard unit of electrical capacity; the capacity of a condenser whose charge, having an electro-motive force of one volt, is equal to the amount of electricity which, with the same electromotive force, passes through one ohm in one second; the capacity, which, charged with one coulomb, gives an electro-motive force of one volt.

Faradic

Far*ad"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguished electrician; -- applied especially to induced currents of electricity, as produced by certain forms of inductive apparatus, on account of Faraday's investigations of their laws.

Faradism, Faradization

Far"a*dism (?), Far`a*di*za"tion (?), n. (Med.) The treatment with faradic or induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes.

Farand

Far"and (?), n. See Farrand, n.

Farandams

Far"an*dams (?), n. A fabrik made of silk and wool or hair. Simmonds.

Farantly

Far"ant*ly (?), a. [See Farrand.] Orderly; comely; respectable. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Farce

Farce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Farcing (.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. Force to stuff, Diaphragm, Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]

1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]

The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets. Bp. Sanderson.
His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. Chaucer.

2. To render fat. [Obs.]

If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. B. Jonson.

3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]

Farcing his letter with fustian. Sandys.

Farce

Farce, n. [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes farctus), p.p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t.]

1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.

Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false. Dryden.

3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. "The farce of state." Pope.

Farcement

Farce"ment (?), n. Stuffing; forcemeat. [Obs.]
They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements. Feltham.

Farcical

Far"ci*cal (?), a. Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal.
-- Far"ci*cal*ly, adv. -Far"ci*cal*ness, n.

Farcical

Far"ci*cal, a. Of or pertaining to the disease called farcy. See Farcy, n.

Farcilite

Far"ci*lite (?), n. [Farce+-lite.] (Min.) Pudding stone. [Obs.] Kirwan.

Farcimen, Farcin

Far"ci*men (?), Far"cin (?), n. (Far.) Same as Farcy.

Farcing

Far"cing (?), n. (Cookery) Stuffing; forcemeat.

Farctate

Farc"tate (?), a. [L. farctus, p.p. of farcire. See Farce, v. t.] (Bot.) Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow. [Obs.]

Farcy

Far"cy (?), n. [F. farcin; cf. L. farciminum a disease of horses, fr. farcire. See Farce.] (Far.) A contagious disease of horses, associated with painful ulcerating enlargements, esp. upon the head and limbs. It is of the same nature as glanders, and is often fatal. Called also farcin, and farcimen. &hand; Farcy, although more common in horses, is communicable to other animals and to human beings. Farcy bud, a hard, prominent swelling occurrinng upon the cutaneous surface in farcy, due to the obstruction and inflammation of the lymphatic vessels, and followed by ulceration. Youatt.

Fard

Fard (?), n. [F., prob. fr. OHG. gifarit, gifarwit p.p. of farwjan to color, tinge, fr. farawa color, G. farbe.] Paint used on the face. [Obs.] "Painted with French fard." J. Whitaker.

Fard

Fard, v. t. [F. farder to paint one's face.] To paint; -- said esp. of one's face. [Obs.] Shenstone.

Fardage

Far`dage" (?), n. [F. See Fardel.] (Naut.) See Dunnage.

Fardel

Far"del (?), n. [OF. fardel, F. fardeau; cf. Sp. fardel, fardillo, fardo, LL. fardellus; prob. fr. Ar. fard one of the two parts of an object divisible into two, hence, one of the two parts of a camel's load. Cf. Furl.] A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden. [Obs.] Shak.
A fardel of never-ending misery and suspense. Marryat.

Fardel

Far"del, v. t. To make up in fardels. [Obs.] Fuller.

Farding-bag

Far"ding-bag` (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel.] The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

Fardingdale

Far"ding*dale (?), n. A farthingale. [Obs.]

Fardingdeal

Far"ding*deal (?), n. [See Farthing, and Deal a part.] The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc.]

Fare

Fare (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Faring.] [AS. faran to travel, fare; akin to OS., Goth., & OHG. faran to travel, go, D. varen, G. fahren, OFries., Isel., & Sw. fara, Dan. fare, Gr. peritus experienced, portus port, Skr. par to bring over. &root;78. Cf Chaffer, Emporium, Far, Ferry, Ford, Peril, Port a harbor, Pore, n.]

1. To go; to pass; to journey; to travel.

So on he fares, and to the border comes Of Eden. Milton.

2. To be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad; to be attended with any circummstances or train of events, fortunate or unfortunate; as, he fared well, or ill.

So fares the stag among the enraged hounds. Denham.
I bid you most heartily well to fare. Robynson (More's Utopia).
So fared the knight between two foes. Hudibras.

3. To be treated or entertained at table, or with bodily or social comforts; to live.

There was a certain rich man wwhich . . . fared sumptuously every day. Luke xvi. 19.

4. To happen well, or ill; -- used impersonally; as, we shall see how it will fare with him.

Sso fares it when with truth falsehood contends. Milton.

5. To behave; to conduct one's self. [Obs.]

She ferde [fared] as she would die. Chaucer.

Fare

Fare (?), n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]

1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]

That nought might stay his fare. Spenser.

2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.

3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]

The warder chid and made fare. Chaucer.

4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.

What fare? what news abroad ? Shak.

5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare." Dryden.

6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full fare of passengers. A. Drummond.

7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator ∨ register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. -- Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it. (b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing tickets of the driver or passing fares to the conductor. Knight.

Faren

Far"en (?), obs. p. p. of Fare, v. i. Chaucer.

Farewell

Fare`well" (?), interj. [Fare (thou, you) + well.] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.
So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton.
Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well. Byron.
&hand; The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.

Farewell

Fare`well" (?), n.

1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.

2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.

And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak.
Before I take my farewell of the subject. Addison.

Farewell

Fare"well` (?), a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.
Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell.
Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure.

Farfet

Far"fet` (?), a. [Far + fet, p. p. of Fette.] Farfetched. [Obs.]
York with his farfet policy. Shak.

Farfetch

Far"fetch` (?), v. t. [Far + fetch.] To bring from far; to seek out studiously. [Obs.]
To farfetch the name of Tartar from a Hebrew word. Fuller.

Farfetch

Far"fetch`, n. Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem. [Obs.] "Politic farfetches." Hudibras.

Farfetched

Far"fetched` (?), a.

1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.

Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne.

2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.

Farina

Fa*ri"na (?), n. [L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]

1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.] Craig.

Farinaceous

Far`i*na"ceous (?), a. [L. farinaceus.]

1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.

2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.

3. Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.

Farinose

Far`i*nose" (?), a. [L. farinosus: cf. F. farineux.]

1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.

2. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.)Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.

Farl

Farl (?), v. t. Same as Furl. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Farlie

Far"lie (?), n. [OE. ferlish wonder, as adj., strange, sudden, fearful, AS. f\'d6rl\'c6c sudden. See Fear.] An unusual or unexpected thing; a wonder. See Fearly. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Drayton.

Farm

Farm (?), n. [OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.]

1. The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products. [Obs.]

2. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold. [Obs.]

It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants. Spenser.

3. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.

4. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner. &hand; In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense. Burrill.

5. A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.

The province was devided into twelve farms. Burke.

6. (O. Eng. Law) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.

Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum. State Trials (1196).

Farm

Farm (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Farming.]

1. To lease or let for an equivalent, as land for a rent; to yield the use of to proceeds.

We are enforced to farm our royal realm. Shak.

2. To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes.

To farm their subjects and their duties toward these. Burke.

3. To take at a certain rent or rate.

4. To devote (land) to agriculture; to cultivate, as land; to till, as a farm. To farm let, To let to farm, to lease on rent.

Farm

Farm, v. i. To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.

Farmable

Farm"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being farmed.

Farmer

Farm"er (?), n. [Cf. F. fermier.] One who farms; as: (a) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant. Smart. (b) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman. (c) One who takes taxes, customs, excise, or other duties, to collect, either paying a fixed annuual rent for the privilege; as, a farmer of the revenues. (d) (Mining) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown. Farmer-general [F. fermier-general], one to whom the right of levying certain taxes, in a particular district, was farmed out, under the former French monarchy, for a given sum paid down. -- Farmers' satin, a light material of cotton and worsted, used for coat linings. McElrath. -- The king's farmer (O. Eng. Law), one to whom the collection of a royal revenue was farmed out. Burrill.

Farmeress

Farm"er*ess, n. A woman who farms.

Farmership

Farm"er*ship, n. Skill in farming.

Farmery

Farm"er*y (?), n. The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [Eng.]

Farmhouse

Farm"house`, n. A dwelling house on a farm; a farmer's residence.

Farming

Farm"ing, a. Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

Farming

Farm"ing, n. The business of cultivating land.

Farmost

Far"most` (?), a. Most distant; farthest.
A spacious cave within its farmost part. Dryden.

Farmstead

Farm"stead (?), n. A farm with the building upon it; a homestead on a farm. Tennyson.
With its pleasant groves and farmsteads. Carlyle.

Farmsteading

Farm"stead*ing, n. A farmstead. [Scot.] Black.

Farmyard

Farm"yard` (?), n. The yard or inclosure attached to a barn, or the space inclosed by the farm buildings.

Farness

Far"ness (?), n. [From Far, a.] The state of being far off; distance; remoteness. [R.] Grew.

Faro

Far"o (?), n. [Said to be so called because the Egyptian king Pharaoh was formerly represented upon one of the cards.] A gambling game at cardds, in whiich all the other players play against the dealer or banker, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Faro bank, the capital which the proprietor of a farotable ventures in the game; also, the place where a game of faro is played. Hoyle.

Faroese

Fa`ro*ese` (?), n. sing. & pl. An inhabitant, or, collectively, inhabitants, of the Faroe islands.

Faroff

Far"*off` (?), a. Remote; as, the far-off distance. Cf. Far-off, under Far, adv.

Farrag-inous

Far*rag-i*nous (?), a. [See Farrago.] Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [R.] Kirwan.
AA farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages. Sir T. Browne.

Farrago

Far*ra"go (?), n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mi8xed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.] A mass ccomposed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.
A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan.

Farfand

Far"fand (?), n. [OE. farand beautiful; cf. Gael. farranta neat, stout, stately; or perh. akin to E. fare.] Manner; custom; fashion; humor. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also farand.] Grose.

Farreation

Far`re*a"tion (?), n. [L. farreatio.] Same as Confarreation.

Farrier

Far"ri*er (?), n. [OE. farrour, ferrer, OF. ferreor, ferrier, LL. Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron. Cf. Ferreous.]

1. A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.

Farrier

Far"ri*er, v. i. To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are Gay.
[Obs.] Mortimer.

Farriery

Far"ri*er*y (?), n.

1. The art of shoeing horses.

2. The art of preventing, curing, or mitigating diseases of horses and cattle; the veterinary art.

3. The place where a smith shoes horses.


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Farrow

Far"row (?), n. [AS. fearh a little pig; a akin to OHG. farh, farah, pig, dim. farheli little pig, G. fercel, D. varken pig, Lith. parszas OIr. orc,L. porcus, Gr. Pork.] A little of pigs. Shak.

Farfow

Far"fow, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Farrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Farrowing.] To bring forth (young); -- said only of swine. Tusser.

Farrow

Far"row, a. [Cf. Scot. ferry cow a cow that is not with calf, D. vaarkoe, vaars, heifer, G. f\'84rse, AS. fearr bull, G. farre. Cf. Heifer.] Not producing young in a given season or year; -- said only of cows. &hand; If a cow has had a calf, but fails in a subsequent year, she is said to be farrow, or to go farrow.

Farry

Far"ry (?), n. A farrow. [Obs.] Perry.

Farse

Farse (?), n. [See Farce, n.] (Eccl.) An addition to, or a paraphrase of, some part of the Latin service in the vernacular; -- common in English before the Reformation.

Farseeing

Far"see`ing (?), a.

1. Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.

2. Having foresight as regards the future.

Farsighted

Far"sight`ed (?), a.

1. Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

2. (Med.) Hypermetropic.

Farsightedness

Far"sight`ed*ness, n.

1. Quality of bbeing farsighted.

2. (Med.) Hypermetropia.

Farstretched

Far"*stretched` (?), a. Streatched beyond ordinary limits.

Farther

Far"ther (?), a., compar. of Far. [superl. Farthest (. See Further.] [For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further. Cf. Farthest.]

1. More remote; more distant than something else.

2. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.

Before our farther way the fates allow. Dryden.
Let me add a farther Truth. Dryden.
Some farther change awaits us. MIlton.

Farther

Far"ther, adv.

1. At or to a greater distance; more renotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther.

2. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event. No farther, (used elliptically for) go no farther; say no more, etc.

It will be dangerous to go on. No farther ! Shak.

Farther

Far"ther, v. t. To help onward. [R.] See Further.

Fartherance

Far"ther*ance (?), n. [Obs.] See Furtherence.

Farthermore

Far"ther*more*" (?), adv. [Obs.] See Furthermore.

Farthermost

Far"ther*most` (?), a. Most distant or remote; as, the farthest degree. See Furthest.

Farthing

Far"thing (?), n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe\'a2r, fr. fe\'a2r fourth, fe\'a2r, fe\'a2wer, four. See Four.]

1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.

2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.]

In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. Chaucer.

3. A division of hand. [Obs.]

Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.

Farthingale

Far"thin*gale (?), n. [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant.] A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat.
We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. Shak.

Fasces

Fas"ces (?), n. pl. [L., pl. of fascis bundle; cf. fascia a band, and Gr. , (Rom. Antiq.) A bundle of rods, having among them an ax with the blade projecting, borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority.

Fascet

Fas"cet (?), n. (Glass Making) A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- calles also pontee and punty.

Fascia

Fas"ci*a (?), n.; pl. Fasci\'91 (#). [L., a band: cf. It. fascia. See Fasces, and cf. Fess.]

1. A band, sash, or fillet; especially, in surgery, a bandage or roller.

2. (Arch.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column.

3. (Anat.) The layer of loose tissue, often containing fat, immediately beneath the skin; the stronger layer of connective tissue covering and investing all muscles; an aponeurosis.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A broad well-defined band of color.

Fascial

Fas"ci*al (?), a.

1. Pertaining to the fasces.

2. (Anat.) Relating to a fascia.

Fasciate, Fasciated

Fas"ci*ate (?), Fas"ci*a`ted (?), a. [L. fasciatus, p.p. of fasciare to envelop with bands, fr. fascia band. See Fasces.]

1. Bound with a fillet, sash, or bandage.

2. (Bot.) (a) Banded or compacted together. (b) Flattened and laterally widened, as are often the stems of the garden cockscomb.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Broadly banded with color.

Fasciation

Fas`ci*a"tion, n. The act or manner of binding up; bandage; also, the condition of being fasciated.

Fascicle

Fas"ci*cle (?), n. [L. fasciculus, dim. of fascis. See Fasces.] A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

Fascicled

Fas"ci*cled (?), a. Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair.

Fascicular

Fas*cic"u*lar (?), a. Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root.

Fascicularly

Fas*cic"u*lar*ly, adv. In a fascicled manner. Kirwan.

Fasciculate, Fasciculated

Fas*cic"u*late (?), Fas*cic"u*la`ted (?), a. Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.

Fasciculus

Fas*cic"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Fasciculi (#). [L. See Fascicle.]

1. A little bundle; a fascicle.

2. A division of a book.

Fascinate

Fas"ci*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fascinated (?), p. pr. & vb. n.. Fascinating (.] [L. fascinare; cf. Gr.

1. To influence in an uncontrollable manner; to operate on by some powerful or irresistible charm; to bewitch; to enchant.

It has been almost universally believed that . . . serpents can stupefy and fascinate the prey which they are desirous to obtain. Griffith (Cuvier).

2. To excite and allure irresistibly or powerfully; to charm; to captivate, as by physical or mental charms.

there be none of the passions that have been noted to fascinate or bewhich but love and envy. Bacon.
Syn. -- To charm; enrapture; captivate; enchant; bewitch; attract.

Fascination

Fas`ci*na"tion (?), n. [L. fascinatio; cf. F. fascination.]

1. The act of fascinating, bewhiching, or enchanting; enchantment; witchcraft; the exercise of a powerful or irresistible influence on the affections or passions; unseen, inexplicable influence.

The Turks hang old rags . . . upon their fairest horses, and other goodly creatures, to secure them against fascination. Waller.

2. The state or condition of being fascinated.

3. That which fascinates; a charm; a spell.

There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

Fascine

Fas*cine" (?), n. [F., fr. L. fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. fascis. See Fasces.] (Fort. & Engin.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.

Fascinous

Fas"ci*nous (?), a. [L. fascinum witchcraft, akin to fascinare. See Fascinate.] Caused or acting by witchcraft. [Obs.] "Fascinous diseases." Harvey.

Fasciola

Fas*ci"o*la (?), n.;pl. Fasciol\'91 (#). [See Fasciole.] (Anat.) A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.

Fasciole

Fas"ci*ole (?), n. [L. fasciola a little bandage. See Fascia.] (Zo\'94l.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea.

Fash

Fash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fashing.] [OF. faschier, F. f, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr. L. fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.] To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.]

Fash

Fash, n. Vexation; anxiety; care. [Scot.]
Without further fash on my part. De Quincey.

Fashion

Fash"ion (?), n. [OE. fasoun, facioun, shape, manner, F. facon, orig., a making, fr. L. factio a making, fr. facere to make. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Faction.]

1. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc. ; workmanship; execution.

The fashion of his countenance was altered. Luke ix. 29.
I do not like the fashion of your garments. Shak.

2. The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; particularly, the mode or style usual among persons of good breeding; as, to dress, dance, sing, ride, etc., in the fashion.

The innocent diversions in fashion. Locke.
As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation. H. Spencer.

3. Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.

4. Mode of action; method of conduct; manner; custom; sort; way. "After his sour fashion." Shak. After a fashion, to a certain extent; in a sort. -- Fashion piece (Naut.), one of the timbers which terminate the transom, and define the shape of the stern. -- Fashion plate, a pictorial design showing the prevailing style or a new style of dress. <-- # in a sort? s.b. of a sort? -->

Fashion

Fash"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fashioning.] [Cf. F. faconner.]

1. To form; to give shape or figure to; to mold.

Here the loud hammer fashions female toys. Gay.
Ingenious art . . . Steps forth to fashion and refine the age. Cowper.

2. To fit; to adapt; to accommodate; -- with to.

Laws ought to be fashioned to the manners and conditions of the people. Spenser.

3. To make according to the rule prescribed by custom.

Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight. Locke.

4. To forge or counterfeit. [Obs.] Shak. Fashioning needle (Knitting Machine), a needle used for widening or narrowing the work and thus shaping it.

Fashionable

Fash"ion*a*ble (?), a.

1. Conforming to the fashion or established mode; according with the prevailing form or style; as, a fashionable dress.

2. Established or favored by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time; as, the fashionable philosophy; fashionable opinions.

3. Observant of the fashion or customary mode; dressing or behaving according to the prevailing fashion; as, a fashionable man.

4. Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society.

Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

Fashionable

Fash"ion*a*ble, n. A person who conforms to the fashions; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Fashionableness

Fash"ion*a*ble*ness, n. State of being fashionable.

Fashionably

Fash"ion*a*bly, adv. In a fashionable manner.

Fashioned

Fash"ioned (?), a.Having a certain style or fashion; as old-fashioned; new-fashioned.

Fashioner

Fash"ion*er (?), n. One who fashions, forms, ar gives shape to anything. [R.]
The fashioner had accomplished his task, and the dresses were brought home. Sir W. Scott.

Fashionist

Fash"ion*ist (?), n. An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions. [R.] Fuller.

Fashionless

Fash"ion*less, a. Having no fashion.

Fashion-monger

Fash"ion-mon`ger (?), n. One who studies the fashions; a fop; a dandy. Marston.

Fashion-mongering

Fash"ion-mon`ger*ing, a. Behaving like a fashion-monger. [R.] Shak.

Fassaite

Fas"sa*ite (?), n. (Min.) A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol.

Fast

Fast (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fasting.] [AS. f&ae;stan; akin to D. vasten, OHG. fast&emac;n, G. fasten, Icel. & Sw. fasta, Dan. faste, Goth. fastan to keep, observe, fast, and prob. to E. fast firm.]

1. To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry.

Fasting he went to sleep, and fasting waked. Milton.

2. To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or as a token of grief, or humiliation and penitence.

Thou didst fast and weep for the child. 2 Sam. xii. 21.
Fasting day, a fast day; a day of fasting.

Fast

Fast, n. [OE. faste, fast; cf. AS. f, OHG. fasta, G. faste. See Fast, v. i.]

1. Abstinence from food; omission to take nounrishment.

Surfeit is the father of much fast. Shak.

2. Voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious humiliation.

3. A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast. Fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of God. -- To break one's fast, to put an end to a period of abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's morning meal; to breakfast. Shak.

Fast

Fast, a. [Compar. Faster (?); superl. Fastest (?).] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Isel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv., Fast, v., Avast.]

1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

There is an order that keeps things fast. Burke.

2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places. Spenser.

3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]

Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. Bacon.

6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

All this while in a most fast sleep. Shak.

7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver. Thackeray. Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another "Play fast and loose with faith." Shak. Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re\'89ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa. -- Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable. -- To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.


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Fast

Fast (?), adv. [OE. Faste firmly, strongly, quickly, AS. f. See Fast, a.]

1. In a fast, fixed, or firmly established manner; fixedly; firmly; immovably.

We will bind thee fast. Judg. xv. 13.

2. In a fast or rapid manner; quickly; swiftly; extravagantly; wildly; as, to run fast; to live fast. Fast by, ∨ Fast beside, close or near to; near at hand.

He, after Eve seduced, unminded slunk Into the wood fast by. Milton.
Fast by the throne obsequious Fame resides. Pope.

Fast

Fast, n. That which fastens or holds; especially, (Naut.) a mooring rope, hawser, or chain; -- called, according to its position, a bow, head, quarter, breast, or stern fast; also, a post on a pier around which hawsers are passed in mooring.

Fasten

Fas"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening (?).] [AS. f\'91stnian; akin to OHG. festin&omac;n. See Fast, a.]

1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts.

The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift.

3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] Dryden.

If I can fasten but one cup upon him. Shak.
To fasten a charge, ∨ a crime, upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. -- To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. Acts iii. 4. Syn. -- To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.

Fasten

Fas"ten, v. i. To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling.
A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne.

Fastener

Fas"ten*er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

Fastening

Fas"ten*ing (?), n. Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

Faster

Fast"er (?), n. One who abstains from food.

Fast-handed

Fast"-hand`ed (?), a. Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fasti

Fas"ti (?), n.pl. [L.]

1. The Roman calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac.

2. Records or registers of important events.

Fastidiosity

Fas*tid`i*os"i*ty (?), n. Fastidiousness; squeamishness. [Obs.] Swift.

Fastidious

Fas*tid"i*ous (?), a. [L. fastidiosus disdainful, fr. fastidium loathing, aversion, perh. fr. fastus arrogance (of uncertain origin) + taedium loathing. Cf. Tedious, Fash.] Difficult to please; delicate to fault; suited with difficulty; squeamish; as, a fastidious mind or ear; a fastidious appetite.
Proud youth ! fastidious of the lower world. Young.
Syn. -- Squeamish; critical; overnice; difficult; punctilious. -- Fastidious, Squeamish. We call a person fastidious when his taste or feelings are offended by trifling defects or errors; we call him squeamish when he is excessively nice or critical on minor points, and also when he is overscrupulous as to questions of duty. "Whoever examines his own imperfections will cease to be fastidious; whoever restrains his caprice and scrupulosity will cease to be squeamish." Crabb. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Fas*tid"i*ous*ness, n.

Fastigiate, Fastigiated

Fas*tig"i*ate (?), Fas*tig"i*a`ted (?), a. [L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit.]

1. Narrowing towards the top.

2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed.

3. (Zo\'94l.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat.

Fastish

Fast"ish (?), a. Rather fast; also, somewhat dissipated. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Fastly

Fast"ly, adv. Firmly; surely.

Fastness

Fast"ness, n. [AS. f\'91stnes, fr. f\'91st fast. See Fast, a.]

1. The state of being fast and firm; firmness; fixedness; security; faithfulness.

All . . . places of fastness [are] laid open. Sir J. Davies.

2. A fast place; a stronghold; a fortress or fort; a secure retreat; a castle; as, the enemy retired to their fastnesses in the mountains.

3. Conciseness of style. [Obs.] Ascham.

4. The state of being fast or swift.

Fastuous

Fas"tu*ous (?), a. [L. fastuosus, from fastus haughtiness, pride: cf. F. fastueux.] Proud; haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Barrow. Fas"tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Fat

Fat (?), n. [See Vat, n.]

1. A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. [Obs.]

The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. Joel ii. 24.

2. A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. [Obs.] Hebert.

Fat

Fat, a. [Compar. Fatter (?); superl. Fattest (?).] [AS. f&aemac;tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.]

1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Making our western wits fat and mean. Emerson.
Make the heart of this people fat. Is. vi. 10.

3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. Carlyle.

5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]

Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. Swift.

6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page. Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.

Fat

Fat (?), n.

1. (Physiol. Chem.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose. &hand; Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats, tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, mixed in varying proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it follows that the consistency or hardness of fats depends upon the relative proportion of the three individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic, etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found, as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in the fat of the bay tree, etc.

2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

3. (Typog.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor. Fat acid. (Chem.) See Sebacic acid, under Sebacic. -- Fat series, Fatty series (Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series. -- Natural fats (Chem.), the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids.

Fat

Fat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. atting (?).] [OE. fatten, AS. f. See Fat, a., and cf. Fatten.] To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
We fat all creatures else to fat us. Shak.

Fat

Fat, v. i. To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.
An old ox fats as well, and is as good, as a young one. Mortimer.

Fatal

Fa"tal, a. [L. fatalis, fr. fatum: cf. F. fatal. See Fate.]

1. Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny; necessary; inevitable. [R.]

These thing are fatal and necessary. Tillotson.
It was fatal to the king to fight for his money. Bacon.

2. Foreboding death or great disaster. [R.]

That fatal screech owl to our house That nothing sung but death to us and ours. Shak.

3. Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error.

Fatalism

Fa"tal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. fatalisme.] The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

Fatalist

Fa"tal*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. fataliste.] One who maintains that all things happen by inevitable necessity.

Fatalistic

Fa`tal*is"tic (?), a. Implying, or partaking of the nature of, fatalism.

Fatality

Fa*tal"i*ty (?), n.;pl. Fatalities (#). [L. fatalitas: cf. F. fatalit\'82]

1. The state of being fatal, or proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

The Stoics held a fatality, and a fixed, unalterable course of events. South.

2. The state of being fatal; tendency to destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate; mortaility.

The year sixty-three is conceived to carry with it the most considerable fatality. Ser T. Browne.
By a strange fatality men suffer their dissenting. Eikon Basilike.

3. That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event. Dryden.

Fatally

Fa"tal*ly (?), adv.

1. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. Bentley.

2. In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.

Fatalness

Fa"tal*ness, . Quality of being fatal. Johnson.

Fata Morgana

Fa"ta Mor*ga"na (?). [It.; -- so called because this phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata) of the name of Morg\'a0na. See Fairy.] A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.

Fatback

Fat"back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The menhaden.

Fat-brained

Fat"-brained` (?), a. Dull of apprehension.

Fate

Fate (?), n. [L. fatum a prophetic declaration, oracle, what is ordained by the gods, destiny, fate, fr. fari to speak: cf. OF. fat. See Fame, Fable, Ban, and cf. 1st Fay, Fairy.]

1. A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned.

Necessity and chance Approach not me; and what I will is fate. Milton.
Beyond and above the Olympian gods lay the silent, brooding, everlasting fate of which victim and tyrant were alike the instruments. Froude.

2. Appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death.

The great, th'important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome. Addison.
Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown. Shak.
The whizzing arrow sings, And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings. Pope.

3. The element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him.

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. Pope.
Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams. B. Taylor.

4. pl. [L. Fata, pl. of fatum.] (Myth.) The three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parc\'91who were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread. &hand; Among all nations it has been common to speak of fate or destiny as a power superior to gods and men -- swaying all things irresistibly. This may be called the fate of poets and mythologists. Philosophical fate is the sum of the laws of the universe, the product of eternal intelligence and the blind properties of matter. Theological fate represents Deity as above the laws of nature, and ordaining all things according to his will -- the expression of that will being the law. Krauth-Fleming. Syn. -- Destiny; lot; doom; fortune; chance.

Fated

Fat"ed (?), p. p. & a.

1. Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people.

One midnight Fated to the purpose. Shak.

2. Invested with the power of determining destiny. [Obs.] "The fated sky." Shak.

3. Exempted by fate. [Obs. or R.] Dryden.

Fateful

Fate"ful (?), a. . Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. "The fateful steel." J. Barlow.

2. Significant of fate; ominous.

The fateful cawings of the crow. Longfellow.
-- Fate"ful*ly, adv.- Fate"ful*ness, n.

Fathead

Fat"head` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (Pimephales promelas); -- called also black-headed minnow. (b) A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.

Father

Fa"ther (?), n. [OE. fader, AS. f\'91der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p\'be protect. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, Potential, Pablum.]

1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1.

2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.

David slept with his fathers. 1 Kings ii. 10.
Abraham, who is the father of us all. Rom. iv. 16.

3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.

I was a father to the poor. Job xxix. 16.
He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. Gen. xiv. 8.

4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.

And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father! 2 Kings xiii. 14.

5. A senator of ancient Rome.

6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.

Bless you, good father friar ! Shak.

7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.

8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.

The father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Gen. iv. 21.
Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. Shak.
The father of good news. Shak.

9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.

Our Father, which art in heaven. Matt. vi. 9.
Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye. Milton.
Adoptive father, one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. -- Apostolic father, Conscript fathers, etc. See under Apostolic, Conscript, etc. -- Father in God, a title given to bishops. -- Father of lies, the Devil. -- Father of the bar, the oldest practitioner at the bar. -- Fathers of the city, the aldermen. -- Father of the Faithful. (a) Abraham. Rom. iv. Gal. iii. 6-9. (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. -- Father of the house, the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service. -- Most Reverend Father in God, a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York. -- Natural father, the father of an illegitimate child. -- Putative father, one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father. -- Spiritual father. (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. -- The Holy Father (R. C. Ch.), the pope.

Father

Fa"ther (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering.]

1. To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak.

2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).

Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. Swift.

3. To provide with a father. [R.]

Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? Shak.
To father on ∨ upon, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. "Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor." Barrow.
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Fatherhood

Fa"ther*hood (?), n. The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Father-in-law

Fa"ther-in-law` (?), n.; pl. Fathers-in-law (. The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law. &hand; A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law.

Fatherland

Fa"ther*land" (?), n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See Father, and Land.] One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.

Father-lasher

Fa"ther-lash`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

Fatherless

Fa"ther*less, a.

1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child.

2. Without a known author. Beau. & Fl.

Fatherlessness

Fa"ther*less*ness, n. The state of being without a father.

Fatherliness

Fa"ther*li*ness (?), n. [From Fatherly.] The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc.

Father longlegs

Fa"ther long"legs` (?). (Zo\'94l.) See Daddy longlegs, 2.

Fatherly

Fa"ther*ly, a.

1. Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful.

You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to a father.

Fathership

Fa"ther*ship, n. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.

Fathom

Fath"om (?), n. [fadme, fa&edh;me, AS. f\'91&edh;m fathom, the embracing arms; akin to OS. fa&edh;mos the outstretched arms, D. vadem, vaam, fathom, OHG. fadom, fadum, G. faden fathom, thread, Icel. fa&edh;mr fathom, Sw. famn, Dan. favn; cf. Gr. patere to lie open, extend. Cf. Patent, Petal.]

1. A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings.

2. The measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration. [R.]

Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business. Shak.

Fathom

Fath"om, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fathoming.]

1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.] Purchas.

2. The measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. Dryden.

The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import. Hawthotne.

Fathomable

Fath"om*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being fathomed.

Fathomer

Fath"om*er (?), n. One who fathoms.

Fathomless

Fath"om*less, a.

1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded.

And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.

2. Incomprehensible.

The fathomless absurdity. Milton.

Fatidical

Fa*tid"i*cal (?), a. [L. fatidicus; fatum fate + dicere to say, tell.] Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell. -- Fa*tid"i*cal*ly, adv.

Fatiferous

Fa*tif"er*ous (?), a. [L. fatifer; fatum fate + ferre to bear, bring.] Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive. [R.] Johnson.

Fatigable

Fat"i*ga*ble (?), a. [L. fatigabilis: cf. F. fatigable. See Fatigue.] Easily tired. [Obs.] Bailey.

Fatigate

Fat"i*gate (?), a. [L. fatigatus, p.p. of fatigare. See Fatigue.] Wearied; tired; fatigued. [Obs.]
Requickened what in flesh was fatigate. Shak.

Fatigate

Fat"i*gate (?), v. t. To weary; to tire; to fatigue. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Fatigation

Fat`i*ga"tion (?), n. [L. fatigatio: cf. OF. fatigation.] Weariness. [Obs.] W. Montaqu.

Fatigue

Fa*tigue" (?), n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.]

1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. Dryden.

3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. -- Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. -- Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. Farrow. -- Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty.

Fatigue

Fa*tigue", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatigued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fatiguing, n.] [Cf. F. fatiguer. See Fatigue, n.] To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire. Syn. -- To jade; tire; weary; bore. See Jade.

Fatiloquent

Fa*til"o*quent (?), a. [See Fatiloquist.] Prophetic; fatidical. [Obs.] Blount.

Fatiloquist

Fa*til"o*quist (?), n. [L. fatiloquus declaring fate; fatum fate+ Loqui to speak.] A fortune teller.

Fatimite, Fatimide

Fat"i*mite (?), Fat"i*mide (?), a. (Hist.) Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. -- n. A descendant of Fatima.

Fatiscence

Fa*tis"cence (?), n. [L. fatiscense, p.pr. of fatiscere to gape or crack open.] A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures. Kirwan.

Fat-kidneyed

Fat"-kid`neyed (?), a.Gross; lubberly.
Peace, ye fat-kidneyed rascal ! Shak.

Fatling

Fat"ling (?), n. [Fat + -ling.] A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food.
He sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 2 Sam. vi. 13.

Fatly

Fat"ly, adv. Grossly; greasily.

Fatner

Fat"ner (?), n. One who fattens. [R.] See Fattener. Arbuthnit.

Fatness

Fat"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

Their eyes stand out with fatness. Ps. lxxiii. 7.

2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.

Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. Rowe.

3. That which makes fat or fertile.

The clouds drop fatness. Philips.

Fatten

Fat"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fattened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fattining (?).] [See Fat, v. t.]

1. To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.

2. To make fertile and fruitful; to enrich; as, to fatten land; to fatten fields with blood. Dryden.

Fatten

Fat"ten, v. i. To grow fat or corpulent; to grow plump, thick, or fleshy; to be pampered.
And villains fatten with the brave man's labor. Otway.

Fattener

Fat"ten*er (?), n.One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.

Fattiness

Fat"ti*ness (?), n.State or quality of being fatty.

Fattish

Fat"tish (?), a. Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness.
Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed-looking, fattish old man. Carlyle.

Fatty

Fat"ty (?), a. Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances. -- Fatty clays. See under Clay. -- Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs. -- Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration. -- Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter. -- Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.

Fatuitous

Fa*tu"i*tous (?), a. Stupid; fatuous.

Fatuity

Fa*tu"i*ty (?), n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuit\'82 Cf. Fatuous.] Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Those many forms of popular fatuity. I Taylor.

Fatuous

Fat"u*ous (?), a. [L. fatuus.]

1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous. Glanvill.

2. Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.

Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Danham.

Fat-wited

Fat"-wit`ed (?), a. Dull; stupid. Shak.

Faubourg

Fau`bourg" (?), n. [F.] A suburb of French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls.

Faucal

Fau"cal (?), a. [L. fauces throat.] Pertaining to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial; esp., (Phon.) produced in the fauces, as certain deep guttural sounds found in the Semitic and some other languages.
Ayin is the most difficult of the faucals. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

Fauces

Fau"ces (?), n.pl. [L.]

1. (Anat.) The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.

2. (Bot.) The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.

3. (Zo\'94l.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Faucet

Fau"cet (?), n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.]

1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section.

Fauchion

Fau"chion (?), n. See Falchion. [Obs.]

Faucial

Fau"cial (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.

Faugh

Faugh (?), interj. [Cf. Foh.] An exclamation of contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.

Faulchion

Faul"chion (?), n. See Falchion.

Faulcon

Faul"con (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Falcon.

Fauld

Fauld (?), n. The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

Faule

Faule (?), n. A fall or falling band. [Obs.]
These laces, ribbons, and these faules. Herrick.

Fault

Fault (?), n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See Fail, and cf. Default.]

1. Defect; want; lack; default.

One, it pleases me, for fault of a better, to call my friend. Shak.

2. Anything that fails, that is wanting, or that impairs excellence; a failing; a defect; a blemish.

As patches set upon a little breach Discredit more in hiding of the fault. Shak.

3. A moral failing; a defect or dereliction from duty; a deviation from propriety; an offense less serious than a crime.

4. (Geol. & Mining) (a) A dislocation of the strata of the vein. (b) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc. Raymond.

5. (Hunting) A lost scent; act of losing the scent.

Ceasing their clamorous cry till they have singled, With much ado, the cold fault cleary out. Shak.

6. (Tennis) Failure to serve the ball into the proper court. At fault, unable to find the scent and continue chase; hance, in trouble ot embarrassment, and unable to proceed; puzzled; thhrown off the track. -- To find fault, to find reason for blaming or complaining; to express dissatisfaction; to complain; -- followed by with before the thing complained of; but formerly by at. "Matter to find fault at." Robynson (More's Utopia). Syn. -- -- Error; blemish; defect; imperfection; weakness; blunder; failing; vice. -- Fault, Failing, Defect, Foible. A fault is positive, something morally wrong; a failing is negative, some weakness or failling short in a man's character, disposition, or habits; a defect is also negative, and as applied to character is the absence of anyything which is necessary to its completeness or perfection; a foible is a less important weakness, which we overlook or smile at. A man may have many failings, and yet commit but few faults; or his faults and failings may be few, while his foibles are obvious to all. The faults of a friend are often palliated or explained away into mere defects, and the defects or foibles of an enemy exaggerated into faults. "I have failings in common with every human being, besides my own peculiar faults; but of avarice I have generally held myself guiltless." Fox. "Presumption and self-applause are the foibles of mankind." Waterland.

Fault

Fault (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Faulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Faulting.]

1. To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame. [Obs.]

For that I will not fault thee. Old Song.

2. (Geol.) To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p.p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.

Fault

Fault, v. i. To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong. [Obs.]
If after Samuel's death the people had asked of God a king, they had not faulted. Latimer.

Faulter

Fault"er (?), n. One who commits a fault. [Obs.]
Behold the faulter here in sight. Fairfax.

Fault-finder

Fault"-find`er (?), n. One who makes a practice off discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.

Fault-finding

Fault"-find`ing, n. The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

Faultful

Fault"ful (?), a. Full of faults or sins. Shak.

Faultily

Fault"i*ly (?), adv. In a faulty manner.

Faultiness

Fault"i*ness, n. Quality or state of being faulty.
Round, even to faultiness. Shak.

Faulting

Fault"ing, n. (Geol.) The state or condition of being faulted; the process by which a fault is produced.

Faultless

Fault"less, a. Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.
Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. Pope.
Syn. -- Blameless; spotless; perfect. See Blameless. -- Fault"less*ly, adv.-Fault"less*ness, n.

Faulty

Fault"y (?), a.

1. Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.

Created once So goodly and erect, though faulty since. Milton.

2. Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. Shak.

The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty. 2 Sam. xiv. 13.

Faun

Faun (?), n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See Favor.] (Rom. Myth.) A god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man.
Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. Milton.

Fauna

Fau"na (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zo\'94l.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Faunal

Fau"nal (?), a. Relating to fauna.

Faunist

Fau"nist (?), n. One who describes the fauna of country; a naturalist. Gilbert White.

Faunus

Fau"nus (?), n.;pl. Fauni (#). [L.] (Myth.) See Faun.

Fausen

Fau"sen (?), n. [Cf. W. llysowen eel, ll sounding in Welsh almost like fl.] (Zo\'94l.) A young eel. [Prov. Eng.]

Fausse-braye

Fausse`-braye" (?), n. [F. fausse-braie.] (Mil.) A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.

Fauteuil

Fau`teuil" (?), n. [F. See Faldistory.]

1. An armchair; hence (because the members sit in fauteuils or armchairs), membership in the French Academy.

2. Chair of a presiding officer.

Fautor

Fau"tor (?), n. [L., contr. fr. favitor, fr. favere to be favorable: cf. F. fauteur. See Favor.] A favorer; a patron; one who gives countenance or support; an abettor. [Obs.]
The king and the fautors of his proceedings. Latimer.

Fautress

Fau"tress (?), n. [L. fauutrix: cf. F. fautrice.] A patroness. [Obs.] Chapman.

Fauvette

Fau`vette" (?), n. [F., dim. fr. fauve fawn-colored.] (Zo\'94l.) A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.
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Faux

Faux (?), n.; pl. Fauces (#). [L.] See Fauces. <-- no pos in original = n. -->

faux pas

faux` pas" (?). [F. See False, and Pas.] A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

Favaginous

Fa*vag"i*nous (?), a. [L. favus a honeycomb.] Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

Favas

Fa"vas (?), n. See Favus, n., 2. Fairholt.

Favel

Fa"vel (?), a. [OF. fauvel, favel, dim. of F. fauve; of German oigin. See Fallow, a.] Yellow; fal [Obs.] Wright.

Favel

Fa"vel, n. A horse of a favel or dun color. To curry favel. See To curry favor, under Favor, n.

Favel

Fa"vel, n. [OF. favele, fr. L. fabella short fable, dim. of fabula. See Fable.] Flattery; cajolery; deceit. [Obs.] Skeat.

Favella

Fa*vel"la (?), n. [NL., prob. from L. favus a honeycomb.] (Bot.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red alg\'91.

Faveolate

Fa*ve"o*late (?), a. [L. favus honeycomb.] Honeycomb; having cavities or cells, somewhat resembling those of a honeycomb; alveolate; favose.

Favillous

Fa*vil"lous (?), a. [L. favilla sparkling or glowing asges.] Of or pertaining to ashes. [Obs.]
Light and favollous particles. Sir T. Browne.

Favonian

Fa*vo"ni*an (?), a. [L. Favonius the west wind.] Pertaining to the west wind; soft; mild; gentle.

Favor

Fa"vor (?), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh\'bevaya to further, foster, causative of bhBe. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d Favel.]

1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.

2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending.

But found no favor in his lady's eyes. Dryden.
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. Luke ii. 52.

3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration.

Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. Shak.

4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity.

I could not discover the lenity and fabor of this sentence. Swift.

5. The object of regard; person or thing favored.

All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. Milton.

6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding.

Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.

7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.]

This boy is fair, of female favor. Shak.

8. (Law) Partiality; bias. Bouvier.

9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received.

10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] Wright. Challenge to the favor ∨ for favor (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See Principal challenge, under Challenge. -- In favor of, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. -- In favor with, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. -- To curry favor [see the etymology of Favor, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. -- With one's favor, ∨ By one's favor, with leave; by kind permission.

But, with your favor, I will treat it here. Dryden.
Syn. -- Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit.

Favor

Fa"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Favored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Favoring.] [Written also favour.] [Cf. OF. favorer, favorir. See Favor, n.]

1. To regard with kindness; to support; to aid, or to have the disposition to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards.

O happy youth! and favored of the skies. Pope.
He that favoreth Joab, . . . let him go after Joab. 2 Sam. xx. 11.
[The painter] has favored her squint admirably. Swift.

2. To afford advantages for success to; to facilitate; as, a weak place favored the entrance of the enemy.

3. To resemble in features; to have the aspect or looks of; as, the child favors his father.

The porter owned that the gentleman favored his master. Spectator.

Favorable

Fa"vor*a*ble (?), a. [Written also favourable.] [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]

1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak.
Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.

2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient.

A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon.
The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.

3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Fa"vora*ble*ness, n. -- Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv.

The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.

Favored

Fa"vored (?), a.

1. Countenanced; aided; regarded with kidness; as, a favored friend.

2. Having a certain favor or appearance; featured; as, well-favored; hard-favored, etc.

Favoredly

Fa"vored*ly (?), adv. In a favored or a favorable manner; favorably. [Obs.] Deut. xvii. 1. Arscham.

Favoredness

Fa"vored*ness, n. Appearance. [Obs.]

Favorer

Fa"vor*er (?), n. One who favors; one who regards with kindness or friendship; a well-wisher; one who assists or promotes success or prosperity. [Written also favourer.]
And come to us as favorers, not as foes. Shak.

Favoress

Fa"vor*ess (?), n. A woman who favors or gives countenance. [Written also fovouress.]

Favoring

Fa"vor*ing, a. That favors. -- Fa"vor*ing*ly, adv.

Favorite

Fa"vor*ite (?), n. [OF. favorit favored, F. favori, fem. favorite, p.p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to favor. See Favor.]

1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority.

Committing to a wicked favorite All public cares. Milton.

2. pl. Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. [Obs.] Farquhar.

3. (Sporting) The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting.

Favorite

Fa"vor*ite, a. Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. "His favorite argument." Macaulay.

Favoritism

Fa"vor*it*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. favoritisme.] The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality.
A spirit of favoritism to the Bank of the United States. A. Hamilton.

Favorless

Fa"vor*less, a.

1. Unfavored; not regarded with favor; having no countenance or support.

2. Unpropitious; unfavorable. [Obs.] "Fortune favorless." Spenser.

Favose

Fa*vose" (?), a. [L. favus honeycomb.]

1. (Bot.) Honeycombed. See Faveolate.

2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the disease called favus.

Favosite

Fav"o*site (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Favosites.

Favosites

Fav`o*si"tes (?), n. [NL. See Favose.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil corals abundant in the Silurian and Devonian rocks, having polygonal cells with perforated walls.

Favus

Fa"vus (?), n. [L., honeycomb.]

1. (Med.) A disease of the scalp, produced by a vegetable parasite.

2. A tile or flagstone cut into an hexagonal shape to produce a honeycomb pattern, as in a pavement; -- called also favas and sectila. Mollett.

Fawe

Fawe (?), a. [See Fain.] Fain; glad; delighted. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fawkner

Fawk"ner (?), n. [See Falconer.] A falconer. [Obs.] Donne.

Fawn

Fawn (?), n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]

[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. Holland.

3. A fawn color.

Fawn

Fawn, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawn

Fawn, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn.

Fawn

Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f\'91gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak.
Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton.
Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.

Fawn

Fawn, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak.

Fawn-colored

Fawn"-col`ored (?), a. Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.

Fawner

Fawn"er (?), n. One who fawns; a sycophant.

Fawningly

Fawn"ing*ly, adv. In a fawning manner.

Faxed

Faxed (?), a. [AS. feaxede haired, fr. feax hair. Cf. Paxwax.] Hairy. [Obs.] amden.

Fay

Fay (?), n. [F. f\'82e. See Fate, and cf. Fairy.] A fairy; an elf. "Yellow-skirted fays." Milton.

Fay

Fay, n. [OF. fei, F. foi. See Faith.] Faith; as, by my fay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fay

Fay (f\'be), v. t. [imp. & p. p. fayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Faying.] [OE. feien, v.t. & i., AS. f\'c7gan to join, unite; akin to OS. f\'d3gian, D. voegen, OHG. fuogen, G. f\'81gen, Sw. foga. See Fair, and cf. Fadge.] (Shipbuilding) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

Fay

Fay, v. i. (Shipbuilding) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together. Faying surface, that surface of an object which comes with another object to which it is fastened; -- said of plates, angle irons, etc., that are riveted together in shipwork.

Fayalite

Fay"al*ite (?), n. [So called from the island Fayal.] (Min.) A black, greenish, or brownish mineral of the chrysolite group. It is a silicate of iron.

Fayence

Fa`y*ence" (?), n. See Fa.

Faytour

Fay"tour (?), n. See Faitour. [Obs.] Spenser.

Faze

Faze (?), v. t. See Feeze.

Fazzolet

Faz"zo*let` (?), n. [It. fazzoletto.] A handkerchief. [R.] percival.

Feaberry

Fea"ber*ry (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. feabe, theabe, thape.] (Bot.) A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.] Prior.

Feague

Feague (?), v. t. [Cf. G. fegen to sweep, Icel. f\'91gia to cleanse, polish, E. fair, fay, to fit, fey to cleanse.] To beat or whip; to drive. [Obs.] Otway.

Feal

Fe"al (?), a. [OF. feal, feel, feeil, fedeil, F. fid\'8ale, L. fidelis faithful, fr. fides faith. See Faith.] Faithful; loyal. [Obs.] Wright.

Fealty

Fe"al*ty (?), n. [OE. faute, OF. faut\'82, fealt\'82, feel\'82, feelteit, fr. L. fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful. See Feal, and cf. Fidelity.]

1. Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Tomlins.

2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.

He should maintain fealty to God. I. Taylor.
Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends. tennyson.
Swore fealty to the new government. Macaulay.
&hand; Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath. See Homage. Wharton. Syn. -- Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.

Fear

Fear (?), n. A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fear

Fear, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f\'bera danger, G. gefahr, Icel. f\'ber harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See Fare.]

1. A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm; dread. &hand; The degrees of this passion, beginning with the most moderate, may be thus expressed, -- apprehension, fear, dread, fright, terror.

Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of future evil likely to befall us. Locke.
Where no hope is left, is left no fear. Milton.

2. (Script.) (a) Apprehension of incurring, or solicitude to avoid, God's wrath; the trembling and awful reverence felt toward the Supreme Belng. (b) Respectful reverence for men of authority or worth.

I will put my fear in their hearts. Jer. xxxii. 40.
I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Ps. xxxiv. 11.
render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due . . . fear to whom fear. Rom. xiii. 7.

3. That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was. Ps. liii. 5.
The fear of your adventure would counsel you to a more equal enterprise. Shak.
For fear, in apprehension lest. "For fear you ne'er see chain nor money more." Shak.

Fear

Fear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fearing.] [OE. feren, faeren, to frighten, to be afraid, AS. fFear, n.]

1. To feel a painful apprehension of; to be afraid of; to consider or expect with emotion of alarm or solicitude.

I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Ps. xxiii. 4.
With subordinate clause.
I greatly fear my money is not safe. Shak.
I almost fear to quit your hand. D. Jerrold.

2. To have a reverential awe of; to solicitous to avoid the displeasure of.

Leave them to God above; him serve and fear. Milton.

3. To be anxious or solicitous for. [R.]

The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children, therefore . . . I fear you. Shak.

4. To suspect; to doubt. [Obs.]

Ay what else, fear you not her courage? Shak.

5. To affright; to terrify; to drive away or prevent approach of by fear. z2

fera their people from doing evil. Robynsin (More's utopia).
Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs. Shak.
Syn. -- To apprehend; drad; reverence; venerate.

Fear

Fear, v. i. To be in apprehension of evil; to be afraid; to feel anxiety on account of some expected evil.
I exceedingly fear and quake. Heb. xii. 21.

Fearer

Fear"er (?), n. One who fars. Sir P. Sidney.

Fearful

Fear"ful (?), a.

1. Full of fera, apprehension, or alarm; afraid; frightened.

Anxious amidst all their success, and fearful amidat all their power. Bp. Warburton.

2. inclined to fear; easily frightened; without courage; timid.

What man is there that is fearful and fain-hearted? Deut. xx. 8.

3. Indicating, or caused by, fear.

Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. Shak.

4. Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.

This glorious and fearful name, The Lord thy God. Deut. xxviii. 58.
Death is a fearful thing. Shak.
In dreams they fearful precipices tread. Dryden.
Syn. -- Apprehensive; afraid; timid; timorous; ho

Ferafully

Fera"ful*ly, adv. In a fearful manner.

Ferafulness

Fera"ful*ness, n. The state of being fearful.

Feraless

Fera"less, a. Free from fear. Syn. -- Bold; courageous; interpid; valor -- Fear"less*ly, adv. -- Fera"less*ness, n.

Fearnaught

Fear"naught` (?), n.

1. A fearless person.

2. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnaught; also, a warm garment.

Fearsome

Fear"some (?) a.

1. Frightful; causing fear [Scotch] "This fearsome wind." Sir W. Scott

2

. Easily frightened; timid; timorous. "A silly fearsome thing." B. Taylor


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Feasibility

Fea"si*bil*ity (?) n.; pl. Feasibilities (-tiz). [from Feasible] The quality of being feasible; practicability; also, that which is feasible; as, before we adopt a plan, let us consider its feasibility.
Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities. Sir T. Browne.

Feasible

Fea"si*ble (?) a. [F. faisable, fr. faire to make or do, fr. L. facere. See Fact, Feat.]

1. Capable of being done, executed, or effected; practicable.

Always existing before their eyes as a thing feasible in practice. Burke.
It was not feasible to gratify so many ambitions. Beaconsfield.

2. Fit to be used or tailed, as land. [R.] R. Trumbull. Fea"si*ble*ness, n. --Fea"si*bly, adv.

Feast

Feast (?), n. [OE. feste festival, holiday, feast, OF. feste festival, F. f\'88te, fr. L. festum, pl. festa, fr. festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fair, n., Festal, F.]

1. A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.

The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Ex. xiii. 6.
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. Luke ii. 41.
&hand; Ecclesiastical fasts are called immovable when they always occur on the same day of the year; otherwise they are called movable.

2. A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food.

Enough is as good as a feast. Old Proverb.
Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. Dan. v. 1.

3. That which is partaken of, or shared in, with delight; something highly agreeable; entertainment.

The feast of reason, and the flow of soul. Pope.
Feast day, a holiday; a day set as a solemn commemo Syn. -- Entertainment; regale; banquet; treat; carousal; festivity; festival. -- Feast, Banquet, Festival, Carousal. A feast sets before us viands superior in quantity, variety, and abudance; a banquet is a luxurious feast; a festival is the joyful celebration by good cheer of some agreeable event. Carousal is unrestrained indulgence in frolic and drink.

Feast

Feast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Feasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Feasting.] [OE. festen, cf. OF. fester to rest from work, F. f\'88ter to celebrate a holiday. See Feast, n.]

1. To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions, particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.

And his sons went and feasted in their houses. Job. i. 4.

2. To be highly gratified or delighted.

With my love's picture then my eye doth feast. Shak.

Feast

Feast, v. t.

1. To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king. Hayward.

2. To delight; to gratify; as, to feast the soul.

Feast your ears with the music a while. Shak.

Feaster

Feast"er (?), n.

1. One who fares deliciously.

2. One who entertains magnificently. Johnson.

Feastful

Feast"ful (?), a. Festive; festal; joyful; sumptuous; luxurious. "Feastful days." Milton. -- Feast"ful*ly, adv.

Feat

Feat (?), n. [OE. fet, OF. fet, fait, F. fait, factum, fr. L. facere, factum, to make or do. Cf. Fact, Feasible, Do.]

1. An act; a deed; an exploit.

The warlike feats I have done. Shak.

2. A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.

Feat

Feat, v. t. To form; to fashion. [Obs.]
To the more mature, A glass that feated them. Shak.

Feat

Feat, a. [Compar. Feater (?); superl. Featest.] [F. fait made, shaped, fit, p.p. of faire to make or do. See Feat, n.] Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. [Archaic]
Never master had a page . . . so feat. Shak.
And look how well my garments sit upon me -- Much feater than before. Shak.

Feat-bodied

Feat"-bod`ied (?), a. Having a feat or trim body. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Feateous

Feat"e*ous (?), a. [Cf. OF. faitis, faitice, fetis, well made, fine, L. facticius made by art.] Dexterous; neat. [Obs.] Johnson. -- Feat"e*ous*ly, adv.

Feather

Feath"er (?), n. [OE. fether, AS. fe; akin to D. veder, OHG. fedara, G. feder, Icel. fj\'94, Sw. fj\'84der, Dan. fj\'91der, Gr. pattra wing, feathr, pat to fly, and prob. to L. penna feather, wing. &root;76, 248. Cf. Pen a feather.]

1. One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down. &hand; An ordinary feather consists of the quill or hollow basal part of the stem; the shaft or rachis, forming the upper, solid part of the stem; the vanes or webs, implanted on the rachis and consisting of a series of slender lamin\'91 or barbs, which usually bear barbicels and interlocking hooks by which they are fastened together. See Down, Quill, Plumage.

2. Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species. [R.]

I am not of that feather to shake off My friend when he must need me. Shak.

3. The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.

4. A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.

5. One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow.

6. (Mach. & Carp.) A longitudinal strip projecting as a fin from an object, to strengthen it, or to enter a channel in another object and thereby prevent displacement sidwise but permit motion lengthwise; a spline.

7. A thin wedge driven between the two semicylindrical parts of a divided plug in a hole bored in a stone, to rend the stone. Knight.

8. The angular adjustment of an oar or paddle-wheel float, with reference to a horizontal axis, as it leaves or enters the water. &hand; Feather is used adjectively or in combination, meaning composed of, or resembling, a feather or feathers; as, feather fan, feather-heeled, feather duster. Feather alum (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of alumina, resulting from volcanic action, and from the decomposition of iron pyrites; -- called also halotrichite. Ure. -- Feather bed, a bed filled with feathers. -- Feather driver, one who prepares feathers by beating. -- Feather duster, a dusting brush of feathers. -- Feather flower, an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes. -- Feather grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Stipa pennata) which has a long feathery awn rising from one of the chaffy scales which inclose the grain. -- Feather maker, one who makes plumes, etc., of feathers, real or artificial. -- Feather ore (Min.), a sulphide of antimony and lead, sometimes found in capillary forms and like a cobweb, but also massive. It is a variety of Jamesonite. -- Feather shot, ∨ Feathered shot (Metal.), copper granulated by pouring into cold water. Raymond. -- Feather spray (Naut.), the spray thrown up, like pairs of feathers, by the cutwater of a fast-moving vessel. -- Feather star. (Zo\'94l.) See Comatula. -- Feather weight. (Racing) (a) Scrupulously exact weight, so that a feather would turn the scale, when a jockey is weighed or weighted. (b) The lightest weight that can be put on the back of a horse in racing. Youatt. (c) In wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the lightest of the classes into which contestants are divided; -- in contradistinction to light weight, middle weight, and heavy weight. A feather in the cap an honour, trophy, or mark of distinction. [Colloq.] -- To be in full feather, to be in full dress or in one's best clothes. [Collog.] -- To be in high feather, to be in high spirits. [Collog.] -- To cut a feather. (a) (Naut.) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows. (b) To make one's self conspicuous.[Colloq.] -- To show the white feather, to betray cowardice, -- a white feather in the tail of a cock being considered an indication that he is not of the true game breed.

Feather

Feath"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feathered (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Feathering.]

1. To furnish with a feather or feathers, as an arrow or a cap.

An eagle had the ill hap to be struck with an arrow feathered from her own wing. L'Estrange.

2. To adorn, as with feathers; to fringe.

A few birches and oaks still feathered the narrow ravines. Sir W. Scott.

3. To render light as a feather; to give wings to.[R.]

The Polonian story perhaps may feather some tedions hours. Loveday.

4. To enrich; to exalt; to benefit.

They stuck not to say that the king cared not to plume his nobility and people to feather himself. Bacon.
Dryden.

5. To tread, as a cock. Dryden. To feather one's nest, to provide for one's self especially from property belonging to another, confided to one's care; -- an expression taken from the practice of birds which collect feathers for the lining of their nests. -- To feather an oar (Naut), to turn it when it leaves the water so that the blade will be horizontal and offer the least resistance to air while reaching for another stroke. -- To tar and feather a person, to smear him with tar and cover him with feathers, as a punishment or an indignity.

Feather

Feath"er, v. i.

1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out.

2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or "feathers;" as, the cream feathers [Colloq.]

3. To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars.

The feathering oar returns the gleam. Tickell.
Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately. Macmillan's Mag.

4. To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form.

A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to the ground. Warren.
The ripple feathering from her bows. Tennyson.

Feather-brained/

Feath"er-brained/ (?), a. Giddy; frivolous; feather-headed. [Colloq.]

Feathered

Feath"ered (?), a.

1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.

Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Shak.
Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. Dr. J. Scott.

2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog.

4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft.

Feather-edge/

Feath"er-edge/ (?), n.

1. (Zo\'94l.) The thin, new growth around the edge of a shell, of an oyster.

2. Any thin, as on a board or a razor.

Feather-edged/

Feath"er-edged/ (?), a. Having a feather-edge; also, having one edge thinner than the other, as a board; -- in the United States, said only of stuff one edge of which is made as thin as practicable.

Feather-few/

Feath"er-few/ (?), n. (Bot.) Feverfew.

Feather-foil

Feath"er-foil` (?), n. [Feather + foil a leaf.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves.

Feather-head

Feath"er-head` (?), n. A frivolous or featherbrained person. [Colloq.] H. James.

Feather-headed

Feath"er-head`ed (?), a. Giddy; frivolous; foolish. [Colloq.] G. Eliot.

Feather-heeled

Feath"er-heeled` (?), a. Light-heeled; gay; frisky; frolicsome. [Colloq.]

Featherness

Feath"er*ness (?), n. The state or condition of being feathery.

Feathering

Feath"er*ing, n.

1. (Arch.) Same as Foliation.

2. The act of turning the blade of the oar, as it rises from the water in rowing, from a vertical to a horizontal position. See To feather an oar, under Feather, v. t.

3. A covering of feathers. Feathering float (Naut.), the float or paddle of a feathering wheel. -- Feathering screw (Naut.), a screw propeller, of which the blades may be turned so as to move edgewise through the water when the vessel is moving under sail alone. -- Feathering wheel (Naut.), a paddle wheel whose floats turn automatically so as to dip about perpendicularly into the water and leave in it the same way, avoiding beating on the water in the descent and lifting water in the ascent.

Featherless

Feath"er*less, a. Destitute of feathers.

Featherly

Feath"er*ly, a. Like feathers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Feather-pated

Feath"er-pat"ed (?), a. Feather-headed; frivolous. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

Feather-veined

Feath"er-veined` (?), a. (Bot.) Having the veins (of a leaf) diverging from the two sides of a midrib.

Featery

Feat"er*y (?), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, feathers; covered with, or as with, feathers; as, feathery spray or snow. Milton.
Ye feathery people of mid air. Barry Cornwall.

Featly

Feat"ly (?), adv. [From Feat, a.] Neatly; dexterously; nimbly. [Archaic]
Foot featly here and there. Shak.

Featness

Feat"ness, n. Skill; adroitness. [Archaic] Johnson.

Feature

Fea"ture (?; 135), n. [OE. feture form, shape, feature, OF. faiture fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, factum, to make. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Facture.]

1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

What needeth it his feature to descrive? Chaucer.
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature. Shak.

2. The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance.

It is for homely features to keep home. Milton.

3. The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape.

And to her service bind each living creature Through secret understanding of their feature. Spenser.

4. A form; a shape. [R.]

So scented the grim feature, and upturned His nostril wide into the murky air. Milton.

Featured

Fea"tured (?; 135), a.

1. Shaped; fashioned.

How noble, young, how rarely featured! Shak.

2. Having features; formed into features.

The well-stained canvas or the featured stone. Young.

Featureless

Fea"ture*less (?; 135), a. Having no distinct or distinctive features.

Featurely

Fea"ture*ly, a. Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome. [R.]
Featurely warriors of Christian chivalry. Coleridge.

Feaze

Feaze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feazing.] [Cf. OE. faseln to ravel, fr. AS. f\'91s fringe; akin to G. fasen to separate fibers or threads, fasen, faser, thread, filament, OHG. faso.] To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a rope. Johnson.

Feaze

Feaze, v. t. [See Feese.<-- now faze-->] To beat; to chastise; also, to humble; to harass; to worry. [Obs.] insworth.

Feaze

Feaze, n. A state of anxious or fretful excitement; worry; vexation. [Obs.]

Feazings

Feaz"ings (?), n. pl. [See Feaze, v. t.] (Naut.) The unlaid or ragged end of a rope. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Febricitate

Fe*bric"i*tate (?), v. i. [L. febricitare, fr. febris. See Febrile.] To have a fever. [Obs.] Bailey.

Febriculose

Fe*bric"u*lose` (?), a. [L. febriculosus.] Somewhat feverish. [Obs.] Johnson.

Febrifacient

Feb`ri*fa"cient (?), a. [L. febris fever + faciens, p.pr. of facere to make.] Febrific. Dunglison. -- n. That which causes fever. Beddoes.

Febriferous

Fe*brif"er*ous (?), a. [L. febris fever + -ferous.] Causing fever; as, a febriferous locality.

Febrific

Fe*brif"ic (?), a. [L. febris fever + ficare (in comp.) to make. See fy-.] Producing fever. Dunglison.

Febrifugal

Fe*brif"u*gal (? ∨ ?), a. [See Febrifuge.] Having the quality of mitigating or curing fever. Boyle.

Febrifuge

Feb"ri*fuge (?), n. [L. febris fever + fugare to put to flight, from fugere to flee: cf. F. f\'82brifuge. see Febrile, Feverfew.] (Med.) A medicine serving to mitigate or remove fever. -- a. Antifebrile.

Febrile

Fe"brile (?; 277), a. [F. f\'82brile, from L. febris fever. See Fever.] Pertaining to fever; indicating fever, or derived from it; as, febrile symptoms; febrile action. Dunglison.

February

Feb"ru*a*ry (?), n. [L. Februarius, orig., the month of expiation, because on the fifteenth of this month the great feast of expiation and purification was held, fr. februa, pl., the Roman festival or purification; akin to februare to purify, expiate.] The second month in the year, said to have been introduced into the Roman calendar by Numa. In common years this month contains twenty-eight days; in the bissextile, or leap year, it has twenty-nine days.

Februation

Feb`ru*a"tion (?), n. [L. februatio. See february.] Purification; a sacrifice. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fecal

Fe"cal (?), a. [Cf. F. f\'82cal. See Feces.] relating to, or containing, dregs, feces, or ordeure; f\'91cal.

Fecche

Fec"che (?), v. t. To fetch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feces

Fe"ces (?), n. pl. dregs; sediment; excrement. See F\'92ces.
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Fecial

Fe"cial (?), a. [L. fetialis belonging to the fetiales, the Roman priests who sanctioned treaties and demanded satisfaction from the enemy before a formal declaration of war.] Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law. Kent.

Fecifork

Fe"ci*fork` (?), n. [Feces + fork.] (Zo\'94l.) The anal fork on which the larv\'91 of certain insects carry their f\'91ces.

Feckless

Feck"less (?), a. [Perh. a corruption of effectless.] Spiritless; weak; worthless. [Scot]

Fecks

Fecks (?), n. A corruption of the word faith. Shak.

Fecula

Fec"u*la (?), n.; pl. Fecul\'92 [L.fae burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. f\'82cule.] Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially: (a) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula. (b) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.

Feculence

Fec"u*lence (?), n. [L. faeculentia dregs, filth: cf. F. f\'82culence.]

1. The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.

2. That which is feculent; sediment; lees; dregs.

Feculency

Fec"u*len*cy (?), n. Feculence.

Feculent

Fec"u*lent (?), a. [L. faeculentus, fr. faecula: cf. F. f\'82culent. See Fecula.] Foul with extraneous or impure substances; abounding with sediment or excrementitious matter; muddy; thick; turbid.
Both his hands most filthy feculent. Spenser.

Fecund

Fec"und (?), a. [L. fecundus, from the root of fetus: cf. F. f\'82cond. see Fetus.] Fruitful in children; prolific. Graunt.

Fecundate

Fec"un*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fecundated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fecundating (?).] [L. fecundare, fr. fecundus. See Fecund.]

1. To make fruitful or prolific. W. Montagu.

2. (Biol.) To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.

Fecundation

Fec`un*da"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. f\'82condation.] (Biol.) The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.

Fecundify

Fe*cun"di*fy (?), v. t. [Fecund + -fy.] To make fruitful; to fecundate. Johnson.

Fecundity

Fe*cun"di*ty (?), n. [L. fecunditas: cf. F. f\'82condit\'82. See Fecund.]

1. The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.

2. The power of germinating; as in seeds.

3. The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God's creative power. Bentley.

Fed

Fed (?), imp. & p. p. of Feed.

Fedary

Fed"a*ry (?), n. A feodary. [Obs.] Shak.

Federal

Fed"er*al (?), a. [L. foedus league, treaty, compact; akin to fides faith: cf. F. f\'82d\'82ral. see Faith.]

1. Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives.

The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right, . . . to part with Sardinia. Grew.

2. Specifically: (a) Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland. (b) Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer. (c) Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist. Federal Congress. See under Congress.

Federal

Fed"er*al, n. See Federalist.

Federalism

Fed"er*al*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ralisme.] the principles of Federalists or of federal union.

Federalist

Fed"er*al*ist, n. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82raliste.] An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington.

Federalize

Fed"er*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Federalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Federalizing (?).] [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82raliser.] To unite in compact, as different States; to confederate for political purposes; to unite by or under the Federal Constitution. Barlow.

Federary

Fed"er*a*ry (?), n. [See Federal.] A partner; a confederate; an accomplice. [Obs.] hak.

Federate

Fed"er*ate (?), a. [L. foederatus, p.p. of foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus. See Federal.] United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.

Federation

Fed`er*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ration.]

1. The act of uniting in a league; confederation.

2. A league; a confederacy; a federal or confederated government. Burke.

Federative

Fed"er*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. f\'82d\'82ratif.] Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal. "A federative society." Burke.

Fedity

Fed"i*ty (?), n. [L. foeditas, fr. foedus foul, fikthy.] Turpitude; vileness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Fee

Fee (?), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fiet, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of "property, money," arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting of cattle; akin to OS. feuh cattle, property, D. vee cattle, OHG. fihu, fehu, G. vieh, Icel. f cattle, property, money, Goth. fa\'a1hu, L. pecus cattle, pecunia property. money, Skr. pa cattle, perh. orig., "a fastened or tethered animal," from a root signifying to bind, and perh. akin to E. fang, fair, a.; cf. OF. fie, flu, feu, fleu, fief, F. fief, from German, of the same origin. the sense fief is due to the French. Feud, Fief, Fellow, Pecuniary.]

1. property; possession; tenure. "Laden with rich fee." Spenser.

Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee. Wordsworth.

2. Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc.

To plead for love deserves more fee than hate. Shak.

3. (Feud. Law) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.

4. (Eng. Law) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. &hand; All the land in England, except the crown land, is of this kind. An absolute fee, or fee simple, is land which a man holds to himself and his heirs forever, who are called tenants in fee simple. In modern writers, by fee is usually meant fee simple. A limited fee may be a qualitified or base fee, which ceases with the existence of certain conditions; or a conditional fee, or fee tail, which is limited to particular heirs. Blackstone.

5. (Amer. Law) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure. Fee estate (Eng. Law), land or tenements held in fee in consideration or some acknowledgment or service rendered to the lord. -- Fee farm (Law), land held of another in fee, in consideration of an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. Blackstone. -- Fee farm rent (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. -- Fee fund (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the clerks and other court officers are paid. -- Fee simple (Law), an absolute fee; a fee without conditions or limits.

Buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. Shak.
-- Fee tail (Law), an estate of inheritance, limited and restrained to some particular heirs. Burill.

Fee

Fee (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeing.] To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
The patient . . . fees the doctor. Dryden.
There's not a one of them but in his house I keep a servant feed. Shak.

Feeble

Fee"ble (?), a. [Compar. Feebler (?); superl. Feeblest (?).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]

1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated.

Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Shak.

Feeble

Fee"ble, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? Shak.

Feeble-minded

Fee"ble-mind"ed (?), a. Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded." 1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness, n.

Feebleness

Fee"ble*ness, n. The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
That shakes for age and feebleness. Shak.

Feebly

Fee"bly (?), adv. In a feeble manner.
The restored church . . . contended feebly, and with half a heart. Macaulay.

Feed

Feed (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding (?).] [AS. f, fr. f food; akin to C?. f, OFries f, f, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f\'91, Sw. f\'94da, Dan. f\'94de. Food.]

1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of.

If thine enemy hunger, feed him. Rom. xii. 20.
Unreasonable reatures feed their young. Shak.

2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire.

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Shak.
Feeding him with the hope of liberty. Knolles.

3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.

4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard.

Thou shalt feed people Israel. 2 Sam. v. 2.
Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. B. Cornwall.

5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.

Once in three years feed your mowing lands. Mortimer.

6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler.

7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).

Feed

Feed, v. i.

1. To take food; to eat.

Her kid . . . which I afterwards killed because it would not feed. De Foe.

2. To subject by eating; to satisfy the appetite; to feed one's self (upon something); to prey; -- with on or upon.

Leaving thy trunk for crows to feed upon. Shak.

3. To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food. "He feeds upon the cooling shade." Spenser.

4. To place cattle to feed; to pasture; to graze.

Feed

Feed (?), n.

1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.

2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak.

3. An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.

4. A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]

For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain never had I found. Milton.

5. The water supplied to steam boilers.

6. (Mach.) (a) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work. (b) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones. (c) The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. -- Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. -- Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. -- Feed head. (a) A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler. (b) (Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or head Knight. -- Feed heater. (a) (Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam. (b) A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock. -- Feed motion, ∨ Feed gear (Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine. -- Feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water. -- Feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc. -- Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder. Knight. -- Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work. -- Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc. -- Feed wheel (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See Feeder, n., 8.

Feeder

Feed"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.

A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. Goldsmith.

2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. "The feeder of my riots." Shak.

3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.

With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter.

5. A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.

6. A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.

7. (Mining) (a) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. Ure. (b) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. Raymond.

8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.

9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.

Feeding

Feed"ing, n.

1. the act of eating, or of supplying with food; the process of fattening.

2. That which is eaten; food.

3. That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. Feeding bottle. See under Bottle.

Fee-faw-fum

Fee`-faw`-fum" (?), n. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. "Impudent fee-faw-fums." J. H. Newman.

Feejee

Fee"jee (?), a. & n. (Ethnol) See Fijian.

Feel

Feel (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeling.] [AS. f; akin to OS. gif to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G. f\'81hlen, Icel. f\'belma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm paim of the hand, L. palma. Cf. Fumble, Palm.]

1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.

Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.

2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.

Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son. Gen. xxvii. 21.
He hath this to feel my affection to your honor. Shak.

3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensetive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.

Teach me to feel another's woe. Pope.
Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing. Eccl. viii. 5.
He best can paint them who shall feel them most. Pope.
Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt. Byron.

4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.

For then, and not till then, he felt himself. Shak.

5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] Chaucer. To feel the helm (Naut.), to obey it.


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Feel (?), v. i.

1. To have perception by the touch, or by contact of anything with the nerves of sensation, especially those upon the surface of the body.

2. To have the sensibilities moved or affected.

[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron. Burke.
And mine as man, who feel for all mankind. Pope.

3. To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded.

I then did feel full sick. Shak.

4. To know with feeling; to be conscious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving.

Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear. Shak.

5. To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.

Blind men say black feels rough, and white feels smooth. Dryden.
To feel after, to search for; to seek to find; to seek as a person groping in the dark. "If haply they might feel after him, and find him." Acts xvii. 27. - To feel of, to examine by touching.

Feel

Feel (?), n.

1. Feeling; perception. [R.]

To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its genial warmth. Hazlitt.

2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.

The difference between these two tumors will be distinguished by the feel. S. Sharp.

Feeler

Feel"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, feels.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the sense organs or certain animals (as insects), which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp.

Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antenn\'91. Derham.

3. Anything, as a proposal, observation, etc., put forth or thrown out in order to ascertain the views of others; something tentative.

Feeling

Feel"ing, a.

1. Possessing great sensibility; easily affected or moved; as, a feeling heart.

2. Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility; as, he made a feeling representation of his wrongs.

Feeling

Feel"ing, n.

1. The sense by which the mind, through certain nerves of the body, perceives external objects, or certain states of the body itself; that one of the five senses which resides in the general nerves of sensation distributed over the body, especially in its surface; the sense of touch; nervous sensibility to external objects.

Why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined, . . . And not, as feeling, through all parts diffused? Milton.

2. An act or state of perception by the sense above described; an act of apprehending any object whatever; an act or state of apprehending the state of the soul itself; consciousness.

The apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse. Shak.

3. The capacity of the soul for emotional states; a high degree of susceptibility to emotions or states of the sensibility not dependent on the body; as, a man of feeling; a man destitute of feeling.

4. Any state or condition of emotion; the exercise of the capacity for emotion; any mental state whatever; as, a right or a wrong feeling in the heart; our angry or kindly feelings; a feeling of pride or of humility.

A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind. Garrick.
Tenderness for the feelings of others. Macaulay.

5. That quality of a work of art which embodies the mental emotion of the artist, and is calculated to affect similarly the spectator. Fairholt.

If a man . . . shall put in his beast, and shall feed in anotheEx. xxii. 5.
Syn. -- Sensation; emotion; passion; sentiment; agitation; opinion. See Emotion, Passion, Sentiment.

Feelingly

Feel"ing*ly, adv. In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically.

Feere

Feere (?), n. [See Fere, n.] A consort, husband or wife; a companion; a fere. [Obs.]

Feese

Feese (?), n. [Cf. OE. fesien to put to flight, AS. f\'c7sian, f\'dfsian, f\'dfsan, fr. f\'d4s, prompt, willing.] the short run before a leap. [Obs.] Nares.

Feet

Feet (?), n. pl. See Foot.

Feet

Feet, n. [See Feat, n.] Fact; performance. [Obs.]

Feetless

Feet"less, a. Destitute of feet; as, feetless birds.

Feeze

Feeze (?), v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see Feese.]

1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] Jamieson.

2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also feaze, feize, pheese.] Beau. & Fl. To feeze up, to work into a passion. [Obs.]

Feeze

Feeze, n. Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.

Fehling

Feh"ling (?), n. (Chem.) See Fehling's solution, under Solution.

Fehmic

Feh"mic (?), a. See Vehmic.

Feign

Feign (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.]

1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.

There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Neh. vi. 8.
The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. Shak.

2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. Shak.

3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] Spenser.

Feigned

Feigned (?), a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. "A feigned friend." Shak.
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps. xvii. 1.
-- Feign"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n.
Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly. Jer. iii. 10.
Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. Burill. Bouvier.

Feigner

Feign"er (?), n. One who feigns or pretends.

Feigning

Feign"ing, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. -- Feign"ing*ly, adv.

Feine

Feine (?), v. t. & i. To feign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feint

Feint (?), a. [F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.] Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke.

Feint

Feint, n. [F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a.]

1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off. Spectator.

2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.

Feint

Feint, v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack.

Feitsui

Fei`tsui" (?), n. (Min.) The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.

Feize

Feize (?), v. t. See Feeze, v. t.

Felanders

Fel"an*ders (?), n. pl. See Filanders.

Feldspar, Feldspath

Feld"spar` (?), Feld"spath` (?), n. [G. feldspath; feld field + spath spar.] (Min.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish. &hand; The group includes the monoclinic (orthoclastic) species orthoclase or common potash feldspar, and the rare hyalophane or baryta feldspar; also the triclinic species (called in general plagioclase) microcline, like orthoclase a potash feldspar; anorthite or lime feldspar; albite or soda feldspar; also intermediate between the last two species, labradorite, andesine, oligoclase, containing both lime and soda in varying amounts. The feldspars are essential constituents of nearly all crystalline rocks, as granite, gneiss, mica, slate, most kinds of basalt and trachyte, etc. The decomposition of feldspar has yielded a large part of the clay of the soil, also the mineral kaolin, an essential material in the making of fine pottery. Common feldspar is itself largely used for the same purpose.

Feldspathic, Feldspathose

Feld*spath"ic (?), Feld*spath"ose (?), a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar.

Fele

Fele (?), a. [AS. fela, feola; akin to G. viel, gr. Full, a.] Many. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fe-licify

Fe-lic"ify (?), v. t. [L. felix happy = -fy.] To make happy; to felicitate. [Obs.] Quarles.

Felici-tate

Fe*lic"i-tate (?), a. [L. felicitatus, p.p. of felicitare to felicitate, fr. felix, -icis, happy. See felicity.] Made very happy. [Archaic]
I am alone felicitate In your dear highness' love. Shak.

Felicitate

Fe*lic"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felicitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. felicitating.] [Cf. F. f\'82liciter.]

1. To make very happy; to delight.

What a glorius entertainment and pleasure would fill and felicitate his spirit. I. Watts.

2. To express joy or pleasure to; to wish felicity to; to call or consider (one's self) happy; to congratulate.

Every true heart must felicitate itself that its lot is cast in this kingdom. W. Howitt.
Syn. -- See Congratulate.

Felicitation

Fe*lic`i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. f\'82licitation.] The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.

Felicitous

Fe*lic"i*tous (?), a. Characterized by felicity; happy; prosperous; delightful; skilful; successful; happily applied or expressed; appropriate.
Felicitous words and images. M. Arnold.
-- Fe*lic"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Fe*lic"i*tous*ness, n.

Felicity

Fe*lic"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Felicities (#). [OE. felicite, F. f\'82licit\'82, fr. L. felicitas, fr. felix, -icis, happy, fruitful; akin to fetus.]

1. The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.

Our own felicity we make or find. Johnson.
Finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity. Book of Common Prayer.

2. That which promotes happiness; a successful or gratifying event; prosperity; blessing.

the felicities of her wonderful reign. Atterbury.

3. A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking. "Felicity of expression." Bp. Warburton. Syn. -- Happiness; bliss; beatitude; blessedness; blissfulness. See Happiness.

Feline

Fe"line (?), a. [L. felinus, fr. feles, felis, cat, prob. orig., the fruitful: cf. F. f\'82lin. See Fetus.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Catlike; of or pertaining to the genus Felis, or family Felid\'91; as, the feline race; feline voracity.

2. Characteristic of cats; sly; stealthy; treacherous; as, a feline nature; feline manners.

Felis

Fe"lis (?), n. [L., cat.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, including the domestic cat, the lion, tiger, panther, and similar animals.

Fell

Fell (?), imp. of Fall.

Fell

Fell, a. [OE. fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel (only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also accus. felon, is fr. LL. felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery, Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or cf. OHG. fillan to flay, torment, akin to E. fell skin. Cf. Felon.]

1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak.

2. Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.]

I am so fell to my business. Pepys.

Fell

Fell, n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.]
Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. Spenser.

Fell

Fell, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in \'edrutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. Film, Peel, Pell, n.] A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak.

Fell

Fell (?), n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj\'84ll a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.]

1. A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray.

2. A wild field; a moor. Dryton.

Fell

Fell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Felling.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f\'84llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f\'84lla, Dan. f\'91lde. See Fall, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak.

Fell

Fell, n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

Fell

Fell, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. f\'86ll a hem.] To sew or hem; -- said of seams.

Fell

Fell, n.

1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

Fellable

Fell"a*ble (?), a. Fit to be felled.

Fellah

Fel"lah (?), n.; pl. Ar. Fellahin (#), E. Fellahs (#). [Ar.] A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. W. M. Thomson.

Feller

Fell"er (?), n. One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.

Feller

Fell"er, n. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

Felltare

Fell"tare` (?), n. [Cf. AS. fealafor, and E. fieldfare.] (Zo\'94l.) The fieldfare.

Fel-liflu-ous

Fel-lif"lu-ous (?), a. [L. fellifuus; fel gall + fluere to flow.] Flowing with gall. [R.] Johnson.

Fellinic

Fel*lin"ic (?), a. [L. fel, fellis, gall.] Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinic acid.

Fellmonger

Fell"mon`ger (?), n. A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.

Fellness

Fell"ness, n. [See Fell cruel.] The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity. Spenser.

Felloe

Fel"loe (?), n. See Felly.

Fellon

Fel"lon (?), n. Variant of Felon. [Obs.]
Those two were foes the fellonest on ground. Spenser.

Fellow

Fel"low (?), n. [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. f\'c7lagi, fr. f\'c7lag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; f\'c7 property + lag a laying, pl. l\'94g law, akin to liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to be low.]

1. A companion; a comrade; an associate; a partner; a sharer.

The fellows of his crime. Milton.
We are fellows still, Serving alike in sorrow. Shak.
That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows almost of equal magnitude. Gibbon.
&hand; Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. Judges xi. 37.

2. A man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble or mean man.

Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow. Pope.

3. An equal in power, rank, character, etc.

It is impossible that ever Rome Should breed thy fellow. Shak.

4. One of a pair, or of two things used together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.

When they be but heifers of one year, . . . they are let go to the fellow and breed. Holland.
This was my glove; here is the fellow of it. Shak.

5. A person; an individual.

She seemed to be a good sort of fellow. Dickens.

6. In the English universities, a scholar who is appointed to a foundation called a fellowship, which gives a title to certain perquisites and privileges.

7. In an American college or university, a member of the corporation which manages its business interests; also, a graduate appointed to a fellowship, who receives the income of the foundation.

8. A member of a literary or scientific society; as, a Fellow of the Royal Society. &hand; Fellow is often used in compound words, or adjectively, signifying associate, companion, or sometimes equal. Usually, such compounds or phrases are self-explanatory; as, fellow-citizen, or fellow citizen; fellow-student, or fellow student; fellow-workman, or fellow workman; fellow-mortal, or fellow mortal; fellow-sufferer; bedfellow; playfellow; workfellow.

Were the great duke himself here, and would lift up My head to fellow pomp amongst his nobles. Ford.

Fellow

Fel"low (?), v. t. To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Obs.] Shak.

Fellow-commoner

Fel"low-com"mon*er (?), n. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.

Fellow-creature

Fel"low-crea"ture (?; 135), n. One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.
Reason, by which we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes. I. Watts.

Fellowfeel

Fel"low*feel" (?), v. t. To share through sympathy; to participate in. [R.] D. Rodgers.

Fellow-feeling

Fel"low-feel"ing, n.

1. Sympathy; a like feeling.

2. Joint interest. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

Fellowless

Fel"low*less, a. Without fellow or equal; peerless.
Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman.

Fellowlike

Fel"low*like` (?), a. Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [Obs.] Udall.

Fellowly

Fel"low*ly, a. Fellowlike. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fellowship

Fel"low*ship (?), n. [Fellow + -ship.]

1. The state or relation of being or associate.

2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.

In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods. Bacon.
Men are made for society and mutual fellowship. Calamy.

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3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.

The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship. Shak.
Fellowship in pain divides not smart. Milton.
Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. Shak.
The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record. Tennyson.

4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.

The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. Chaucer.
With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels. Spenser.

5. (Eng. & Amer. Universities) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university. <-- why "foundation"? stipend is more accurate now. This use is sense 4 of this dictionary, an "endowment" -->

6. (Arith.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.

Good fellowship

Good fellowship, companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades.
There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. Shak.

Fellowship

Fel"low*ship (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fellowshiped (; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fellowshiping.] (Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

Felly

Fel"ly (?), adv. In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely. Spenser.

Felly

Fel"ly, n.; pl. Fellies (. [OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS. felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.] The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes. [Written also felloe.]
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel. Shak.

Felo-de-se

Fe"lo-de-se` (?), n.; pl. Felos-de-se (#). [LL. felo, E. felon + de of, concerning + se self.] (Law) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide. Burrill.

Felon

Fel"on (?), n. [OE., adj., cruel, n., villain, ruffian, traitor, whitlow, F. f\'82lon traitor, in OF. also, villain, fr. LL. felo. See Fell, a.]

1. (Law) A person who has committed a felony.

2. A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.

3. (Med.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint. Syn. -- Criminal; convict; malefactor; culprit.

Felon

Fel"on, a. Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.
Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. Pope.

Feloni-ous

Fe*lo"ni-ous (?), a. Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious homicide.
O thievish Night, Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars? Milton.
-- Fe*lo"ni-ous-ly, adv. -- Fe*lo"ni-ous*ness, n.

Felonous

Fel"o*nous (?), a. [Cf. OF. feloneus. Cf. Felonious.] Wicked; felonious. [Obs.] Spenser.

Felonry

Fel"on*ry (?), n. A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony. Howitt.

Felonwort

Fel"on*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.

Felony

Fel"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Felonies (#). [OE. felonie cruelty, OF. felonie, F. f\'82lonie treachery, malice. See Felon, n.]

1. (Feudal Law) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture. Burrill.

2. (O.Eng.Law) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.

3. A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment. &hand; Forfeiture for crime having been generally abolished in the United States, the term felony, in American law, has lost this point of distinction; and its meaning, where not fixed by statute, is somewhat vague and undefined; generally, however, it is used to denote an offense of a high grade, punishable either capitally or by a term of imprisonment. In Massachusetts, by statute, any crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison, and no other, is a felony; so in New York. the tendency now is to obliterate the distinction between felonies and misdemeanors; and this has been done partially in England, and completely in some of the States of the Union. The distinction is purely arbitrary, and its entire abolition is only a question of time. &hand; There is no lawyer who would undertake to tell what a felony is, otherwise than by enumerating the various kinds of offenses which are so called. originally, the word felony had a meaning: it denoted all offenses the penalty of which included forfeiture of goods; but subsequent acts of Parliament have declared various offenses to be felonies, without enjoining that penalty, and have taken away the penalty from others, which continue, nevertheless, to be called felonies, insomuch that the acts so called have now no property whatever in common, save that of being unlawful and purnishable. J. S. Mill.

To compound a felony

To compound a felony. See under Compound, v. t.

Felsite

Fel"site (?), n. [Cf. Feldspar.] (Min.) A finegrained rock, flintlike in fracture, consisting essentially of orthoclase feldspar with occasional grains of quartz.

Felsitic

Fel*sit"ic (?), a. relating to, composed of, or containing, felsite.

Felspar, Felspath

Fel"spar` (?), Fel"spath` (?), n. (Min.) See Feldspar.

Felspathic

Fel*spath"ic (?), a. See Feldspathic.

Felstone

Fel"stone` (?), n. [From G. feldstein, in analogy with E. felspar.] (Min.) See Felsite.

Felt

Felt (?), imp. & p. p. ∨ a. from Feel.

Felt

Felt (?), n. [AS. felt; akin to D. vilt, G. filz, and possibly to Gr. pilus hair, pileus a felt cap or hat.]

1. A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.

It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak
.

2. A hat made of felt. Thynne.

3. A skin or hide; a fell; a pelt. [Obs.]

To know whether sheep are sound or not, see that the felt be loose. Mortimer.

Felt grain

Felt grain, the grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timber. Knight.

Felt

Felt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felted; p. pr. & vb. n. Felting.]

1. To make into felt, or a feltike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together. Sir M. Hale.

2. To cover with, or as with, felt; as, to felt the cylinder of a steam emgine.

Felter

Felt"er (?), v. t. To clot or mat together like felt.
His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. Fairfax.

Felting

Felt"ing, n.

1. The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth; also, the process by which it is made.

2. The act of splitting timber by the felt grain.

Feltry

Fel"try (?), n. [OF. feltre.] See Felt, n. [Obs.]

Felucca

Fe*luc"ca (, n. [It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua), fr. Ar. fulk ship, or harr\'beqah a sort of ship.] (Naut.) A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean. Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.

Felwort

Fel"wort` (?), n. [Probably a corruption of fieldwort.] (Bot.) A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.

Female

Fe"male (?), n. [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L. femella, dim. of femina woman. See Feminine.]

1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

The male and female of each living thing. Drayton.

2. (Bot.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

Female

Fe"male, a.

1. Belonging to the sex which conceives and gives birth to young, or (in a wider sense) which produces ova; not male.

As patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed. Shak.

2. Belonging to an individual of the female sex; characteristic of woman; feminine; as, female tenderness. "Female usurpation.'b8 Milton.

To the generous decision of a female mind, we owe the discovery of America. Belknap.

3. (Bot.) Having pistils and no stamens; pistillate; or, in cryptogamous plants, capable of receiving fertilization.

Female rhymes

Female rhymes (Pros.), double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. &hand; A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree (strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last being short (motion, ocean), is called female. Brande & C. -- Female screw, the spiral-threaded cavity into which another, or male, screw turns. Nicholson.

Female fern

Female fern (Bot.), a common species of fern with large decompound fronds (Asplenium Filixf\'91mina), growing in many countries; lady fern. &hand; The names male fern and female fern were anciently given to two common ferns; but it is now understood that neither has any sexual character. Syn. -- Female, Feminine. We apply female to the sex or individual, as opposed to male; also, to the distinctive belongings of women; as, female dress, female form, female character, etc.; feminine, to things appropriate to, or affected by, women; as, feminine studies, employments, accomplishments, etc. "Female applies to sex rather than gender, and is a physiological rather than a grammatical term. Feminine applies to gender rather than sex, and is grammatical rather than physiological." Latham.

Femal-ist

Fe"mal-ist (?), n. A gallant. [Obs.]
Courting her smoothly like a femalist. Marston.

Femal-ize

Fe"mal-ize (?), v. t. To make, or to describe as, female or feminine. Shaftesbury.

Feme

Feme (? ∨ ?), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law) A woman. Burrill. Feme covert (Law), a married woman. See Covert, a., 3. -- Feme sole (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead. -- Feme sole trader ∨ merchant (Eng. Law), a married woman, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.

Femeral

Fem"er*al (?), n. (Arch.) See Femerell.

Femer-ell

Fem"er-ell (?), n. [OF. fumeraille part of a chimney. See Fume.] (Arch.) A lantern, or louver covering, placed on a roof, for ventilation or escape of smoke.

Femi-nal

Fem"i-nal (?), a. Feminine. [Obs.] West.

Feminality

Fem`i*nal"i*ty (?), n. Feminity.

Femi-nate

Fem"i-nate (?), a. [L. feminatus effeminate.] Feminine. [Obs.]

Femi-nei-ty

Fem`i-ne"i-ty (?), n. [L. femineus womanly.] Womanliness; femininity. C. Read

Feminine

Fem"i*nine (?), a. [L. femininus, fr. femina woman; prob. akin to L. fetus, or to Gr. f\'d6mme woman, maid: cf. F. f\'82minin. See Fetus.]

1. Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

Her letters are remarkably deficient in feminine ease and grace. Macaulay.

2. Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate.

Her heavenly form Angelic, but more soft and feminine. Milton.
Ninus being esteemed no man of war at all, but altogether feminine, and subject to ease and delicacy. Sir W. Raleigh.

Feminine rhyme

Feminine rhyme. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a. Syn. -- See Female, a.

Feminine

Fem"i*nine, n.

1. A woman. [Obs. or Colloq.]

They guide the feminines toward the palace. Hakluyt.

2. (Gram.) Any one of those words which are the appellations of females, or which have the terminations usually found in such words; as, actress, songstress, abbess, executrix.

There are but few true feminines in English. Latham.

Femininely

Fem"i*nine*ly, adv. In a feminine manner. Byron.

Feminineness

Fem"i*nine*ness, n. The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

Femininity

Fem`i*nin"i*ty (?), n.

1. The quality or nature of the female sex; womanliness.

2. The female form. [Obs.]

O serpent under femininitee. Chaucer.

Feminity

Fe*min"i*ty (?), n. Womanliness; femininity. [Obs.] "Trained up in true feminity." Spenser.

Feminization

Fem`i*ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.

Feminize

Fem"i*nize (?), v. t. [Cf. F. f\'82miniser.] To make womanish or effeminate. Dr. H. More.

Feminye

Fem"i*nye (?), n. [OF. femenie, feminie, the female sex, realm of women.] The people called Amazons. [Obs.] "[The reign of] feminye." Chaucer.

Femme

Femme (? ∨ ?), n. [F.] A woman. See Feme, n. Femme de chambre (?). [F.] A lady's maid; a chambermaid.

Femoral

Fem"o*ral (?), a. [L. femur, femoris, thigh: cf. F. f\'82moral.] Pertaining to the femur or thigh; as, the femoral artery. "Femoral habiliments." Sir W. Scott.

Femur

Fe"mur (?), n.; pl. Femora (. [L. thigh.] (Anat.) (a) The thigh bone. (b) The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

Fen

Fen (?), n. [AS. fen, fenn, marsh, mud, dirt; akin to D. veen, OFries. fenne, fene, OHG. fenna, G. fenn, Icel. fen, Goth. fani mud.] Low land overflowed, or covered wholly or partially with water, but producing sedge, coarse grasses, or other aquatic plants; boggy land; moor; marsh.
'Mid reedy fens wide spread. Wordsworth.
&hand; Fen is used adjectively with the sense of belonging to, or of the nature of, a fen or fens. Fen boat, a boat of light draught used in marshes. -- Fen duck (Zo\'94l.), a wild duck inhabiting fens; the shoveler. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fen fowl (Zo\'94l.), any water fowl that frequent fens. -- Fen goose (Zo\'94l.), the graylag goose of Europe. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fen land, swamp land.

Fence

Fence (?), n. [Abbrev. from defence.]

1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable. Shak.
A fence betwixt us and the victor's wrath. Addison.

2. An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within.

Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.
&hand; In England a hedge, ditch, or wall, as well as a structure of boards, palings, or rails, is called a fence.

3. (Locks) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking.

4. Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing.

Enjoy your dear wit, and gay rhetoric, That hath so well been taught her dazzing fence. Milton.
Of dauntless courage and consummate skill in fence. Macaulay.

5. A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. [Slang] Mayhew.

Fence month

Fence month (Forest Law), the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland. Fence time, the breeding time of fish or game, when they should not be killed. -- Rail fence, a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts. -- Ring fence, a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure. -- Worm fence, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence. -- To be on the fence, to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]
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Fence

Fence, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fenced ( Fencing (?).]

1. To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.

To fence my ear against thy sorceries. Milton.

2. To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.

O thou wall! . . . dive in the earth, And fence not Athens. Shak.
A sheepcote fenced about with olive trees. Shak.
To fence the tables (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

Fence

Fence (?), v. i.

1. To make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence.

Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first place, to be fenced against. Locke.

2. To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only.

He will fence with his own shadow. Shak.

3. Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc.

They fence and push, and, pushing, loudly roar; Their dewlaps and their sides are batDryden.
As when a billow, blown against, Falls back, the voice with which I fenced A little ceased, but recommenced. Tennyson.

Fenceful

Fence"ful (?), a. Affording defense; defensive. [Obs.] Congreve.

Fenceless

Fence"less, a. Without a fence; uninclosed; open; unguarded; defenseless. Milton.

Fencer

Fen"cer (?), n. One who fences; one who teaches or practices the art of fencing with sword or foil.
As blunt as the fencer's foils. Shak.

Fenci-ble

Fen"ci-ble (?), a. Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense. [Obs.]
No fort so fencible, nor walls so strong. Spenser.

Fencible

Fen"ci*ble, n. (Mil.) A soldier enlisted for home service only; -- usually in the pl.

Fencing

Fen"cing (?), n.

1. The art or practice of attack and defense with the sword, esp. with the s,allword. See Fence, v. i., 2.

2. Disputing or debating in a manner resembling the art of fencers. Shak.

3. The materials used for building fences. [U.S.]

4. The act of building a fence.

5. To aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm.

Fen cricket

Fen" crick`et (?). (Zo\'94l.) The mole cricket. [Prov. Eng.]

Fend

Fend (?), n. A fiend. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fend

Fend (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fended; p. pr. & vb. n. Fending.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.] To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. Dryden.
To fend off a boat ∨ vessel (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.

Fend

Fend, v. i. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. Locke.

Fender

Fen"der (?), n. [From Fend, v. t. & i., cf. Defender.] One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm; as: (a) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor. (b) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf. (c) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard. (d) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.

Fendliche

Fend"liche (?), a. Fiendlike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fenerate

Fen"er*ate (?), v. i. [L. faeneratus, p.p. of faenerari lend on interest, fr. faenus interest.] To put money to usury; to lend on interest. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Feneration

Fen`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. faeneratio.] The act of fenerating; interest. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Fenes-tella

Fen`es-tel"la (?), n. [L., dim. of fenestra (Arch.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like.

Fenestra

Fe*nes"tra (?), n.; pl. Fenestr\'91 (#). [L., a window.] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

Fenestral

Fe*nes"tral (?), a. [L. fenestra a window.]

1. (Arch.) Pertaining to a window or to windows.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a fenestra.

Fenestral

Fe*nes"tral, n. (Arch.) A casement or window sash, closed with cloth or paper instead of glass. Weale.

Fenestrate

Fe*nes"trate (?), a. [L. fenestratus, p.p. of fenestrare to furnish with openings and windows.]

1. Having numerous openings; irregularly reticulated; as, fenestrate membranes; fenestrate fronds.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies.

Fenestrated

Fe*nes"tra*ted (?), a.

1. (Arch.) Having windows; characterized by windows.

2. Same as Fenestrate.

Fenestration

Fen`es*tra"tion (?), n.

1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions.

2. (Anat.) The state or condition of being fenestrated.

Fenestrule

Fe*nes"trule (?), n. [L. fenestrula a little window, dim. of fenestra a window.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the openings in a fenestrated structure.

Fengite

Fen"gite (?), n. (Min.) A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.

Fenian

Fe"ni*an (?), n. [From the Finians or Fenii, the old militia of Ireland, who were so called from Fin or Finn, Fionn, or Fingal, a popular hero of Irish traditional history.] A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.

Feni-an

Fe"ni-an (?), a. Pertaining to Fenians or to Fenianism.

Fenianism

Fe"ni*an*ism (?), n. The principles, purposes, and methods of the Fenians.

Fenks

Fenks (?), n. The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue. Ure.

Fennec

Fen"nec (?), n. [Ar. fanek.] (Zo\'94l.) A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.

Fennel

Fen"nel (?), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus F\'91niculum (F.vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.
Smell of sweetest fennel. Milton.
A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. S. G. Goodrich.
Azorean, ∨ Sweet, fennel, (F\'91niculum dulce). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. -- Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed. -- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascena is common in gardens. N.sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). -- Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. -- Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. -- Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel.

Fennish

Fen"nish (?), a. Abounding in fens; fenny.

Fenny

Fen"ny (?), a. [AS. fennig.] Pertaining to, or inhabiting, a fen; abounding in fens; swampy; boggy. "Fenny snake." Shak.

Fenowed

Fen"owed (?), a. [AS. fynig musty, fynegean to become musty or filthy: cf. fennig fenny, muddy, dirty, fr. fen fen. Cf. Finew.] Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. [Obs.] Dr. Favour.

Fensi-ble

Fen"si-ble (?), a. Fencible. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fen-sucked

Fen"-sucked` (?), a. Sucked out of marches. "Fen-sucked fogs." Shak.

Fenugreek

Fen"u*greek (? ∨ ?), n. [L. faenum Graecum, lit., Greek hay: cf. F. fenugrec. Cf. Fennel.] (Bot.) A plant (trigonella F\'d2num Gr\'91cum) cultivated for its strong-smelling seeds, which are "now only used for giving false importance to horse medicine and damaged hay." J. Smith (Pop. Names of Plants, 1881).

Feod

Feod (?), n. A feud. See 2d Feud. Blackstone.

Feodal

Feod"al (?), a. Feudal. See Feudal.

Feodality

Feo*dal"i*ty (?), n. Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality. Burke.

Feodary

Feod"a*ry (?), n.

1. An accomplice.

Art thou a feodary for this act? Shak.

2. (Eng. Law) An ancient officer of the court of wards. Burrill.

Feodatory

Feod"a*to*ry (?), n. See Feudatory.

Feoff

Feoff (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed (#); p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

Feoff

Feoff, n. (Law) A fief. See Fief.

Feoffee

Feof*fee" (?; 277), n. [OF. feoff\'82.] (Law) The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.

Feoffment

Feoff"ment (?), n. [OF. feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. feoffamentum.] (Law) (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. Burrill. (c) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. [Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.]

Feofor, Feoffer

Feo"for (?), Feof"fer (?), n. [OF. feoour.] (Law) One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.

Fer

Fer (?), a. & adv. Far. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feracious

Fe*ra"cious (?), a. [L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to bear.] Fruitful; producing abudantly. [R.] Thomson.

Feracity

Fe*rac"i*ty (?), n. [L. feracitas.] The state of being feracious or fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie.

Fer\'91

Fe"r\'91 (?), n. pl. [L., wild animals, fem. pl. of ferus wild.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora. <-- no pos in original = adv. -->

Fer\'91 natur\'91

Fe"r\'91 na*tu"r\'91 (?). [L.] Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.

Feral

Fe"ral (?), a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants. <-- also feral child, not raised by humans -->

Feral

Fe"ral, a. [L. feralis, belonging to the dead.] Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. [R.] "Feral accidents." Burton.

Ferde

Ferde (?), obs. imp. of Fare. Chaucer.

Fer-de-lance

Fer`-de-lance" (?), n. [F., the iron of a lance, lance head.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus<-- now Bothrops atrox-->) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle. <-- also in Central America. -->

Ferding

Fer"ding (?), n. [See Farthing.] A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.]

Ferdness

Ferd"ness (?), n. [OE. ferd fear. See Fear.] Fearfulness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fere

Fere (?), n. [OE. fere companion, AS. gef&emac;ra, from f&emac;ran to go, travel, faran to travel. &root;78. See Fare.] A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written also fear and feere.] Chaucer.
And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere. Spenser.
In fere, together; in company. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fere

Fere, a. [Cf. L. ferus wild.] Fierce. [Obs.]

Fere

Fere, n. [See Fire.] Fire. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fere

Fere, n. [See Fear.] Fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fere

Fere, v. t. & i. To fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feretory

Fer`e*to*ry (?), n. [L. feretrum bier, Gr. ferre, E. bear to support.] A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. Mollett.

Ferforth

Fer"forth` (?), adv. Far forth. [Obs.] As ferforth as, as far as. -- So ferforth, to such a degree.

Ferforthly

Fer"forth`ly, adv. Ferforth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fergusonite

Fer"gu*son*ite (?), n. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

Feria

Fe"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Feri\'91 (. (Eccl.) A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast. Shipley.

Ferial

Fe"ri*al (?), n. Same as Feria.

Ferial

Fe"ri*al, a. [LL. ferialis, fr. L. ferie holidays: cf. F. f\'82rial. See 5th Fair.]

1. Of or pertaining to holidays. [Obs.] J. Gregory.

2. Belonging to any week day, esp. to a day that is neither a festival nor a fast.

Feriation

Fe`ri*a"tion (?), n. [L. feriari to keep holiday, fr. ferie holidays.] The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ferie

Fe"rie (?), n. [OF. ferie, fr. L. ferie holidays. See 5th Fair.] A holiday. [Obs.] Bullokar.

Ferier

Fe"ri*er (?), a., compar. of Fere, fierce. [Obs.]
Rhenus ferier than the cataract. Marston.

Ferine

Fe"rine (?), a. [L. ferinus, fr. ferus wild. See Fierce.] Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts. Sir M. Hale. -- n. A wild beast; a beast of prey. -- Fe"rine*ly, adv. -- Fe"rine*ness, n.

Feringee

Fer*in"gee (?), n. [Per. Farang\'c6, or Ar. Firanj\'c6, properly, a Frank.] The name given to Europeans by the Hindos. [Written also Feringhee.]

Ferity

Fer"i*ty (?), n. [L. feritas, from ferus wild.] Wildness; savageness; fierceness. [Obs.] Woodward.

Ferly

Fer"ly (?), a. [AS. f sudden, unexpected. See Fear, n.] Singular; wonderful; extraordinary. [Obs.] -- n. A wonder; a marvel. [Obs.]
Who hearkened ever such a ferly thing. Chaucer.

Fermacy

Fer"ma*cy (?), n. [OE. See Pharmacy.] Medicine; pharmacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ferm, Ferme

Ferm, Ferme (?), n.[See Farm.] Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an abode; a place of residence; as, he let his land to ferm. [Obs.]
Out of her fleshy ferme fled to the place of pain. Spenser.

Ferment

Fer"ment (?), n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st Barm, Fervent.]

1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. &hand; Ferments are of two kinds: (a) Formed or organized ferments. (b) Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are also called soluble ∨ chemical ferments, and enzymes. Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and development; as, the acetic ferment, the butyric ferment, etc. See Fermentation. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease of malt. <-- by 1960 the term "ferment" to mean "enzyme" fell out of use. Enzymes are now known to be globular proteins, capable of catalyzing a wide variety of chemical reactions, not merely hydrolytic. The full set of enzymes causing production of ethyl alcohol from sugar has been identified and individually purified and studied. See enzyme -->

2. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.

Subdue and cool the ferment of desire. Rogers.
the nation is in a ferment. Walpole.
<-- in a ferment in a state of agitation, applied to human groups. -->

3. A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation. [R.]

Down to the lowest lees the ferment ran. Thomson.
ferment oils, volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the quintessences of the alchenists. Ure.

Ferment

Fer*ment" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fermented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fermenting.] [L. fermentare, fermentatum: cf. F. fermenter. See Ferment, n.] To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood. Pope.

Ferment

Fer*ment", v. i.

1. To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.

2. To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.

But finding no redress, ferment an rage. Milton.
The intellect of the age was a fermenting intellect. De Quincey.

Fermentability

Fer*ment`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of fermentation.

Fermentable

Fer*ment"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. fermentable.] Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.

Fermental

Fer*ment"al (?), a. Fermentative. [Obs.]
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Fermentation

Fer`men*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. fermentation.]

1. The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it. <-- in industrial microbiology -- = the production of chemical substances by use of microorganisms -->

2. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.

It puts the soul to fermentation and activity. Jer. Taylor.
A univesal fermentation of human thought and faith. C. Kingsley.
Acetous, ∨ Acetic, fermentation, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment (Mycoderma aceti). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the first process. 1. C2H6O + O = H2O + C2H4O Alcohol. Water. Aldehyde. 2. C2H4O + O = C2H4O2 Aldehyde. Acetic acid. -- Alcoholic fermentation, the fermentation which saccharine bodies undergo when brought in contact with the yeast plant or Torula. The sugar is converted, either directly or indirectly, into alcohol and carbonic acid, the rate of action being dependent on the rapidity with which the Torul\'91 develop. -- Ammoniacal fermentation, the conversion of the urea of the urine into ammonium carbonate, through the growth of the special urea ferment. CON2H4 + 2H2O = (NH4)2CO3 Urea. Water. Ammonium carbonate. Whenever urine is exposed to the air in open vessels for several days it undergoes this alkaline fermentation. -- Butyric fermentation, the decomposition of various forms of organic matter, through the agency of a peculiar worm-shaped vibrio, with formation of more or less butyric acid. It is one of the many forms of fermentation that collectively constitute putrefaction. See Lactic fermentation. -- Fermentation by an unorganized ferment ∨ enzyme. Fermentations of this class are purely chemical reactions, in which the ferment acts as a simple catalytic agent. Of this nature are the decomposition or inversion of cane sugar into levulose and dextrose by boiling with dilute acids, the conversion of starch into dextrin and sugar by similar treatment, the conversion of starch into like products by the action of diastase of malt or ptyalin of saliva, the conversion of albuminous food into peptones and other like products by the action of pepsin-hydrochloric acid of the gastric juice or by the ferment of the pancreatic juice. -- Fermentation theory of disease (Biol. & Med.), the theory that most if not all, infectious or zymotic disease are caused by the introduction into the organism of the living germs of ferments, or ferments already developed (organized ferments), by which processes of fermentation are set up injurious to health. See Germ theory. -- Glycerin fermentation, the fermentation which occurs on mixing a dilute solution of glycerin with a peculiar species of schizomycetes and some carbonate of lime, and other matter favorable to the growth of the plant, the glycerin being changed into butyric acid, caproic acid, butyl, and ethyl alcohol. With another form of bacterium (Bacillus subtilis) ethyl alcohol and butyric acid are mainly formed. -- Lactic fermentation, the transformation of milk sugar or other saccharine body into lactic acid, as in the souring of milk, through the agency of a special bacterium (Bacterium lactis of Lister). In this change the milk sugar, before assuming the form of lactic acid, presumably passes through the stage of glucose. C12H22O11.H2O = 4C3H6O3 Hydrated milk sugar. Lactic acid. In the lactic fermentation of dextrose or glucose, the lactic acid which is formed is very prone to undergo butyric fermentation after the manner indicated in the following equation: 2C3H6O3 (lactic acid) = C4H8O2 (butyric acid) + 2CO2 (carbonic acid) + 2H2 (hydrogen gas). -- Putrefactive fermentation. See Putrefaction.

Fermentative

Fer*ment"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. fermentatif.] Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process. -- Fer*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fer*ment"a*tive*ness, n.

Fermerere

Fer"mer*ere (?), n. [OF. enfermerier, fr. enfermerie infirmary. See Infirmary.] The officer in a religious house who had the care of the infirmary. [Obs.]

Fermillet

Fer"mil*let (?), n. [OF., dim. of fermeil, fermail, clasp, prob. fr. OF. & F. fermer to make fast, fr. ferme fast. See Firm.] A buckle or clasp. [Obs.] Donne.

Fern

Fern (?), adv. Long ago. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fern

Fern, a. [AS. fyrn.] Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints]. Chaucer.

Fern

Fern (?), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par\'c9a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size. &hand; The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns. Christmas fern. See under Christmas. -- Climbing fern (Bot.), a delicate North American fern (Lygodium palmatum), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of decoration. -- Fern owl. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The European goatsucker. (b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- Fern shaw, a fern thicket. [Eng.] R. Browning.

Fernery

Fern"er*y (?), n. A place for rearing ferns.

Fernticle

Fern"ti*cle (?), n. A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern. [Prov. Eng.]

Ferny

Fern"y (?), a. Abounding in ferns.

Ferocious

Fe*ro"cious (?), a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F. f\'82roce. See Ferocity.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion.
The humbled power of a ferocious enemy. Lowth.
Syn. -- Ferocious, Fierce, Savage, Barbarous. When these words are applied to human feelings or conduct, ferocious describes the disposition; fierce, the haste and violence of an act; barbarous, the coarseness and brutality by which it was marked; savage, the cruel and unfeeling spirit which it showed. A man is ferocious in his temper, fierce in his actions, barbarous in the manner of carrying out his purposes, savage in the spirit and feelings expressed in his words or deeds. -- Fe*ro"cious*ly, adv. -- Fe*ro"cious*ness, n.
It [Christianity] has adapted the ferociousness of war. Blair.

Ferocity

Fe*roc"i*ty (?), n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocit\'82. See Fierce.] Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.
The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief. Macaulay.

Feroher

Fer*o"her (?), n. (Arch\'91ol.) A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc.

Ferous

Fe"rous (?), a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] Wild; savage. [R.] Arthur Wilson.

-ferous

-fer*ous (?). [L. -fer. fr. ferre to bear. See Bear to support.] A suffix signifying bearing, producing, yielding; as, auriferous, yielding gold; chyliferous, producing chyle.

Ferrandine

Fer*ran"dine (? ∨ ?), n. [F.; cf. OF. ferrant iron-gray, from L. ferrum iron.] A stuff made of silk and wool.
I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys.

Ferrara

Fer*ra"ra (?), n. A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Ferrarese

Fer`ra*rese" (?), a. Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. -- n., sing. & pl. A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.

Ferrary

Fer"ra*ry (?), n. [L. ferraria iron works. See Ferreous.] The art of working in iron. [Obs.] Chapman.

Ferrate

Fer"rate (?), n. [L. ferrum iron.] (Chem.) A salt of ferric acid.

Ferre, Ferrer

Fer"re (?), Fer"rer (?), a. & adv. Obs. compar. of Fer.

Ferreous

Fer"re*ous (?), a. [L. ferreus, fr. ferrum iron. Cf. Farrier, Ferrous.] Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Ferrest

Fer"rest (?), a. & adv. Obs. superl. of Fer. Chaucer.

Ferret

Fer"ret (?), n. [F. furet, cf. LL. furo; prob. fr. L. fur thief (cf. Furtive); cf. Arm. fur wise, sly.] (Zo\'94l.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela ∨ Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.

Ferret

Fer"ret, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ferreting.] [Cf. F. fureter. See Ferret, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.

Ferret

Fer"ret, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. Floret.] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.

Ferret

Fer"ret, n. [F. feret, dim. or fer iron, L. ferrum.] (Glass Making) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.

Ferreter

Fer"ret*er (?), n. One who ferrets. Johnson.

Ferret-eye

Fer"ret-eye` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.

Ferretto

Fer*ret"to (?), n. [It. ferretto di Spagna, dim. of ferro iron, fr. L. ferrum.] Copper sulphide, used to color glass. Hebert.

Ferri-

Fer"ri- (. (Chem.) A combining form indicating ferric iron as an ingredient; as, ferricyanide.

Ferriage

Fer"ri*age (?; 48), n. [From Ferry.] The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.

Ferric

Fer"ric (?), a. [L. ferrum iron: cf. F. ferrique. See Ferrous.] Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically (Chem.), denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the ferrous compounds; as, ferric oxide; ferric acid. Ferric acid (Chem.), an acid, H2FeO4, which is not known in the free state, but forms definite salts, analogous to the chromates and sulphates. -- Ferric oxide (Chem.), sesquioxide of iron, Fe2O3; hematite. See Hematite.

Ferricyanat Fer`ri*cy"a*nat (?), n. [Ferri- + cyanate.] (Chem.) A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.

Ferricyanic

Fer`ri*cy*an"ic (?), a. [Ferri- + cyanic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide. Ferricyanic acid (Chem.), a brown crystalline substance, H6(CN)12Fe2, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also hydro-ferricyanic acid, hydrogen ferricyanide, etc.

Ferricyanide

Fer`ri*cy"a*nide (?; 104), n. [Ferri- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. Potassium ferricyanide (Chem.), red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, K6(CN)12Fe2, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, Turnbull's blue.

Ferrier

Fer"ri*er (?), n. A ferryman. Calthrop.

Ferriferous

Fer*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. ferrum iron + -ferous: cf. F. ferrif\'8are.] Producing or yielding iron.

Ferriprussiate

Fer`ri*prus"si*ate (? ∨ ?; see Prussiate, 277), n. [Ferri- + prussiate.] (Chem.) A ferricyanate; a ferricyanide. [R.]

Ferriprussic

Fer`ri*prus"sic (? ∨ ?; see Prussik, 277), a. [Ferri- + prussic.] (Chem.) Ferricyanic. [R.]

Ferro-

Fer"ro- (. (Chem.) A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as an ingredient; as, ferrocyanide.

Ferrocalcite

Fer`ro*cal"cite (?), n. [Ferro- + calcite.] Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.

Ferrocyanate

Fer`ro*cy"a*nate (?), n. [Ferro- + cyanate: cf. F. ferrocyanate.] (Chem.) A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.

Ferrocyanic

Fer`ro*cy*an"ic (?), a. [Ferro- + cyanic: cf. F. ferrocyanique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide. ferrocyanic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, H4(CN)6Fe, of strong acid properties, obtained from potassium ferrocyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferrocyanides; -- called also hydro-ferrocyanic acid, hydrogen ferrocyanide. etc.

Ferrocyanide

Fer`ro*cy"a*nide (? ∨ ?; 104), n. [Ferro- + cyanide.] (Chem.) One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. Potassium ferrocyanide (Chem.), yellow prussiate of potash; a tough, yellow, crystalline salt, K4(CN)6Fe, the starting point in the manufacture of almost all cyanogen compounds, and the basis of the ferric ferrocyanate, prussian blue. It is obtained by strongly heating together potash, scrap iron, and animal matter containing nitrogen, as horn, leather, blood, etc., in iron pots.

Ferroprussiate

Fer`ro*prus"si*ate (? ∨ ? ∨; see Prussiate, 277), n. )
[Ferro- + prussiate.] (Chem.) A ferrocyanate; a ferocyanide. [R.]

Ferroprussic

Fer`ro*prus"sic (? ∨ ?; see Prussic, 277), a. [Ferro- + prussic.] (Chem.) Ferrocyanic.

Ferroso-

Fer*ro"so- (. (Chem.) See Ferro-.

Ferrotype

Fer"ro*type (?), n. [L. ferrum iron + -type.] A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.

Ferrous

Fer"rous (?), a. [Cf. F. ferreux. See Ferreous.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate.

Ferruginated

Fer*ru"gi*na`ted (?), a. [See Ferrugo.] Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.

Ferrugineous

Fer`ru*gin"e*ous (?), a. Ferruginous. [R.]

Ferruginous

Fer*ru"gi*nous (?), a. [L. ferruginus, ferrugineus, fr. ferrugo, -ginis, iron rust: cf. F. ferrugineux. See Ferrugo.]

1. Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. Boyle.

2. Resembling iron rust in appearance or color; brownish red, or yellowish red.

Ferrugo

Fer*ru"go (?), n. [L., iron rust, fr. ferrum iron.] A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.

Ferrule

Fer"rule (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [Formerly verrel, F. virole, fr. L. viriola little bracelet, dim. of viriae, pl., bracelets; prob. akin to viere to twist, weave, and E. withe. The spelling with f is due to confusion with L. ferrum iron.]

1. A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing.

2. (Steam Boilers) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth.

Ferruminate

Fer*ru"mi*nate (?), v. t. [L. ferruminatus, p.p. of ferruminare to cement, solder, fr. ferrumen cement, fr. ferrum iron.] To solder or unite, as metals. [R.] Coleridge.

Ferrumination

Fer*ru`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. ferruminatio: cf. F. ferrumination.] The soldering ir uniting of me [R.] Coleridge.

Ferry

Fer"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ferrying.] [OE. ferien to convey, AS. ferian, from faran to go; akin to Icel. ferja to ferry, Goth. farjan to sail. See Fare.] To carry or transport over a river, strait, or other narrow water, in a boat.

Ferry

Fer"ry, v. i. To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry.
They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. Milton.

Ferry

Fer"ry, n.; pl. Ferries (#). [OE. feri; akin to Icel. ferja, Sw. f\'84rja, Dan. f\'91rge, G. f\'84hre. See Ferry, v. t.]

1. A place where persons or things are carried across a river, arm of the sea, etc., in a ferryboat.

It can pass the ferry backward into light. Milton.
To row me o'er the ferry. Campbell.

2. A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

3. A franchise or right to maintain a vessel for carrying passengers and freight across a river, bay, etc., charging tolls. Ferry bridge, a ferryboat adapted in its structure for the transfer of railroad trains across a river or bay. -- Ferry railway. See under Railway.

Ferryboat

Fer"ry*boat` (?), n. A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.

Ferryman

Fer"ry*man (?), n.; pl. Ferrymen (. One who maintains or attends a ferry.

Fers

Fers (?), a. Fierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ferthe

Ferthe (?), a. Fourth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fertile

Fer"tile (? ∨ ?; 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr. ferr to bear, produce: cf. F. fertile. See Bear to support.]

1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as, fertile land or fields; a fertile mind or imagination.

Though he in a fertile climate dwell. Shak.

2. (Bot.) (a) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers. (b) Containing pollen; -- said of anthers.

3. produced in abundance; plenteous; ample.

Henceforth, my early care . . . Shall tend thee, and the fertile burden ease Of thy full branches. Milton.
Syn. -- Fertile, Fruitful. Fertile implies the inherent power of production; fruitful, the act. The prairies of the West are fertile by nature, and are turned by cultivation into fruitful fields. The same distinction prevails when these words are used figuratively. A man of fertile genius has by nature great readiness of invention; one whose mind is fruitful has resources of thought and a readiness of application which enable him to think and act effectively.
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Fertilely

Fer"tile*ly (? ∨ ?; 277), adv. In a fertile or fruitful manner.

fertileness

fer"tile*ness, n. Fertility. Sir P. Sidney.

Fertilitate

Fer*til"i*tate (?), v. t. To fertilize; to fecundate. Sir T. Browne.

Fertility

Fer*til"i*ty (?), n. [L. fertilitas: cf. F. fertilit\'82.] The state or quality of being fertile or fruitful; fruitfulness; productiveness; fecundity; richness; abundance of resources; fertile invention; quickness; readiness; as, the fertility of soil, or of imagination. "fertility of resource." E. Everett.
And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps Corrupting in its own fertility. Shak.
Thy very weeds are beautiful; thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility. Byron.

Fertilization

Fer`ti*li*za"tion (?), n.

1. The act or process of rendering fertile.

2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation. Close fertilization (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom. -- Cross fertilization, fertilization by pollen from some other blossom. See under Cross, a.

Fertilize

Fer"ti*lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing (?).] [Cf. F. fertiliser.]

1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows.

And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. Byron.

2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.

Fertilizer

Fer"ti*lizer (?), n.

1. One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

2. That which renders fertile; a general name for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

Ferula

Fer"u*la (?), n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]

1. A ferule. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

Ferulaceous

Fer`u*la"ceous (?), a. [L. ferulaceus, fr. ferula rod: cf. F. f\'82rulac\'82.] Pertaining to reeds and canes; having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.

Ferular

Fer"u*lar (?), n. A ferule. [Obs.] Milton.

Ferule

Fer"ule (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [L. ferula: cf. F. f\'82rule. See Ferula.] A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.

Ferule

Fer"ule (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feruled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling.] To punish with a ferule.

Ferulic

Fe*ru"lic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, asafetida (Ferula asaf\'d2tida); as, ferulic acid. [Written also ferulaic.]

Fervence

Fer"vence (?), n. Heat; fervency. [Obs.]

Fervency

Fer"ven*cy (?), n. [Cf. OF. fervence. See Fervent.] The state of being fervent or warm; ardor; warmth of feeling or devotion; eagerness.
When you pray, let it be with attention, with fervency, and with perseverance. Wake.

Fervent

Fer"vent (?), a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p.pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]

1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

The elements shall melt with fervent heat. 2 Pet. iii. 10.

2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. Rom. iii. 11.
So spake the fervent angel. Milton.
A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind. Macaulay.
-- Fer"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n.
Laboring fervently for you in prayers. Col. iv. 12.

Fervescent

Fer*ves"cent (?), a. [L. fervescens, p.pr. of fervescere to become boiling hot, incho., fr. fervere. See Fervent.] Growing hot.

Fervid

Fer"vid (?), a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See Fervent.]

1. Very hot; burning; boiling.

The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays. Milton.

2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.

The fervid wishes, holy fires. Parnell.
-- Fer"vid*ly, adv. -- Fer"vid*ness, n.

Fervor

Fer"vor (?), n. [Written also fervour.] [OF. fervor, fervour, F. ferveur, L. fervor, fr. fervere. See Fervent.]

1. Heat; excessive warmth.

The fevor of ensuing day. Waller.

2. Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness. Hooker.

Winged with fervor of her love. Shak.
Syn. -- Fervor, Ardor. Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat. Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions under the image of ebullition, or as pouring themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity, fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is used when we think of anything as springing from a deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the fight.

Fescennine

Fes"cen*nine (?), a. [L. Fescenninus, fr. Fescennia, a city of Etruria.] Pertaining to, or resembling, the Fescennines. -- n. A style of low, scurrilous, obscene poetry originating in fescennia.

Fescue

Fes"cue (?), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. f\'82tu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]

1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue.' Sterne.

To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. Milton.

2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.

3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]

4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca. Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.

Fescue

Fes"cue (?), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Fescued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.

Fesels

Fes"els (?), n. pl. [Written also fasels.] See Phasel. [Obs.] May (Georgics).

Fess, Fesse

Fess, Fesse (?), n. [OF. fesse, faisse, F. fasce, fr. L. fascia band. See Fascia.] (Her.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries. Fess point (Her.), the exact center of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.

Fessitude

Fes"si*tude (?), n. [L. fessus wearied, fatigued.] Weariness. [Obs.] Bailey.

Fesswise

Fess"wise (?), adv. In the manner of fess.

Fest

Fest (?), n. [See Fist.] The fist. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fest, Feste

Fest, Fes"te (?), n.A feast. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Festal

Fes"tal (?), a. [L. festum holiday, feast. See feast.] Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis.

Festally

Fes"tal*ly, adv. Joyously; festively; mirthfully.

Festennine

Fes"ten*nine (?), n. A fescennine.

Fester

Fes"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Festered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Festering.] [OE. festern, fr. fester, n.; or fr. OF. festrir, fr. festre, n. See Fester, n.]

1. To generate pus; to become imflamed and suppurate; as, a sore or a wound festers.

Wounds immedicable Rankle, and fester, and gangrene. Milton.
Unkindness may give a wound that shall bleed and smart, but it is treachery that makes it fester. South.
Hatred . . . festered in the hearts of the children of the soil. Macaulay.

2. To be inflamed; to grow virulent, or malignant; to grow in intensity; to rankle.

Fester

Fes`ter, v. t. To cause to fester or rankle.
For which I burnt in inward, swelt'ring hate, And fstered ranking malice in my breast. Marston.

Fester

Fes"ter, n. [OF. festre, L. fistula a sort of ulcer. Cf. Fistula.]

1. A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharge corrupt matter; a pustule.

2. A festering or rankling.

The fester of the chain their necks. I. Taylor.

Festerment

Fes"ter*ment (?), n. A festering. [R.] Chalmers.

Festeye

Fest"eye (?), v. t. [OF. festier, festeer, F. festoyer.] To feast; to entertain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Festinate

Fes"ti*nate (?), a. [L. festinatus, p.p. of festinare to hasten.] Hasty; hurried. [Obs.] -- Fes"ti*nate*ly, adv. [Obs.] Shak.

Festination

Fes`ti*na"tion (?), n. [L. festinatio.] Haste; hurry. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Festival

Fes"ti*val (?), a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful.
I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.

Festi-val

Fes"ti-val, n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious.
The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.
Syn. -- Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.

Festive

Fes"tive (?), a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast. See feast, and cf. Festivous.] Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.
The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.

Festivity

Fes*tiv"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Festivities (#). [L. festivitas: cf. F. festivit\'82.]

1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.

The unrestrained festivity of the rustic youth. Bp. Hurd.

2. A festival; a festive celebration. Sir T. Browne.

Festivous

Fes"ti*vous (?), a. [See Festive.] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Festlich

Fest"lich (?), a. [See Feast, n.] Festive; fond of festive occasions. [Obs.] "A festlich man." Chaucer.

Festoon

Fes*toon" (?), n. [F. feston (cf. Sp. feston, It. festone), prob. fr. L. festum festival. See Feast.]

1. A garland or wreath hanging in a depending curve, used in decoration for festivals, etc.; anything arranged in this way.

2. (Arch. & Sculp.) A carved ornament consisting of flowers, and leaves, intermixed or twisted together, wound with a ribbon, and hanging or depending in a natural curve. See Illust. of Bucranium.

Festoon

Fes*toon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Festooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Festooning.] To form in festoons, or to adorn with festoons.

Festoony

Fes*toon"y (?), a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, festoons. Sir J. Herschel.

Festucine

Fes*tu*cine (? ∨ ?), a. [L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. Fescue.] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]
A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne.

Festucous

Fes"tu*cous (?), a. Formed or consisting of straw. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Festue

Fes"tue (?), n. [See Fescue.] A straw; a fescue. [Obs.] Holland.

Fet

Fet (?), n. [Cf. feat, F. fait, and It. fett slice, G. fetzen rag, Icel. fat garment.] A piece. [Obs.] Dryton.

Fet

Fet, v. t. [OE. fetten, feten, AS. fetian; akin to AS. f\'91t a journey, and to E. foot; cf. G. fassen to seize. &root; 77. See Foot, and cf. Fetch.] To fetch. [Obs.]
And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser.

Fet

Fet, p. p. of Fette. Fetched. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fetal

Fe"tal (?), a. [From Fetus.] Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus; as, fetal circulation; fetal membranes.

Fetation

Fe*ta"tion (?), n. The formation of a fetus in the womb; pregnancy.

Fetch

Fetch (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fetched 2; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fetching.] [OE. fecchen, AS. feccan, perh. the same word as fetian; or cf. facian to wish to get, OFries. faka to prepare. &root; 77. Cf. Fet, v. t.]

1. To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get.

Time will run back and fetch the age of gold. Milton.
He called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bred in thine hand. 1 Kings xvii. 11, 12.

2. To obtain as price or equivalent; to sell for.

Our native horses were held in small esteem, and fetched low prices. Macaulay.

3. To recall from a swoon; to revive; -- sometimes with to; as, to fetch a man to.

Fetching men again when they swoon. Bacon.

4. To reduce; to throw.

The sudden trip in wrestling that fetches a man to the ground. South.

5. To bring to accomplishment; to achieve; to make; to perform, with certain objects; as, to fetch a compass; to fetch a leap; to fetch a sigh.

I'll fetch a turn about the garden. Shak.
He fetches his blow quick and sure. South.

6. To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.

Meantine flew our ships, and straight we fetched The siren's isle. Chapman.

7. To cause to come; to bring to a particular state.

They could n't fetch the butter in the churn. W. Barnes.
To fetch a compass (Naut.), to make a sircuit; to take a circuitious route going to a place. -- To fetch a pump, to make it draw water by pouring water into the top and working the handle. -- To fetch headway ∨ sternway (Naut.), to move ahead or astern. -- To fetch out, to develop. "The skill of the polisher fetches out the colors [of marble]" Addison. -- To fetch up. (a) To overtake. [Obs.] "Says [the hare], I can fetch up the tortoise when I please." L'Estrange. (b) To stop suddenly.

fetch

fetch, v. i. To bring one's self; to make headway; to veer; as, to fetch about; to fetch to windward. Totten. To fetch away (Naut.), to break loose; to roll slide to leeward. -- To fetch and carry, to serve obsequiously, like a trained spaniel.

Fetch

Fetch, n.

1. A stratagem by which a thing is indirectly brought to pass, or by which one thing seems intended and another is done; a trick; an artifice.

Every little fetch of wit and criticism. South.

2. The apparation of a living person; a wraith.

The very fetch and ghost of Mrs. Gamp. Dickens.
Fetch candle, a light seen at night, superstitiously believed to portend a person's death.

Fethcer

Fethc"er (?), n. One wo fetches or brings.

Fete

Fete (?), n. [See feat.] A feat. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fete

Fete, n. pl. [See Foot.] Feet. [Obs.] Chaucer.

F\'88te

F\'88te (?), n. [F. See Feast.] A festival. F\'88te champ\'88tre ( [F.], a festival or entertainment in the open air; a rural festival.

F\'88te

F\'88te (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. F\'88ted; p. pr. & vb. n. F\'88ting.] [Cf. F. f\'88ter.] To feast; to honor with a festival.

Fetich, Fetish

Fe"tich, Fe"tish (?), n.[F. f\'82tiche, from Pg. feiti, adj., n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious.]

1. A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.

2. Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

fetichism, Fetishism

fe"tich*ism, Fe"tish*ism (? ∨ ?); 277), n.[Cf. F. f\'82tichisme.] [Written also feticism.]

1. The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.

2. Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.

The real and absolute worship of fire falls into two great divisions, the first belonging rather to fetichism, the second to polytheism proper. Tylor.

Fetichist, Fetishist

Fe"tich*ist, Fe"tish*ist, n.A believer in fetiches.
He was by nature a fetichist. H. Holbeach.

Fetichistic, Fetishistic

Fe`tich*is"tic (?), Fe`tish*is"tic, a. Pertaining to, or involving, fetichism.
A man of the fifteenth century, inheriting its strange web of belief and unbelief, of epicurean levity and fetichistic dread. G. Eliot.

Feticide

Fe"ti*cide (? ∨ ?), n. [Written also f\'d2ticide.] [Fetus + L. caedere to kill.] (Med. & Law) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.

Feticism

Fe"ti*cism (?), n. See Fetichism.

Fetid

Fet"id (? ∨ ?; 277), a. [L. fetidus, foetidus, fr. fetere, foetere, to have an ill smell, to stink: cf. F. f\'82tide.] Having an offensive smell; stinking.
Most putrefactions . . . smell either fetid or moldy. Bacon.

Fetidity

Fet*id"i*ty (? ∨ ?), n. Fetidness.

Fetidness

Fet"id*ness, n. The quality or state of being fetid.

Fetiferous

Fe*tif"er*ous (?), a. [Fetus + -ferous.] Producing young, as animals.
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Fetis

Fe"tis (?), a. [OF. fetis, faitis. Cf. Factitious.] Neat; pretty; well made; graceful. [Obs.]
Full fetis was her cloak, as I was ware. Chaucer.

Fetisely

Fe"tise*ly (?), adv. Neatly; gracefully; properly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fetish, n., Fetishism Fe"tish (?), n., Fe"tish*ism (, n., Fe`tish*is"tic (, a. See Fetich, n., Fetichism, n., Fetichistic, a.

Fetlock

Fet"lock (?), n. [OE. fetlak, fitlock, cf. Icel. fet pace, step, fit webbed foot of water birds, akin to E. foot. &root; 77. See Foot.] The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair.
Their wounded steeds Fret fetlock deep in gore. Shak.

Fetor

Fe"tor (?), n. [L. fetor, foetor. See Fetid.] A strong, offensive smell; stench; fetidness. Arbuthnot.

Fette

Fet"te (? ∨ ?), v.t. [imp. Fette, p.p. Fet.] [See Fet, v. t.] To fetch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fetter

Fet"ter (?), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj\'94turr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. &root; 77. See Foot.] [Chiefly used in the plural, fetters.]

1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

[They] bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21.

2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.

Fetter

Fet"ter, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Fettered (n.
Fettering.] 1. To put fetters upon; to shakle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton.

2. To reastrain from motion; to impose restrains on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. Shak.

Fettered

Fet"tered (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.

Fetterer

Fet"ter*er (?), n. One who fetters. Landor.

Fetterless

Fet"ter*less, a. Free from fetters. Marston.

Fettle

Fet"tle (?), v. t. [OE. & Prov. E., to fettle (in sense 1), fettle, n., order, repair, preparation, dress; prob. akin to E. fit. See Fit, a.] 1. To repair; to prepare; to put in order. [Prov. Eng.] Carlyle.

2. (Metal.) To cover or line with a mixture of ore, cinders, etc., as the hearth of a puddling furnace.

Fettle

Fet"tle, v. i. To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business. [Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

Fettle

Fet"tle, n. The act of fettling. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. In fine fettle, in good spirits.

Fettling

Fet"tling (?), n.

1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.] [It is commonly called fix in the United States.]

2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.

Fetuous

Fet"u*ous (?), a. Neat; feat. [Obs.] Herrick.

Fetus

Fe"tus (?), n.; pl. Fetuses (#). [L. fetus, foetus, a bringing forth, brood, offspring, young ones, cf. fetus fruitful, fructified, that is or was filled with young; akin to E. fawn a deer, fecundity, felicity, feminine, female, and prob. to do, or according to others, to be.] The young or embryo of an animal in the womb, or in the egg; often restricted to the later stages in the development of viviparous and oviparous animals, embryo being applied to the earlier stages. [Written also f\'d2tus.]

Fetwah

Fet"wah (?), n. [Ar.] A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law.<-- written also fatwah --> Whitworth.

Feu

Feu (?), n. [See 2d Feud, and Fee.] (Scots Law) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money. Burrill.

Feuar

Feu"ar (?), n. [From Feu.] (Scots Law) One who holds a feu. Sir W. Scott.

Feud

Feud (?), n. [OE. feide, AS. f, fr. f\'beh hostile; akin to OHG. f, G. fehde, Sw. fejd, D. feide; prob. akin to E. fiend. See Foe.]

1. A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

2. A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.

Mutual feuds and battles betwixt their several tribes and kindreds. Purchas.
Syn. -- Affray; fray; broil; contest; dispute; strife.

Feud

Feud, n. [LL. feudum, feodum prob. of same origin as E. fief. See Fief, Fee.] (Law) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.

Feudal

Feu"dal (?), a. [F. f\'82odal, or LL. feudalis.]

1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or feels; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures.

2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military services; as, the feudal system.

Feudalism

Feu"dal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. f\'82odalisme.] The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

Feudalist

Feu"dal*ist, n. An upholder of feudalism.

Feudality

Feu*dal"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. f\'82odalit\'82.] The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution. Burke.

Fedaliza/tion

Fe`dal*i*za/tion (?), n. The act of reducing to feudal tenure.

Feudalize

Feu"dal*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feudalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Feudalizing (?).] To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.

Feudally

Feu"dal*ly, adv. In a feudal manner.

Feudary

Feu"da*ry (?), a. [LL. feudarius, fr. feudum. See 2d Feud.] Held by, or pertaining to, feudal tenure.

Feudary

Feu"da*ry, n.

1. A tenant who holds his lands by feudal service; a feudatory. Foxe.

2. A feodary. See Feodary.

Feudataty

Feu"da*ta*ty (?), a. & n. [LL. feudatarius: cf. F. feudataire.] See Feudatory.

Feudatory

Feu"da*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Feudatories (. A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.
The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone.
[He] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman.

Feudtory

Feu"dto*ry, a. Held from another on some conditional tenure; as, a feudatory title. Bacon. <-- no pos in original = n. -->

Feu de joie

Feu` de joie" (?). [F., lit., fire of joy.] A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.

Feudist

Feud"ist (?), n. [Cf. F. feudiste.] A writer on feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Spelman.

Feuillants

Feu`illants" (?), n. pl. A reformed branch of the Bernardines, founded in 1577 at Feuillans, near Toulouse, in France.

Feuillemort

Feuille"mort` (?), a. [F. feuille morte a dead leaf.] Having the color of a faded leaf. Locke.

Feuilleton

Feu`ille*ton" (? ∨ ?), n. [F., from feulle leaf.] A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.

Feuilltonist

Feuill"ton*ist (?), n. [F. feuilletoniste.] A writer of feuilletons. F. Harrison.

feuter

feu"ter (, v. t. [OE. feutre rest for a lance, OF. feutre, fautre, feltre, felt, cushion, rest for a lance, fr. LL. filtrum, feltrum; of German origin, and akin to E. felt. See Felt, and cf. Filter.] To set close; to fix in rest, as a spear. Spenser.

Feuterer

Feu"ter*er (?), n. [Either fr. G. f\'81tterer feeder, or corrupted fr. OF. vautrier, vaultrier; fr. vaultre, viautre, a kind of hound, fr. L. vertragus, vertraga, a greyhound. The last is of Celtic origin.] A dog keeper. [Obs.] Massinger.

Fever

Fe"ver (?), n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fi\'8avre. Cf. Febrile.]

1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever. &hand; Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit.

2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.

An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation. Shak.
After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. Shak.
Brain fever, Continued fever, etc. See under Brain, Continued, etc. -- Fever and ague, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. -- Fever blister (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. -- Fever bush (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See Spicewood. -- Fever powder. Same as Jame's powder. -- Fever root (Bot.), an American herb of the genus Triosteum (T. perfoliatum); -- called also feverwort amd horse gentian. -- Fever sore, a carious ulcer or necrosis. Miner.

Fever

Fe"ver, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fevered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fevering.] To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. [R.]
The white hand of a lady fever thee. Shak.

Feveret

Fe"ver*et (?), n. A slight fever. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Feverfew

Fe"ver*few (?), n. [AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge.] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, ∨ Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities.

Feverish

Fe"ver*ish, a.

1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish.

2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms.

3. Hot; sultry. "The feverish north." Dryden.

4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish bing. Milton.
-- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n.

Feverous

Fe"ver*ous (?), a. [Cf.F. fi\'82vreux.]

1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish.

His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats.

2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse.

All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. Milton.

3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. [R.] Bacon.

Feverously

Fe"ver*ous*ly, adv. Feverishly. [Obs.] Donne.

Feverwort

Fe"ver*wort` (?), n. See Fever root, under Fever.

Fevery

Fe"ver*y (?), a. Feverish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Few

Few (?), a. [Compar. Fewer (?); superl. Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe\'a0, pl. fe\'a0we; akin to OS. f\'beh, OHG. f\'b5, Icel. f\'ber, Sw. f\'86, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. Paucity.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few?" Job x. 20.
Few know and fewer care. Proverb.
&hand; Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. A few, a small number. -- In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. - No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. - The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.

Fewel

Fe"wel (?), n. [See Fuel.] Fuel. [Obs.] Hooker.

Fewmet

Few"met (?), n. See Fumet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Fewness

Few"ness, n.

1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity. Shak.

2. Brevity; conciseness. [Obs.] Shak.

Fey

Fey (?), a. [AS. f, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.] Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]

Fey

Fey (?), n. [See Fay faith.] Faith. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fey

Fey (?), v. t. [Cf. Feague.] To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.] Tusser.

Feyne

Feyne (?), v. t. To feign. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Feyre

Feyre (?), n. A fair or market. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fez

Fez (?), n. [F., fr. the town of Fez in Morocco.] A felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh. B. Taylor.

Fiacre

Fia"cre (?), n. [F.] A kind of French hackney coach.

Fiance

Fi"ance (?), v. t. [F. fiancer. See Affiance.] To betroth; to affiance. [Obs.] Harmar.

Fianc\'82

Fi`an`c\'82" (?), n. [F.] A betrothed man.

Fianc\'82e

Fi`an`c\'82e" (?), n. [F.] A betrothed woman.

Fiants

Fi"ants (?), n. [F. fiente dung.] The dung of the fox, wolf, boar, or badger.

Fiar

Fi"ar (? ∨ ?), n. [See Feuar.]

1. (Scots Law) One in whom the property of an estate is vested, subject to the estate of a life renter.

I am fiar of the lands; she a life renter. Sir W. Scott.

2. pl. The price of grain, as legally fixed, in the counties of Scotland, for the current year.

Fiasco

Fi*as"co (?), n.; pl. Fiascoes (#). [It.] A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

Fiat

Fi"at (?), n. [L., let it be done, 3d pers. sing., subj. pres., fr. fieri, used as pass. of facere to make. Cf. Be.]

1. An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

His fiat laid the corner stone. Willis.

2. (Eng. Law) (a) A warrant of a judge for certain processes. (b) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature. Fiat money, irredeemable paper currency, not resting on a specie basis, but deriving its purchasing power from the declaratory fiat of the government issuing it.

Fiaunt

Fi*aunt" (?), n. Commission; fiat; order; decree. [Obs.] Spenser.

Fib

Fib (?), n. [Prob. fr. fable; cf. Prov. E. fibble-fabble nonsense.] A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.
They are very serious; they don't tell fibs. H. James.

Fib

Fib, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fibbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fibbing (?).] To speak falsely. [Colloq.]

Fib

Fib, v. t. To tell a fib to. [R.] De Quincey.

Fibber

Fib"ber (?), n. One who tells fibs.

Fiber, Fibre

Fi"ber, Fi"bre, (, n. [F. fibre, L. fibra.]

1. One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle.

2. Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.

3. Sinew; strength; toughness; as, a man of real fiber.

Yet had no fibers in him, nor no force. Chapman.

4. A general name for the raw material, such as cotton, flax, hemp, etc., used in textile manufactures. Fiber gun, a kind of steam gun for converting, wood, straw, etc., into fiber. The material is shut up in the gun with steam, air, or gas at a very high pressure which is afterward relieved suddenly by letting a lid at the muzzle fly open, when the rapid expansion separates the fibers. -- Fiber plants (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.

Fibered, Fibred

Fi"bered, Fi"bred (?), a. Having fibers; made up of fibers.

Fiber-faced, Fibre-faced

Fi"ber-faced`, Fi"bre-faced` (?), a. Having a visible fiber embodied in the surface of; -- applied esp. to a kind of paper for checks, drafts, etc.

Fiberless, Fibreless

Fi"ber*less, Fi"bre*less, a. Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

Fibriform

Fi"bri*form (? ∨ ?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + -form.] (Biol.) Having the form of a fiber or fibers; resembling a fiber.

Fibril

Fi"bril (?), n. [F. fibrille, dim. of fibre, L. fibra.] A small fiber; the branch of a fiber; a very slender thread; a fibrilla. Cheyne.

Fibrilla

Fi*bril"la (?), n.; pl. Fibrill\'92 (#). [NL. See Fibril.] A minute thread of fiber, as one of the fibrous elements of a muscular fiber; a fibril.

Fibrillar

Fi"bril*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to fibrils or fibers; as, fibrillar twitchings.

Fibrillary

Fi"bril*la*ry (? ∨ ?), a. Of of pertaining to fibrils.

Fibrillated

Fi"bril*la`ted (? ∨ ?), a. Furnished with fibrils; fringed.

Fibrillation

Fi`bril*la"tion (?), n. The state of being reduced to fibers. Carpenter.

Fibrillose

Fi*bril"lose (? ∨ ?), a. Covered with hairlike appendages, as the under surface of some lichens; also, composed of little strings or fibers; as, fibrillose appendages.
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Fibrillous

Fi*bril"lous (? ∨ ?), a. [Cf. F. fibraleux.] Pertaining to, or composed of, fibers.

Fibrin

Fi"brin (?), n. [Cf. F. fibrine. See Fiber.] (Physiol. Chem.)

1. A white, albuminous, fibrous substance, formed in the coagulation of the blood either by decomposition of fibrinogen, or from the union of fibrinogen and paraglobulin which exist separately in the blood. It is insoluble in water, but is readily digestible in gastric and pancreatic juice.

2. The white, albuminous mass remaining after washing lean beef or other meat with water until all coloring matter is removed; the fibrous portion of the muscle tissue; flesh fibrin.

3. An albuminous body, resembling animal fibrin in composition, found in cereal grains and similar seeds; vegetable fibrin. Fibrin factors (Physiol.), the albuminous bodies, paraglobulin and fibrinigen in the blood, which, by the action of the fibrin ferment, are changed into fibrin, in coagulation. -- Fibrin ferment (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment which makes its appearance in the blood shortly after it is shed, and is supposed to be the active agent in causing coagulation of the blood, with formation of fibrin.

Fibrination

Fi`bri*na"tion (?), n. (Med.) The state of acquiring or having an excess of fibrin.

Fibrine

Fi"brine (?), a. Belonging to the fibers of plants.

Fibrinogen

Fi*brin"o*gen (?), n. [Fibrin + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) An albuminous substance existing in the blood, and in other animal fluids, which either alone or with fibrinoplastin or paraglobulin forms fibrin, and thus causes coagulation.

Fibrinogenous

Fi`bri*nog"e*nous (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.

Fibrinoplastic

Fi`bri*no*plas"tic (?), a. (Physiol.Chem.) Like fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.

Fibrinoplastin

Fi`bri*no*plas"tin (?), n. [Fibrin + Gr. (Physiol.Chem.) An albuminous substance, existing in the blood, which in combination with fibrinogen forms fibrin; -- called also paraglobulin.

Fibrinous

Fi"bri*nous (? ∨ ?; 277), a. Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

Fibrocartilage

Fi`bro*car"ti*lage (?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage.] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous (#), a.

Fibrochondrosteal

Fi`bro*chon*dros"te*al (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + gr. (Anat.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. St. George Mivart.

Fibroid

Fi"broid (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling or forming fibrous tissue; made up of fibers; as, fibroid tumors. -- n. A fibroid tumor; a fibroma. Fibroid degeneration, a form of degeneration in which organs or tissues are converted into fibroid tissue. -- Fibroid phthists, a form of pulmonary consumption associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs, from the pressure due to the contraction of this tissue.

Fibroin

Fi"bro*in (? ∨ ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber.] (Chem.) A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.

Fibrolite

Fi"bro*lite (? ∨ ?), n. [L. fibra a fiber + -lite: cf. F. fibrolithe.] (Min.) A silicate of alumina, of fibrous or columnar structure. It is like andalusite in composition; -- called also sillimanite, and bucholizite.

Fibroma

Fi*bro"ma (?), n. [NL. See Fiber, and -oma.] (Med.) A tumor consisting mainly of fibrous tissue, or of same modification of such tissue.

Fibrospongi\'91

Fi`bro*spon"gi*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fibra a fiber + spongia a sponge.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.

Fibrous

Fi"brous (?), a. [Cf. F. fibreux.] Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. -- Fi"brous*ness, n.

Fibrovascular

Fi`bro*vas"cu*lar (?), a. [L. fibra a fiber + E. vascular.] (Bot.) Containing woody fiber and ducts, as the stems of all flowering plants and ferns; -- opposed to cellular.

Fibster

Fib"ster (?), n. One who tells fibs. [Jocular]

Fibula

Fib"u*la (?), n.; pl. Fibul\'92 (#). [L., clasp, buckle.]

1. A brooch, clasp, or buckle.

Mere fibul\'91, without a robe to clasp. Wordsworth.

2. (Anat.) The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

3. (Surg.) A needle for sewing up wounds.

Fibu-lar

Fib"u-lar (?), a. Pertaining to the fibula.

Fibulare

Fib`u*la"re (?), n.; pl. Fibularia (#). [NL. See Fibula.] (Anat.) The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.

Fice

Fice (?), n. A small dog; -- written also fise, fyce, fiste, etc. [Southern U.S.]

Fich\'82

Fi*ch\'82 (?), a. (Her.) See Fitch\'90.

Ficttelite

Fict"tel*ite (?), n. (Min.) A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria.

Fichu

Fich"u (?), n. [F., neckerchief.] A light cape, usually of lace, worn by women, to cover the neck and throat, and extending to the shoulders.

Fickle

Fic"kle (?), a. [OE. fikel untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. ficol, fr. fic, gefic, fraud, deceit; cf. f\'becen deceit, OS. f, OHG. feichan, Icel. feikn portent. Cf. Fidget.] Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak.
They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden.
Syn. -- Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.

Fickleness

Fic"kle*ness (?), n. The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy. Shak.

Fickly

Fic"kly (?), adv. In a fickle manner. [Obs.] Pepys.

Fico

Fi"co (?), n.; pl. Ficoes (#). [It., a fig, fr. L.ficus. See Fig.] A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you.
Steal! foh, a fico for the phrase. Shak.

Fictile

Fic"tile (?), a. [L. fictilis. See Fiction.] Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.
Fictile earth is more fragile than crude earth. Bacon.
The earliest specimens of Italian fictile art. C. Wordsworth.
Fictile ware, ware made of any material which is molded or shaped while soft; hence, pottery of any sort. -- Fic"tile*ness, n. -- Fic*til"i*ty (#), n.

Fiction

Fic"tion (?), n. [F. fiction, L. fictio, fr. fingere, fictum to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.]

1. The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality.

The fiction of those golden apples kept by a dragon. Sir W. Raleigh.
When it could no longer be denied that her flight had been voluntary, numerous fictions were invented to account for it. Macaulay.

3. Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances.

The office of fiction as a vehicle of instruction and moral elevation has been recognized by most if not all great educators. Dict. of Education.

4. (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth. Wharton.

5. Any like assumption made for convenience, as for passing more rapidly over what is not disputed, and arriving at points really at issue. Syn. -- Fabrication; invention; fable; falsehood. -- Fiction, Fabrication. Fiction is opposed to what is real; fabrication to what is true. Fiction is designed commonly to amuse, and sometimes to instruct; a fabrication is always intended to mislead and deceive. In the novels of Sir Walter Scott we have fiction of the highest order. The poems of Ossian, so called, were chiefly fabrications by Macpherson.

Fictional

Fic"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, fiction; fictitious; romantic."Fictional rather than historical." Latham.

Fictionist

Fic"tion*ist, n. A writer of fiction. [R.] Lamb.

Fictious

Fic"tious (?), a. Fictitious. [R.] Prior.

Fictitious

Fic*ti"tious (?), a. [L. fictitius. See Fiction.] Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.
The human persons are as fictitious as the airy ones. Pope.
-- Fic*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Fic*ti"tious*ness, n.

Fictive

Fic"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. fictif.] Feigned; counterfeit. "The fount of fictive tears." Tennyson.

Fictor

Fic"tor (?), n. [L.] An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material. [R.] Elmes.

Ficus

Fi"cus (?), n. [L., a fig.] A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree. &hand; Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.

Fid

Fid (?), n. [Prov. E. fid a small, thick lump.]

1. (Naut.) A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees.

2. A wooden or metal bar or pin, used to support or steady anything.

3. A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing. &hand; There are hand fids and standing fids (which are larger than the others, and stand upon a flat base). An iron implement for this purpose is called a marline spike.

4. (Mil.) A block of wood used in mounting and dismounting heavy guns.

Fidalgo

Fi*dal"go (?), n. [Pg. See Hidalgo.] The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to that of Hidalgo in Spain.

Fiddle

Fid"dle (?), n. [OE. fidele, fithele, AS. fi; akin to D. vedel, OHG. fidula, G. fiedel, Icel. fi, and perh. to E. viol. Cf. Viol.]

1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.

2. (Bot.) A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with fiddle-shaped leaves; -- called also fiddle dock.

3. (Naut.) A rack or frame of bars connected by strings, to keep table furniture in place on the cabin table in bad weather. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Fiddle beetle (Zo\'94l.), a Japanese carabid beetle (Damaster blaptoides); -- so called from the form of the body. -- Fiddle block (Naut.), a long tackle block having two sheaves of different diameters in the same plane, instead of side by side as in a common double block. Knight. -- Fiddle bow, fiddlestick. -- Fiddle fish (Zo\'94l.), the angel fish. -- Fiddle head, an ornament on a ship's bow, curved like the volute or scroll at the head of a violin. -- Fiddle pattern, a form of the handles of spoons, forks, etc., somewhat like a violin. -- Scotch fiddle, the itch. (Low) -- To play first, ∨ second, fiddle, to take a leading or a subordinate part. [Colloq.]

Fiddle

Fid"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fiddling (?).]

1. To play on a fiddle.

Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon.

2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy idleness; to trifle.

Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers. Pepys.

Fiddle

Fid"dle (?), v. t. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

Fiddledeedee

Fid"dle*dee*dee` (?), interj. An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense! [Colloq.]

Foddle-faddle

Fod"dle-fad`dle (?), n. A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.] Spectator.

Fiddle-faddle

Fid"dle-fad`dle, v. i. To talk nonsense. [Colloq.] Ford.

Fiddler

Fid"dler (?), n. [AS. fi.]

1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. Fiddler crab. (Zo\'94l.) See Fiddler, n., 2.

Fiddle-shaped

Fid"dle-shaped` (?), a. (Bot.) Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.

Fiddlestick

Fid"dle*stick` (?), n. The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

Fiddlestring

Fid"dle*string` (?), n. One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

Fiddlewood

Fid"dle*wood` (?), n. [Corrupted fr. F. bois-fid\'8ale, lit., faithful wood; -- so called from its durability.] The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

Fidejussion

Fi`de*jus"sion (?), n. [L. fidejussio, from fidejubere to be surety or bail; fides faith + jubere to order: cf. F. fid\'82jussion.] (Civil Law) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.

Fidejussor

Fi`de*jus"sor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. fid\'82jusseur.] (Civil Law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor. Blackstone.

Fidelity

Fi*del"i*ty (?), n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid\'82lit\'82. See Fealty.] Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially: (a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound; loyalty.
Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger. Macaulay.
The best security for the fidelity of men is to make interest coincide with duty. A. Hamilton.
(b) Adherence to the marriage contract. (c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
The principal thing required in a witness is fidelity. Hooker.
Syn. -- Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty; fealty.

Fides

Fi"des (?), n. [L., faith.] (Roman Muth.) Faith personified as a goddess; the goddess of faith.

Fidge

Fidge (?), n. & i. See Fidget. [R.] Swift.

Fidget

Fidg"et (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fidgeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fodgeting.] [From Fidge; cf. OE. fiken to fidget, to flatter, Icel. fika to hasten, Sw. fika to hunt after, AS. befician to deceive. Cf. Fickle.] To move uneasily one way and the other; to move irregularly, or by fits and starts. Moore.

Fidget

Fidg"et, n.

1. Uneasiness; restlessness. Cowper.

2. pl. A general nervous restlessness, manifested by incessant changes of position; dysphoria. Dunglison.

Fidgetiness

Fidg"et*i*ness (?), n. Quality of being fidgety.

Fidgety

Fidg"et*y (?), a. Restless; uneasy. Lowell.

Fidia

Fid"i*a (?), n. [NL., prob. fr. L. fidus trusty.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America.

Fidicinal

Fi*dic"i*nal (?), a. [L. fidicinus, fr. fidicen, -inis, a lute player.] (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a stringed instrument.

Fiducial

Fi*du"cial (?), a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See Faith.]

1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. "Fiducial reliance on the promises of God." Hammond.

2. Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power. Spelman. Fiducial edge (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn. -- Fiducial line ∨ point (Math. & Physics.), a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurments.

Fiducially

Fi*du"cial*ly, adv. With confidence. South.

Fidiciary

Fi*di"ci*a*ry (? ∨ ?), a. [L. fiduciarus, fr. fiducia: cf. F. fiduciaire. See Fiducial.]

1. Involving confidence or trust; confident; undoubting; faithful; firm; as, in a fiduciary capacity. "Fiduciary obedience." Howell.

2. Holding, held, or founded, in trust. Spelman.

Fiduciary

Fi*du"ci*a*ry, n.

1. One who holds a thing in trust for another; a trustee.

Instrumental to the conveying God's blessing upon those whose fiduciaries they are. Jer. Taylor.

2. (Theol.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian. Hammond.

Fie

Fie (?), interj. [OE. fi; cf. D. fif. G. pfui, Icel. f, Sw. & Dan. fy, F. fi, L. fi, phy.] An exclamation denoting contempt or dislike. See Fy. Fuller.

Fief

Fief (?), n. [F. fief; of German origin, and the same word as E. fee. See Fee, and cf. Feud, a tief.] (Law) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2.
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Field

Field (?), n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f\'84lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]

1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.

2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece inclosed for tillage or pasture.

Fields which promise corn and wine. Byron.

3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.

In this glorious and well-foughten field. Shak.
What though the field be lost? Milton.

4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.: (a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. (b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one view.

Without covering, save yon field of stars. Shak.
Ask of yonder argent fields above. Pope.

5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).

6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; province; room.

Afforded a clear field for moral experiments. Macaulay.

7. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.

8. (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield. &hand; Field is often used adjectively in the sense of belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with reference to the operations and equipments of an army during a campaign away from permanent camps and fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes investigations or collections out of doors. A survey uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e., measurment, observations, etc., made in field work (outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick. Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc. Coal field (Geol.) See under Coal. -- Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army. -- Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family (Calamintha Acinos); -- called also basil thyme. -- Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors. -- Field cricket (Zo\'94l.), a large European cricket (Gryllus campestric), remarkable for its loud notes. -- Field day. (a) A day in the fields. (b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for instruction in evolutions. Farrow. (c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day. -- Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the driving of stray cattle to the pound. -- Field duck (Zo\'94l.), the little bustard (Otis tetrax), found in Southern Europe. -- Field glass. (Optics) (a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a race glass. (b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches long, and having 3 to 6 draws. (c) See Field lens. -- Field lark. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The skylark. (b) The tree pipit. -- Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass. -- Field madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in dyeing. -- Field marshal (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred in the British and other European armies. -- Field mouse (Zo\'94l.), a mouse inhabiting fields, as the campagnol and the deer mouse. See Campagnol, and Deer mouse. -- Field officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain and below that of general. -- Field officer's court (U.S.Army), a court-martial consisting of one field officer empowered to try all cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison and regimental courts. Farrow. -- Field plover (Zo\'94l.), the black-bellied plover (Charadrius squatarola); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda). -- Field spaniel (Zo\'94l.), a small spaniel used in hunting small game. -- Field sparrow. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla). (b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.] -- Field staff> (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to hold a lighted match for discharging a gun. -- Field vole (Zo\'94l.), the European meadow mouse. -- Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack. -- Field, ∨ Field of view, in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen. -- Field magnet. see under Magnet. -- Magnetic field. See Magnetic. -- To back the field, ∨ To bet on the field. See under Back, v. t. -- To keep the field. (a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign. (b) To maintain one's ground against all comers. -- To lay, ∨ back, against the field, to bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers. -- To take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.

Field

Field (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fielding.]

1. To take the field. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. (Ball Playing) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

Field

Field, v. t. (Ball Playing) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

Fielded

Field"ed, a. Engaged in the field; encamped. [Obs.]
To help fielded friends. Shak.

Fielden

Field"en (?), a. Consisting of fields. [Obs.]
The fielden country also and plains. Holland.

Fielder

Field"er (?), n. (Ball Playing) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

Fieldfare

Field"fare` (?; 277), n. [OE. feldfare, AS. feldfare; field + faran to travel.] (Zo\'94l.) a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

Fielding

Field"ing, n. (Ball Playing) The act of playing as a fielder.

Fieldpiece

Field"piece` (?), n. A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun.

Fieldwork

Field"work` (?), n. (Mil.) Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural.
All works which do not come under the head of permanent fortification are called fieldworks. Wilhelm.

Fieldy

Field"y (?), a. Open, like a field. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Fiend

Fiend (?), n. [OE. fend, find, fiend, feond, fiend, foe, AS. fe\'a2nd; akin to OS. f\'c6ond, D. vijand enemy, OHG. f\'c6ant, G. feind, Icel. fj\'bend, Sw. & Dan. fiende, Goth. fijands; orig. p.pr. of a verb meaning to hate, AS. fe\'a2n, fe\'a2gan, OHG. f\'c6, Goth. fijan, Skr. p\'c6y to scorn; prob. akin to E. feud a quarrel. \'fb81. Cf. Foe, Friend.] An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon.
Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. Milton.
O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Pope.

Fiendful

Fiend"ful (?), a. Full of fiendish spirit or arts. Marlowe. -- Fiend"ful*ly, adv.

Fiendish

Fiend"ish (?), a. Like a fiend; diabolically wicked or cruel; infernal; malignant; devilish; hellish. -- Fiend"ish*ly, adv. -- Fiend"ish*ness, n.

Fiendlike

Fiend"like` (?), a. Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow.

Fiendly

Fiend"ly, a. [AS. fe\'a2ndlic.] Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fierasfer

Fi`e*ras"fer (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

Fierce

Fierce (?), a. [Compar. Fiercer (?); superl. Fiercest (?).] [OE. fers, fiers, OF. fier, nom. fiers, fierce, savage, cruel, F. fier proud, from L. ferus wild, savage, cruel; perh. akin to E. bear the animal. Cf. Feral, Ferocity.]

1. Furious; violent; unrestrained; impetuous; as, a fierce wind.

His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. Milton.

2. Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious. "A fierce whisper." Dickens. "A fierce tyrant." Pope.

The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. Milton.
Thou huntest me as a fierce lion. Job. x. 16.

3. Excessively earnest, eager, or ardent. Syn. -- Ferocious; savage; cruel; vehement; impetuous; barbarous; fell. See Ferocious. -- Fierce"ly, adv. -- Fierce"ness, n.

Fieri facias

Fi"e*ri fa"ci*as (?). [L., cause it to be done.] (Law) A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. Blackstone. Cowell.

Fieriness

Fi"er*i*ness (?), n. The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability; as, a fieriness of temper. Addison.

Fiery

Fi"er*y (? ∨ ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]

1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts.

2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? Shak.
The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing.

3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

You kniw the fiery quality of the duke. Shak.

4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden.

5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish. Pope.

The sword which is made fiery. Hooker.
Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up arms. Sir W. Scott.

Fife

Fife (?), n. [F. fifre, OHG. pf\'c6fa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (Mus.) A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment. -- Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.

Fife

Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.] To play on a fife.

Fifer

Fif"er (?), n. One who plays on a fife.

Fifteen

Fif"teen` (?), a. [OE. fiftene, AS. f\'c6ft, f\'c6ft. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty.] Five and ten; one more than fourteen.

Fifteen

Fif"teen`, n.

1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects.

2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv.

Fifteenth

Fif"teenth` (?), a. [OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. f\'c6fte. See Fifteen.]

1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.

2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing.

Fifteenth

Fif"teenth`, n.

1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen.

2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.

3. (Mus.) (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of two octaves.

Fifth

Fifth (?), a. [OE. fifte, fifthe, AS. f\'c6fta. See Five.]

1. Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.

2. Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. Fifth monarchy men (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years. -- Fifth wheel, a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.

Fifth

Fifth (?), n.

1. The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.<-- a fifth of whiskey = a fifth of a gallon -->

2. (Mus.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

Fifthly

Fifth"ly, adv. In the fifth place; as the fifth in order.

Fiftieth

Fif"ti*eth (?), a. [AS. f\'c6ftigo. See Fifty.]

1. Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.

2. Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions.

Fiftieth

Fif"ti*eth, n. One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.

Fifty

Fif"ty (?), a. [AS. f\'c6ftig; akin to OHG. finfzug, fimfzug, G. f\'81nfzig, funfzig, Goth. fimftigjus. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifteen.] Five times ten; as, fifty men.

Fifty

Fif"ty, n.; pl. Fifties (.

1. The sum of five tens; fifty units or objects.

2. A symbol representing fifty units, as 50, or l.

Fig

Fig (?), n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]

1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.

2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors. &hand; The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See Caprification.

3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]

4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." Shak. Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig. -- Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds. -- Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns." Jer. i. 39. (Douay version). -- Fig gnat (Zo\'94l.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs. -- Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty. -- Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers. -- Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.

Fig

Fig, v. t. [See Fico, Fig, n.]

1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico. [Obs.]

When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like The bragging Spaniard. Shak.

2. To put into the head of, as something useless o [Obs.] L'Estrange.

Fig

Fig, n. Figure; dress; array. [Colloq.]
Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on their heads, the males with chapeaux bras? Prof. Wilson.

Figaro

Fi`ga`ro" (?), n. [From the name of the barber in Beaumarchais' "Barber of Seville."] An adroi

Figary

Fig"a*ry (?), n. [Corrupted fr. vagary.] A frolic; a vagary; a whim. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Figeater

Fig"eat`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. See Figpecker.

Figent

Fig"ent (?), a. Fidgety; restless. [Obs.]
Such a little figent thing. Beau. & Fl.

Figgum

Fig"gum (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A juggler's trick; conjuring. [Obs.]
The devil is the author of wicked figgum. B. Jonson.

Fight

Fight (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fought (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fighting.] [OE. fihten, fehten, AS. feohtan; akin to D. vechten, OHG. fehtan, G. fechten, Sw. f\'84kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf. L. pugnare to fight, pugnus fist.]

1. To strive or contened for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against.

You do fight against your country's foes. Shak.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign. Milton.

2. To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance. To fight shy, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach.

Fight

Fight, v. t.

1. To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle; to win or gain by struggle, as one's way; to sustain by fighting, as a cause.

He had to fight his way through the world. Macaulay.
I have fought a good fight. 2 Tim. iv. 7.

2. To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours.

3. To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; as, to fight cocks; to fight one's ship. To fight it out, to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.


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Fight

Fight, n. [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v. i.]

1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.

Who now defies thee thrice to single fight. Milton.

2. A struggle or contest of any kind.

3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]

4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]

Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare. Dryden.
Running fight, a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result. Syn. -- Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle.

Fighter

Fight"er (?), n. [AS. feohtere.] One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. Shak.

Fighting

Fight"ing, a.

1. Qualified for war; fit for battle.

An host of fighting men. 2 Chron. xxvi. 11.

2. Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; as, a fighting field. Pope. A fighting chance, one dependent upon the issue of a struggle. [Colloq.] -- Fighting crab (Zo\'94l.), the fiddler crab. -- Fighting fish (Zo\'94l.), a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (Betta pugnax), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.

Fightingly

Fight"ing*ly, adv. Pugnaciously.

Fightwite

Fight"wite` (?), n. [Fight + wite.] (O.Eng. Law) A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.

Figment

Fig"ment (?), n. [L. figmentum, fr. fingere to form, shape, invent, feign. See Feign.] An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
Social figments, feints, and formalism. Mrs. Browning.
It carried rather an appearance of figment and invention . . . than of truth and reality. Woodward.

Pigpecker

Pig"peck`er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European garden warbler (Sylvia, ∨ Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.

Fig-shell

Fig"-shell` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.

Figulate, Figulated

Fig"u*late (?), Fig"u*la`ted (?), a. [L. figulatus, p.p. of figulare to shape, fr. figulus potter, fr. fingere to shape.] Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped. [R.] Johnson.

Figuline

Fig"u*line (? ∨ ?), n. [F., fr. L. figulina pottery, fr. figulus. See Figulate.] A piece of pottery ornamented with representations of natural objects.
Whose figulines and rustic wares Scarce find him bread from day to day. Longfellow.

Figurability

Fig`ur*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. figurabilit\'82.] The quality of being figurable. Johnson.

Figurable

Fig`ur*a*ble (?), a. [L. figurare to form, shape, fr. figura figure: cf. F. figurable. See Figure.] Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
Lead is figurable, but water is not. Johnson.

Figural

Fig"ur*al (?), a. [From Figure.]

1. Represented by figure or delineation; consisting of figures; as, figural ornaments. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Mus.) Figurate. See Figurate. Figural numbers. See Figurate numbers, under Figurate.

Figurant

Fig"u*rant` (? ∨ ?), n. masc. [F., prop. p.pr. of figurer figure, represent, make a figure.] One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.

Figurante

Fig"u*rante` (? ∨ ?), n. fem. [F.] A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.

Figurate

Fig"ur*ate (?), a. [L. figuratus, p.p. of figurare. See Figure.]

1. Of a definite form or figure.

Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. Bacon.

2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] Bale.

3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. Figurate counterpoint ∨ descant (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). -- Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . .

Figurated

Fig"ur*a`ted (?), a. Having a determinate form.

Figurately

Fig"ur*ate*ly (?), adv. In a figurate manner.

Figuration

Fig`u*ra"tion (?), n. [L. figuratio.]

1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon.

2. (Mus.) Mixture of concords and discords.

Figurative

Fig"ur*a*tive (?), a. [L. figurativus: cf. F. figuratif. See Figurative.]

1. Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.

This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. Hooker.

2. Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.

3. Ambounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.

4. Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.

They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form. J. A. Symonds.
Figurative counterpointdescant. See under Figurate. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fig"ur*a*tive*ness, n.

Figure

Fig"ure (?; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign.]

1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon.

2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble.

A coin that bears the figure of an angel. Shak.

3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure.

4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.

5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure.

I made some figure there. Dryden.
Gentlemen of the best figure in the county. Blackstone.

6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.

That he may live in figure and indulgence. Law.

7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.

8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]

With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest figure. Thackeray.

9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.

Who is the figure of Him that was to come. Rom. v. 14.

10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.

To represent the imagination under the figure of a wing. Macaulay.

11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.

12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.

13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. Johnson.

14. (Music) (a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. Grove. (b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment. &hand; Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose: -- <-- the "figures" illustrated here have a bar through each number and cannot be represented as simple fractions, thus the special "musfig" field notation. The following numbers are contained in a single line of large (ca. 14 pt.) bold type --> 2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8 Academy figure, Canceled figures, Lay figure, etc. See under Academy, Cancel, Lay, etc. -- Figure caster, ∨ Figure flinger, an astrologer. This figure caster." Milton. -- Figure flinging, the practice of astrology. -- Figure-of-eight knot, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See Illust. under Knot. -- Figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act or art of depicting the human figure. -- Figure stone (Min.), agalmatolite. -- Figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured fabrics. -- To cut a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

Figure

Fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Figured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Figuring.] [F. figurer, L. figurare, fr. figura. See Figure, n.]

1. To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.

If love, alas! be pain I bear,
No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.

2. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.

The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. Shak.

3. To indicate by numerals; also, to compute.

As through a crystal glass the figured hours are seen. Dryden.

4. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

Whose white vestments figure innocence. Shak.

5. To prefigure; to foreshow.

In this the heaven figures some event. Shak.

6. (Mus.) (a) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. (b) To embellish. To figure out, to solve; to compute or find the result of. -- To figure up, to add; to reckon; to compute the amount of.

Figure

Fig"ure, v. t.

1. To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court.

Sociable, hospitable, eloquent, admired, figuring away brilliantly. M. Arnold.

2. To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination. [Colloq.]

Figured

Fig"ured (?), a.

1. Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.

2. Not literal; figurative. [Obs.] Locke.

3. (Mus.) (a) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3. (b) Indicated or noted by figures. Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued.

Figurehead

Fig"ure*head` (?), n.

1. (Naut.) The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship.

2. A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.

Figurial

Fi*gu"ri*al (?), a. Represented by figure or delineation. [R.] Craig.

Figurine

Fi`gu`rine" (? ∨ ?), n. [F., dim. of figure.] A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.

Figurist

Fig"ur*ist (?), n. One who uses or interprets figurative expressions. Waterland.

Figwort

Fig"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.

Fijian

Fi"ji*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Fiji islands or their inhabitants. -- n. A native of the Fiji islands. [Written also Feejeean, Feejee.]

Fike

Fike (?), n. See Fyke.

Fil

Fil (?), obs. imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer.

Filaceous

Fi*la"ceous (? ∨ ?), a. [L. filum thread.] Composed of threads. Bacon.

Filacer

Fil"a*cer (?), n. [OE. filace a file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. filasse tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. filum thread.] (Eng. Law) A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill.

Filament

Fil"a*ment (?), n. [F. filament, fr. L. filum thread. See File a row.] A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

Filamentary

Fil`a*men"ta*ry (?), a. Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.

Filametoid

Fil"a*metoid` (?), a. [Filament + -oid.] Like a filament.

Filamentous

Fil`a*men"tous (?), a. [Cf. F. filamenteux.] Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.

Filander

Fil"an*der (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.

Filanders

Fil"an*ders (?), n. pl. [F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread.] (Falconry) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne.

Filar

Fi"lar (?), a. [L. filum a thread.] Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.

Filaria

Fi*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. filum a thread.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

Filatory

Fil"a*to*ry (?), n. [LL. filatorium place for spinning, fr. filare to spin, fr. L. filum a thread.] A machine for forming threads. [Obs.] W. Tooke.

Filature

Fil"a*ture (?; 135), n. [LL. filatura, fr. filare to spin: cf. F. filature. See Filatory.]

1. A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure.

2. A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

Filbert

Fil"bert (?), n. [Perh. fr. fill + bread, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St.Philibert, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.] (Bot.) The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate. &hand; In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species. Filbert gall (Zo\'94l.), a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (Cecidomyia).

Filch

Filch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filching.] [Cf. AS. feol to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.
Fain would they filch that little food away. Dryden.
But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Shak.

Filcher

Filch"er (?), n. One who filches; a thief.

Filchingly

Filch"ing*ly, adv. By pilfering or petty stealing.
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File

File (?), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. Enfilade, Filament, Fillet.]

1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks. &hand; The number of files in a company describes its width, as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in "fours deep" would be spoken of as 25 files in 4 ranks. Farrow. (b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant. (c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.

It is upon a file with the duke's other letters. Shak.
(d) A roll or list. "A file of all the gentry." Shak. <-- (e) (computer) a collection of data on a recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording or reading, accesible by use of a file name. -->

2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]

Let me resume the file of my narration. Sir H. Wotton.
File firing, the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others. -- File leader, the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him. -- File marching, the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side. Brande & C. --Indian file, ∨ Single file, a line of men marching one behind another; a single row. -- On file, preserved in an orderly collection. -- Rank and file. (a) The body of soldiers constituing the mass of an army, including corporals and privates. Wilhelm. (b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders.

File

File (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filing.]

1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.

I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed. Beau. & Fl.

2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. Burrill.

3. (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.

To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern. Burrill.

File

File, v. i. [Cf. F. filer.] (Mil.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off. To file with, to follow closely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.
My endeavors Have ever come too short of my desires, Yet filed with my abilities. Shak.

File

File (?), n. [AS. fe\'a2l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f\'c6la, f\'c6hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. , Russ. pila, and Skr. pi to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.]

1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. &hand; A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch.

2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.

Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. Akenside.

3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] Fielding.

Will is an old file spite of his smooth face. Thackeray.
Bastard file, Cross file, etc. See under Bastard, Cross, etc. -- Cross-cut file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. -- File blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. -- File cutter, a maker of files. -- Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. -- Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. -- Smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface.

File

File, v. t.

1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.

2. To smooth or polish as with a file. Shak.

File your tongue to a little more courtesy.Sir W.Scott.

File

File, v. t. [OE. fulen, filen, foulen, AS. f, fr. fFoul, and cf. Defile, v.t.] To make f [Obs.]
All his hairy breast with blood was filed.Spenser.
For Banquo's issue have I filed mind.Shak.

Filefish

File"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.

Filemot

Fil"e*mot (?), n. See Feullemort. Swift.

Filer

Fil"er (?), n. One who works with a file.

Filial

Fil"ial (?), a. [L. filialis, fr. filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female, feminine. Cf. Fitz.]

1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.

2. Bearing the relation of a child.

And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke. Milton.

Filially

Fil"ial*ly (?), adv. In a filial manner.

Filiate

Fil"i*ate (?), v. t. To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between. [R.] Southey.

Filiation

Fil`i*a"tion (?), n. [LL. filiatio, fr. L. filius son: cf. F. filiation. See Filial.]

1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.

The relation of paternity and filiation. Sir M. Hale.

2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its ather; affiliation. Smart.

Filibeg

Fil"i*beg (?), n. [Gael. feileadhbeag, i.e., little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold.] Same as Kilt. [Written also philibeg.]

Filibuster

Fil"i*bus`ter (?), n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See Freebooter.] A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.

Filibuster

Fil"i*bus*ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]

1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett.

2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Filibusterism

Fil"i*bus`ter*ism (?), n. The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett.

Filical

Fil"i*cal (?), a. Belonging to the Filices, r ferns.

Filicic

Fi*lic"ic (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, a fern.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid.

Filicide

Fil"i*cide (?), n. [L. filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.] The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.

Filiciform

Fi*lic"i*form (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -form: cf. F. filiciforme] Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Smart.

Filicoid

Fil"i*coid (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -oid: cf. F. filicoi\'8bde.] (Bot.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

Filicoid

Fil"i*coid, n. (Bot.) A fernlike plant. Lindley.

Filiety

Fi*li"e*ty (?), n. [L. filietas.] The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity. J. S. Mill.

Filiferous

Fi*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. filum a thread + -ferous.] Producing threads. Carpenter.

Filiform

Fil"i*form (?), a. [L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme.] Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papill\'91 of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of Antenn\'92.

Filigrain, Filigrane

Fil"i*grain, Fil"i*grane (?), n. [Sp. filigrana (cf. It. filigrana, E. filigrane), fr. L. filuma thread + granum grain. See File a row, and Grain, and cf. Filigree.] Filigree. [Archaic]
With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane. Longfellow.

Filigraned

Fil"i*graned (?), a. See Filigreed. [Archaic]

Filigree

Fil"i*gree (?), n. [Corrupted fr. filigrane.] Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern.

Filigree

Fil"i*gree, a. Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.
You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work. J. C. Shairp.

Filigreed

Fil"i*greed (?), a. Adorned with filigree. Tatler.

Filing

Fil"ing (?), n. A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

Filipendulous

Fil`i*pen"du*lous (?; 135), a. [L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pend to hang.] (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

Fill

Fill (?), n. [See Thill.] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer. Fill horse, a thill horse. Shak.

Fill

Fill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. f\'81llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a.]

1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.

The rain also filleth the pools. Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.

2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.

And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. i. 22.
The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.

3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.

Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? Matt. xv. 33.
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. Bacon.

4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.

5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. A. Hamilton.

6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.

7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures. -- To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. -- To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. "The bliss that fills up all the mind." Pope. "And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." Col. i. 24.

Fill

Fill (?), v. i.

1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.

2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.

Give me some wine; fill full. Shak.
To back and fill. See under Back, v. i. -- To fill up, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.

Fill

Fill, n. [AS. fyllo. See Fill, v. t.] A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. "Ye shall eat your fill." Lev. xxv. 19.
I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. Shak.

Filler

Fill"er (?), n. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
'T is mere filer, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden.
They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work. Mortimer.

Filler

Fill"er, n. [From 1st Fill.] A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]

Fillet

Fil"let (?), n. [OE. filet, felet, fr. OF. filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, fr. L. filum. See Fille a row.]

1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.

A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope.

2. (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. &hand; A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. "Fillet of a fenny snake." Shak.

3. A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.

4. (Mach.) A concave filling in of a re\'89ntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.

5. (Arch.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column.

6. (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.

7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw.

8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.

9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.

10. Any scantling smaller than a batten.

11. (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

12. (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. Arris fillet. See under Arris.

Fillet

Fil"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting.] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.

Filleting

Fil"let*ing, n.

1. (Arch.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.

2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.

Fillibeg

Fil"li*beg (?), n. A kilt. See Filibeg.

Fillibuster

Fil"li*bus`ter (?), n. See Filibuster.

Filling

Fill"ing (?), n.

1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.

2. The woof in woven fabrics.

3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. Back filling. (Arch.) See under Back, a.

Fillip

Fil"lip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filliped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping.] [For filp, flip. Cf. Flippant.]

1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. "You filip me o' the head." Shak.

2. To snap; to project quickly.

The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. Tylor.

Fillip

Fil"lip, n.

1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.

2. Something serving to rouse or excite.

I take a glass of grog for a filip. Dickens.

Fillipeen

Fil"li*peen` (?), n. See Philopena.

Fillister

Fil"lis*ter (?), n.

1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight.

2. A plane for making a rabbet. Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.

Filly

Fil"ly (?), n.; pl. Fillies (#). [Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli foal. See Foal.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal.

Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak.

2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] Addison.

Film

Film (?), n. [AS. film skin, fr. fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. filmene skin. See Fell skin.]

1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.

He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope.

2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.

Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak.

Film

Film, v. t. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.

Filminess

Film"i*ness (?), n. State of being filmy.

Filmy

Film"y (?), a. Composed of film or films.
Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.

Filoplumaceous

Fil`o*plu*ma"ceous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the structure of a filoplume.

Filoplume

Fil"o*plume (?), n. [L. filum a thread pluma a soft feather.] (Zo\'94l.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
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Filose

Fi"lose` (?), a. [L. filum a thread.] Terminating in a threadlike process.

Filter

Fil"ter (?), n. [F. filtre, the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum, feltrum, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter.] Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air. Filter bed, a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. -- Filter gallery, an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery.

Filter

Fil"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filtering] [Cf. F. filter. See Filter, n., and cf. Filtrate.] To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter. Filtering paper, ∨ Filter paper, a porous unsized paper, for filtering.

Filter

Fil"ter, v. i. To pass through a filter; to percolate.

Filter

Fil"ter, n. Same as Philter.

Filth

Filth (?), n. [OE. filthe, ful\'ebe, AS. f, fr. f\'d4l foul; akin to OHG. f\'d4lida. See Foul, and cf. File.]

1. Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.

2. Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.

To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights. Tillotson.
Filth disease (Med.), a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.

Filthily

Filth"i*ly (?), adv. In a filthy manner; foully.

Filthiness

Filth"i*ness, n.

1. The state of being filthy.

Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1.

2. That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity.

Carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 2 Chron. xxix. 5.

Filthy

Filth"y (?), a. [Compar. Filthier (?); superl. Filthiest.] Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene. "In the filthy-mantled pool." Shak.
He which is filthy let him be filthy still. Rev. xxii. 11.
Syn. -- Nasty; foul; dirty; squalid; unclean; sluttish; gross; vulgar; licentious. See Nasty.

Filtrate

Fil"trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filtrated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filtrating. (] [Cf. LL. filtrare. See Filter.] To filter; to defecate; as liquid, by straining or percolation. Arbuthnot.

Filtrate

Fil"trate (?), n. That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

Filtration

Fil*tra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. filtration.] The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Finble, n., ∨ Fimble hemp

Fin"ble, n., ∨ Fim"ble hemp` (?).[Corrupted from female hemp.] Light summer hemp, that bears no seed.

Fimbria

Fim"bri*a (?), n.; pl. Fimbri\'91 (#). [L., fringe. See Fringle.] (Anat.) (a) pl. A fringe, or fringed border. (b) A band of white matter bordering the hippocampus in the brain. -- Fim"bri*al (#), a.

Fimbriate

Fim*bri*ate (?), a. [L. fimbriatus fibrous, fringed, fr. fimbria fiber, fringe. See Fringe.] Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.

Fimbriate

Fim"bri*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fimbriated; p. pr. & vb. n. Fimbriating.] To hem; to fringe. Fuller.

Fimbriated

Fim"bri*a`ted (?), a.

1. Having a fringed border; fimbriate.

2. (Her.) Having a very narrow border of another tincture; -- said esp. of an ordinary or subordinary.

Fimbricate

Fim"bri*cate (?), a.

1. Fringed; jagged; fimbriate.

2. (Zo\'94l.) fringed, on one side only, by long, straight hairs, as the antenn\'91 of certain insects.

Fin

Fin (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finning.] [Cf. Fin of a fish.] To carve or cut up, as a chub.

Fin

Fin, n. [See Fine, n.] End; conclusion; object. [Obs.] "She knew eke the fin of his intent." Chaucer.

Fin

Fin, n.[OE. finne, fin, AS. finn; akin to D. vin, G. & Dan. finne, Sw. fena, L. pinna, penna, a wing, feather. cf. pen a feather.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. &hand; Fishes move through the water chiefly by means of the caudal fin or tail, the principal office of the other fins being to balance or direct the body, though they are also, to a certain extent, employed in producing motion.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.

3. A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin, as: (a) The hand. [Slang] (b) (Com.) A blade of whalebone. [Eng.] McElrath. (c) (Mech.) A mark or ridge left on a casting at the junction of the parts of a mold. (d) (Mech.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling. Raymond. (e) (Mech.) A feather; a spline.

4. A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. Apidose fin. (Zo\'94l.) See under Adipose, a. -- Fin ray (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. -- Fin whale (Zo\'94l.), a finback. -- Paired fins (Zo\'94l.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to the fore and hind legs of the higher animals. -- Unpaired, ∨ Median, fins (Zo\'94l.), the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins.

Finable

Fin"a*ble (?), a. [From Fine.] Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense. Bacon.

Final

Fi"nal (?), a. [F., fr. L. finalis, fr. finis boundary, limit, end. See Finish.]

1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.

Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton.

2. Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.

3. Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view. Final cause. See under Cause. Syn. -- Final, Conclusive, Ultimate. Final is now appropriated to that which brings with it an end; as, a final adjustment; the final judgment, etc. Conclusive implies the closing of all discussion, negotiation, etc.; as, a conclusive argument or fact; a conclusive arrangement. In using ultimate, we have always reference to something earlier or proceeding; as when we say, a temporary reverse may lead to an ultimate triumph. The statements which a man finally makes at the close of a negotiation are usually conclusive as to his ultimate intentions and designs.

Finale

Fi*na"le (?), n. [It. See Final.] Close; termination; as: (a) (Mus.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition. (b) The last composition performed in any act of an opera. (c) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition.

Finality

Fi*nal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Finalities (#). [L. finalitas the being last.]

1. The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement. Baxter.

2. The relation of end or purpose to its means. Janet.

Finally

Fi"nal*ly (?), adv.

1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.

Whom patience finally must crown. Milton.

2. Completely; beyond recovery.

Not any house of noble English in Ireland was utterly destroyed or finally rooted out. Sir J. Davies.

Finance

Fi*nance" (?), n. [F., fr. LL. financia payment of money, money, fr. finare to pay a fine or subsidy (cf. OF. finer to finish, pay), fr. L. finis end. See Fine, n., Finish.]

1. The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.

All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.

2. The science of raising and expending the public revenue. "Versed in the details of finance." Macaulay.

Financial

Fi*nan"cial (?), a. Pertaining to finance. "Our financial and commercial system." Macaulay.

Financialist

Fi*nan"cial*ist, n. A financier.

Financially

Fi*nan"cial*ly, adv. In a dfinancial manner. Burke.

Financier

Fin`an*cier" (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. financier.]

1. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Burke.

2. One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.

Financier

Fin`an*cier", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Financiered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Financiering.] To conduct financial operations.

Finary

Fin"a*ry (?), n. (Iron Works) See Finery.

Finative

Fi"na*tive (?), a. Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. [Obs.] Greene (1593).

Finback

Fin"back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Bal\'91noptera, and allied genera, of the family Bal\'91nopterid\'91, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus.

Finch

Finch (?), n.; pl. Fishes (#). [AS. finc; akin to D. vink, OHG. fincho, G. fink; cf. W. pinc a finch; also E. spink.] (Zo\'94l.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillid\'91. &hand; The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc. Bramble finch. See Brambling. -- Canary finch, the canary bird. -- Copper finch. See Chaffinch. -- Diamond finch. See under Diamond. -- Finch falcon (Zo\'94l.), one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus Hierax. -- To pull a finch, to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person. [Obs.] "Privily a finch eke could he pull." Chaucer.

Finchbacked

Finch"backed` (?), a. Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.

Finched

Finched (?), a. Same as Finchbacked.

Find

Find (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Found (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finding.] [AS. findan; akin to D. vinden, OS. & OHG. findan, G. finden, Dan. finde, icel. & Sw. finna, Goth. fin; and perh. to L. petere to seek, Gr. pat to fall, fly, E. petition.]

1. To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.

Searching the window for a flint, I found This paper, thus sealed up. Shak.
In woods and forests thou art found. Cowley.

2. To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel. "I find you passing gentle." Shak.

The torrid zone is now found habitable. Cowley.

3. To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost. (a) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom. (b) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance. (c) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means. (d) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.

Seek, and ye shall find. Matt. vii. 7.
Every mountain now hath found a tongue. Byron.

4. To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.

Wages \'9c14 and all found. London Times.
Nothing a day and find yourself. Dickens.
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5. To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.

To find his title with some shows of truth. Shak.
To find out, to detect (a thief); to discover (a secret) -- to solve or unriddle (a parable or enigma); to understand. "Canst thou by searching find out God?" Job. xi. 7. "We do hope to find out all your tricks." Milton. -- To find fault with, to blame; to censure. -- To find one's self, to be; to fare; -- often used in speaking of health; as, how do you find yourself this morning?

Find

Find (?), v. i. (Law) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff. Burrill.

Find

Find, n. Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch\'91ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.

Findable

Find"a*ble (?), a. Capable of beong found; discoverable. Fuller.

Finder

Find"er (?), n. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.

Findfault

Find"fault` (?), n. A censurer or caviler. [Obs.]

Findfaulting

Find"fault`ing, a. Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Finding

Find"ing, n.

1. That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.

When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage. Milton.

2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.

3. (Law) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury. Burrill.

After his friends finding and his rent. Chaucer.

Findy

Fin"dy (?), a. [AS. finding heavy; cf. Dan. fyndig strong, energetical, fynd strength, energy, emphasis.] Full; heavy; firm; solid; substemtial. [Obs.]
A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat amd findy. Old Prover

Fine

Fine (?), a. [Compar. Finer (?); superl. Finest.] [F. fin, LL. finus fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p.p., finished, completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See Finish, and cf. Finite.]

1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.

The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. Prov. iii. 14.
A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. Shak.
Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. Felton.
To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. Leigh Hunt.

2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.

He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. M. Arnold.

3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.

The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Pope.
The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine raillery. Dryden.
He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. T. Gray.

4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.

The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser. Bacon.
(b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour. (c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.

5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.

6. (Used ironically.)

Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. Shak.
&hand; Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. Fine arch (Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. Knight. -- Fine arts. See the Note under Art. -- Fine cut, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds. -- Fine goods, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. McElrath. -- Fine stuff, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering. -- To sail fine (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn. -- Fine, Beautiful. When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no "ordinary thing of its kind." It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence.
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Fine

Fine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fining.] [From Fine, a.]

1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.

It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. Hobbes.

2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil. L. H. Bailey.

3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.

I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.

Fine

Fine (?), n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See Finish, and cf. Finance.]

1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] "To see their fatal fine." Spenser.

Is this the fine of his fines? Shak.

2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.

3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. Spelman. (b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease. Fine for alienation (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. Burrill. -- Fine of lands, a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. Burrill. See Concord, n., 4. -- In fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.

Fine

Fine, v. t. [From Fine, n.] To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.

Fine

Fine, v. i. To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b). [R.]
Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. Hallam.

Fine

Fine, v. t. & i. [OF. finer, F. finir. See Finish, v. t.] To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.]

Finedraw

Fine"draw` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finedrawn (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finedrawing.] To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.

Finedrawer

Fine"draw`er (?), n. One who finedraws.

Finedrawn

Fine"drawn` (?), a. Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations.

Fineer

Fi*neer" (?), v. i. To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit. [R.] Goldsmith.

Fineer

Fi*neer", v. t. To veneer.

Fineless

Fine"less (?), a. [Fine end + -less.] Endless; boundless. [Obs.] Shak.

Finely

Fine"ly, adv. In a fine or finished manner.

Fineness

Fine"ness, n. [From Fine, a.]

1. The quality or condition of being fine.

2. Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.

The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion. Shak.

3. The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins. &hand; The fineness of United States coin is nine tenths, that of English gold coin is eleven twelfths, and that of English silver coin is

4. Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade.

Finer

Fin"er (?), n. One who fines or purifies.

Finery

Fin"er*y (?), n.

1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.]

Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects. I. Watts.

2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.

Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.

3. [Cf. Refinery.] (Iron Works) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

Finespun

Fine"spun` (?), a. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.

Finesse

Fi`nesse" (? ∨ ?), n. [F., fr. fin fine. See Fine, a.]

1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.

This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.

2. (Whist Playing) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.

Finesse

Fi*nesse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Finessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finessing.]

1. To use artifice or stratagem. Goldsmith.

2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Finestill

Fine"still` (?), v. t. To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.

Finestiller

Fine"still`er (?), n. One who finestills.

Finew

Fin"ew (?), n. [See Fenowed.] Moldiness. [R.]

Finfish

Fin"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A finback whale. (b) (pl.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.

Finfoot

Fin"foot` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American bird (heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus Podica.

Fin-footed

Fin"-foot`ed, a. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having palmate feet. (b) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.

Finger

Fin"ger (?), n. [AS. finger; akin to D. vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. fang.]

1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.

2. Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.

3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.

A piece of steel three fingers thick. Bp. Wilkins.

4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.]

She has a good finger. Busby.
Ear finger, the little finger. -- Finger alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play. -- Finger board (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual. -- Finger bowl ∨ glass, a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table. -- Finger flower (Bot.), the foxglove. -- Finger grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See Crab grass, under Crab. -- Finger nut, a fly nut or thumb nut. -- Finger plate, a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks. -- Finger post, a guide post bearing an index finger. -- Finger reading, reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind. -- Finger shell (Zo\'94l.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form. -- Finger sponge (Zo\'94l.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches. -- Finger stall, a cover or shield for a finger. -- Finger steel, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife. To burn one's fingers. See under Burn. -- To have a finger in, to be concerned in. [Colloq.] -- To have at one's fingers' ends, to be thoroughly familiar with. [Colloq.]

Finger

Fin"ger (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fingered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fingering.]

1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me. Shak.

2. To touch lightly; to toy with.

3. (Mus.) (a) To perform on an instrument of music. (b) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.

4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. Shak.

5. To execute, as any delicate work.

Finger

Fin"ger, v. i. (Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby.

Fingered

Fin"gered (?), a.

1. Having fingers.

2. (Bot.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.

3. (Mus.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.

Fingerer

Fin"ger*er (?), n. One who fingers; a pilferer.

Fingering

Fin"ger*ing, n.

1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.

The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew.

2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.

3. The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.

4. Delicate work made with the fingers. Spenser.

Fingerling

Fin"ger*ling (?), n. [Finger + -ling.] (Zo\'94l.) A young salmon. See Parr.

Fingle-fangle

Fin"gle-fan`gle (?), n. [From fangle.] A trifle. [Low] Hudibras.

Fingrigo

Fin"gri*go (?), n.; pl. Fingrigos (#). [So called in Jamaica.] (Bot.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.

Finial

Fin"*i*al (?), n. [L. finire to finish, end. See Finish.] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.

Finical

Fin"i*cal (?), a. [From Fine, a.] Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. "Finical taste." Wordsworth.
The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in giving nothing else. Hazlitt.
Syn. -- Finical, Spruce, Foppish. These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is spruce is elaborately nice in dress; one who is finical shows his affectation in language and manner as well as in dress; one who is foppish distinguishes himself by going to the extreme of the fashion in the cut of his clothes, by the tawdriness of his ornaments, and by the ostentation of his manner. "A finical gentleman clips his words and screws his body into as small a compass as possible, to give himself the air of a delicate person; a spruce gentleman strives not to have a fold wrong in his frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head to lie amiss; a foppish gentleman seeks . . . to render himself distinguished for finery." Crabb. -- Fin"i*cal*ly, adv. -- Fin"i*cal*ness, n.

Finicality

Fin`i*cal"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being finical; finicalness.

Finicking, Finicky

Fin"ick*ing (?), Fin"ick*y, a.Finical; unduly particular. [Colloq.]

Finific

Fi*nif"ic (? ∨ ?), n. [L. finis end + facere to make.] A limiting element or quality. [R.]
The essential finific in the form of the finite. Coleridge.

Finify

Fin"i*fy (? ∨ ?), v. t. [Fine, a. + -fy.] To make fine; to dress finically. [Obs.]
Hath so pared and finified them [his feet.] B. Jonson.

Finikin

Fin"i*kin (?), a. [Fine, a. + -kin.] Precise in trifles; idly busy. [Colloq.] Smart.

Fining

Fin"ing (?), n.

1. The act of imposing a fin

2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.

3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer. Fining pot, a vessel in which metals are refined. Prov. xvii. 3.

Finis

Fi"nis (?), n. [L.] An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

Finish

Fin"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finishing.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure.]

1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

And heroically hath finished A life heroic. Milton.

2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish. Syn. -- To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.

Finish

Fin"ish, v. i.

1. To come to an end; to terminate.

His days may finish ere that hapless time. Shak.

2. To end; to die. [R.] Shak.

Finish

Fin"ish, n.

1. That which finishes, puts an end to

2. (Arch.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.

3. (Fine Arts) (a) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like. (b) See Finishing coat, under Finishing.

4. The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.

5. Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.

Finished

Fin"ished (?), a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education. Finished work (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.

Finisher

Fin"ish*er (?), n.

1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.

O prophet of glad tidings, finisher Of utmost hope! Milton.

2. Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything. [Colloq.]

Finishing

Fin"ish*ing, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

Finishing

Fin"ish*ing, a. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use. Finishing coat. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. -- Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics. -- Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. Raymond.

Finite

Fi"nite (?), a. [L. finitus, p.p. of finire. See Finish, and cf. Fine, a.] Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.

Finiteless

Fi"nite*less, a Infinite. [Obs.] Sir T. browne.

Finitely

Fi"nite*ly, adv. In a finite manner or degree.

Finiteness

Fi"nite*ness, n. The state of being finite.

Finitude

Fin"i*tude (?), n. [L. finire. See Finish.] Limitation. Cheyne.

Finlander

Fin"land*er (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Finland.

Finless

Fin"less, a. (Zo\'94l.) destitute of fins.

Finlet

Fin"let (?), n. [Fin + -let.] A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.

Finlike

Fin"like` (?), a. Resembling a fin.

Finn

Finn (?), a. A native of Finland; one of the FinnFinns.

Finnan haddie

Fin"nan had"die (?). [See Haddock.] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. f\'ccn"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]

Finned

Finned (?), a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer.

Finner

Fin"ner (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A finback whale.

Finnic

Finn"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Finns.

Finnikin

Fin"ni*kin (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]

Finnish

Finn"ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language. -- n. A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.

Finns

Finns (?), n. pl.; sing. Finn. (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders. (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]

Finny

Fin"ny (?), a.

1. (Zo\'94l.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.

2. Abounding in fishes.

With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmoth.

Finochio

Fi*no"chi*o (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See Fennel.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (F\'d2niculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
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Finos

Fi"nos (?), n. pl. [Sp., pl., fr. fino fine.] Second best wool from Merino sheep. Gardner.

Finpike

Fin"pike` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The bichir. See Crossopterygii.

Fint

Fint (?), 3d pers. sing. pr. of Find, for findeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fin-toed

Fin"-toed` (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.

Fiord

Fiord (fyi or y consonant, § 272), n. [Dan. & Norw. fiord. See Frith.] A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also fjord.]

Fiorin

Fi"o*rin (?), n. [Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass.] (Bot.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

Fiorite

Fi"o*rite (?), n. (Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia.

Fioriture

Fio`ri*tu"re (?), n. pl. [It., pl. of fioritura a flowering.] (Mus.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player. <-- no pos in original. = n. -->

Fippenny bit

Fip"pen*ny bit` (? ∨ ?). [Corruption of five penny bit.] The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.] &hand; Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the adoption of decimal coins and the withdrawal of foreign coinage from circulation, this coin passed currently for 6fourpence ha'penny
or fourpence; in New York a sixpence; in Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc., a fip; and in Louisiana, a picayune.

Fipple

Fip"ple (f&etil;r), n. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.] A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fir

Fir (?), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f\'94hre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus (Bot.) A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus. &hand; Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine. J. D. Hooker.

Fire

Fire (?), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. fr; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f, f, Gr. purus pure, E. pure Cf. Empyrean, Pyre.]

1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. &hand; The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame. Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed.

2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in

3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.

4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.

5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consumingviolence of temper.

he had fire in his temper.Atterbury.

6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.

And bless their critic with a poet's fire.Pope.

7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.

Stars, hide your fires.Shak.
As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires.Milton.

8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire. Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc. -- Fire alarm (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm. -- Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid. -- Fire balloon. (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part<-- = hot-air balloon -->. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. Simmonds. -- Fire bar, a grate bar. -- Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. Knight. -- Fire beetle. (Zo\'94l.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. -- Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. -- Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. -- Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. -- Fire bucket. See under Bucket. -- Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] -- Fire clay. See under Clay. -- Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. -- Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] Milton. -- Fire damp. See under Damp. -- Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary. -- Fire drill. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. -- Fire eater. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] -- Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. -- Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. -- Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. -- Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. -- Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. -- Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. -- Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. -- Fire master (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. -- Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. -- Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. -- Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. Abbot. -- Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. -- Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. -- Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. -- Fire pot. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. -- Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. -- Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. -- Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. Raymond. -- Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. -- Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. -- Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of sulphureted hydrogen. Raymond. -- Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. -- Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. Farrow. -- Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. -- Fire water, ardent spirits; -- so called by the American Indians. -- Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. -- Greek fire. See under Greek. -- On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. -- Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. -- St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. Hoblyn. -- St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo. -- To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle. -- To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.

Fire

Fire (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fring.]

1. To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.

2. To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.

3. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.

Love had fired my mind. Dryden.

4. To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.

5. To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.

6. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.

[The sun] fires the proud tops of the eastern pines. Shak.

7. To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.

8. To drive by fire. [Obs.]

Till my bad angel fire my good one out. Shak.

9. (Far.) To cauterize. To fire up, to light up the fires of, as of an engine.<-- figuratively, to start up any machine -->

Fire

Fire, v. i.

1. To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.

2. To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

3. To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town. To fire up, to grow irritated or angry. "He . . . fired up, and stood vigorously on his defense." Macaulay.

Firearm

Fire"arm` (?), n. A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.

Fireback

Fire"back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Fireball

Fire"ball` (?), n. (a) (Mil.) A ball filled with powder or other combustibles, intended to be thrown among enemies, and to injure by explosion; also, to set fire to their works and light them up, so that movements may be seen. (b) A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.<-- large mass of fire caused by a large explosion, as of inflammable liquids or a nuclear explosion -->

Firebare

Fire"bare` (?), n. A beacon. [Obs.] Burrill.

Fire beetle

Fire" bee`tle (?). (Zo\'94l.) A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.

Firebird

Fire"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Baltimore oriole.

Fireboard

Fire"board` (?), n. A chimney board or screen to close a fireplace when not in use.

Firebote

Fire"bote` (?), n. (O.Eng.Law) An allowance of fuel. See Bote.

Firebrand

Fire"brand` (?), n.

1. A piece of burning wood. L'Estrange.

2. One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary. Bacon.

Firecracker

Fire"crack`er (?), n. See Cracker., n., 3.

Firecrest

Fire"crest` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small European kinglet (Regulus ignicapillus), having a bright red crest; -- called also fire-crested wren.

Firedog

Fire"dog` (?), n. A support for wood in a fireplace; an andiron.

Firedrake

Fire"drake` (?), n. [AS. f; f fire + draca a dragon. See Fire, and Drake a dragon.] [Obs.]

1. A fiery dragon. Beau. & Fl.

2. A fiery meteor; an ignis fatuus; a rocket.

3. A worker at a furnace or fire. B. Jonson.

Fire-fanged

Fire"-fanged` (?), a. [Fire + fanged seized.] Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

Firefish

Fire"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A singular marine fish of the genus Pterois, family Scorp\'91nid\'91, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.

Fireflaire

Fire"flaire` (?), n. [Fire + Prov. E. flaire a ray.] (Zo\'94l.) A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); -- called also fireflare and fiery flaw.

Fireflame

Fire"flame` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).

Firefly

Fire"fly` (?), n.; pl. Fireflies (. (Zo\'94l.) Any luminous winged insect, esp. luminous beetles of the family Lampyrid\'91. &hand; The common American species belong to the genera Photinus and Photuris, in which both sexes are winged. The name is also applied to luminous species of Elaterid\'91. See Fire beetle.

Fireless

Fire"less, a. Destitute of fire.

Firelock

Fire"lock`, n. An old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, a gun having such a lock.

Fireman

Fire"man (?), n.; pl. Firemen (-men).

1. A man whose business is to extinguish fires in towns; a member of a fire company.

2. A man who tends the fires, as of a steam engine; a stocker.

Fire-new

Fire"-new` (?), a. Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new. Charles reade.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.

Fireplace

Fire"place` (?), n. The part a chimney appropriated to the fire; a hearth; -- usually an open recess in a wall, in which a fire may be built.

Fireproof

Fire"proof` (?), a. Proof against fire; incombustible.

Fireprrofing

Fire"prrof`ing (?), n. The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.

Firer

Fir"er (?), n. One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary. [R.] R. Carew.

Fire-set

Fire"-set` (?), n. A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.

Fireside

Fire"side` (?), n. A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.

Firestone

Fire"stone` (?; 110), n. [AS. f flint; f fire + st\'ben stone.]

1. Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.

2. A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces. Ure.

Firetail

Fire"tail` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European redstart; -- called also fireflirt. [prov. Eng.]

Firewarden

Fire"ward`en (?), n. An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward.

Fireweed

Fire"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) (a) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. (b) The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum).

Firewood

Fire"wood` (?), n. Wood for fuel.

Firework

Fire"work` (?), n.

1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The name is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.

2. pl. A pyrotechnic exhibition. [Obs. in the sing.]

Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a firework. Walpole.

Fireworm

Fire"worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm.

Firing

Fir"ing, n.

1. The act of disharging firearms.

2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight.

3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison.

4. The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

5. Fuel; firewood or coal. [Obs.] Mortimer. Firing iron, an instrument used in cauterizing.


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Firk

Firk (?), v. t. [Cf. OE. ferken to proceed, hasten, AS. fercian to bring, assist; perh. akin to faran to go, E. fare.] To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.]
I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.

Firk

Firk, v. i. To fly out; to turn out; to go off. [Obs.]
A wench is a rare bait, with which a man
No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.B.Jonson.

Firk

Firk, n. A freak; trick; quirk. [Obs.] Ford.

Firkin

Fir"kin (?), n. [From AS. fe\'a2wer four (or an allied word, perh. Dutch or Danish) + -kin. See Four.]

1. A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons. [Eng.]

2. A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc. [U.S.]

Firlot

Fir"lot (?), n. [Scot., the fourth part of a boll of grain, from a word equiv. to E. four + lot part, portion. See Firkin.] A dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat firlot was to the imperial bushel as 998 to 1000; the barley firlot as 1456 to 1000. Brande & C.

Firm

Firm (?), a. [Compar. Firmer (?); superl. Firmest.] [OE. ferme, F. ferme, fr.L. firmus; cf. Skr. dharman support, law, order, dh to hold fast, carry. Cf. Farm, Throne.]

1. Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.

2. Not easily excited or disturbed; unchanging in purpose; fixed; steady; constant; stable; unshaken; not easily changed in feelings or will; strong; as, a firm believer; a firm friend; a firm adherent.

Under spread ensigns, moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. Milton.
By one man's firm obediency fully tried. Milton.

3. Solid; -- opposed to fluid; as, firm land.

4. Indicating firmness; as, a firm tread; a firm countenance. Syn. -- Compact; dense; hard; solid; stanch; robust; strong; sturdly; fixed; steady; resolute; constant.

Firm

Firm, n. [It. firma the (firm, sure, or confirming) signature or subscription, or Pg. firma signature, firm, cf. Sp. firma signature; all fr. L. firmus, adj., firm. See Firm, a] The name, title, or style, under which a company transacts business; a partnership of two or more persons; a commercial house; as, the firm of Hope & Co.

Firm

Firm, v. t. [OE. fermen to make firm, F. fermer, fr. L. firmare to make firm. See Firm, a.]

1. To fix; to settle; to confirm; to establish. [Obs.]

And Jove has firmed it with an awful nod. Dryden.

2. To fix or direct with firmness. [Obs.]

He on his card and compass firms his eye. Spenser.

Firmament

Fir"ma*ment (?), n. [L. firmamentum, fr. firmare to make firm: cf. F. firmament. See Firm, v. & a.]

1. Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.]

Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor.

2. The region of the air; the sky or heavens.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the miGen. i. 6.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament. Gen. i. 14.
&hand; In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be placed, and are really seen.

3. (Old Astron.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most rmote of the celestial spheres.

Firmamental

Fir`ma*men"tal (?), a. Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden.

Firman

Fir"man (? ∨ ?), n.; pl. Firmans (#) or (#). [Pers. ferm\'ben.] In Turkey and some other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. [Written also firmaun.]

Firmer-chisel

Firm"er-chis"el (?), n. A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. Knight.

Firmitude

Firm"i*tude (?), n. [L. firmitudo. See Firm.] Strength; stability. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Firmity

Firm"i*ty (?), n. [L. firmitas.] Strength; firmness; stability. [Obs.] Chillingworth.

Firmless

Firm"less, a.

1. Detached from substance. [Obs.]

Does passion still the firmless mind control? Pope.

2. Infirm; unstable. "Firmless sands." Sylvester.

Firmly

Firm"ly, adv. In a firm manner.

Firmness

Firm"ness, n. The state or quality of being firm. Syn. -- Firmness, Constancy. Firmness belongs to the will, and constancy to the affections and principles; the former prevents us from yielding, and the latter from fluctuating. Without firmness a man has no character; "without constancy," says Addison, "there is neither love, friendship, nor virtue in the world."

Firms

Firms (?), n. pl. [From Firm, a.] (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together. [Obs.]

Firring

Fir"ring (?), n. (Arch.) See Furring.

Firry

Fir"ry (?), a. Made of fir; abounding in firs.
In firry woodlands making moan. Tennyson.

First

First (?), a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f\'94rste, OHG. furist, G. f\'81rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See For, Fore, and cf. Formeer, Foremost.]

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.

2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.

3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. At first blush. See under Blush. -- At first hand, from the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent.

It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. Dickens.
-- First coat (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat. -- First day, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends. -- First floor. (a) The ground floor. [U.S.] (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.] -- First fruit ∨ fruits. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or results.
See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! Milton.
-- First mate, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain. -- First name, same as Christian name. See under Name, n. -- First officer (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as First mate (above). -- First sergeant (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. Farrow. -- First watch (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time. -- First water, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls. Syn. -- Primary; primordial; primitive; primeval; pristine; highest; chief; principal; foremost.

First

First (?), adv. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
Adam was first formed, then Eve. 1 Tim. ii. 13.
At first, At the first, at the beginning or origin. -- First or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or end.
And all are fools and lovers first or last. Dryden.

First

First, n. (Mus.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a pre\'89minence in the combined effect.

Firstborn

First"born` (?), a. First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

First-class

First"-class` (?), a. Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class telescope. First-class car ∨ First-class railway carriage, any passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; -- distinguished from a second-class car.

First-hand

First"-hand` (?), a. Obtained directly from the first or original source; hence, without the intervention of an agent.
One sphere there is . . . where the apprehension of him is first-hand and direct; and that is the sphere of our own mind. J. Martineau.

Firstling

First"ling (?), n. [First + -ling.]

1. The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton.

2. The thing first thought or done.

The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. Shak.

Firstling

First"ling, a. Firstborn.
All the firstling males. Deut. xv. 19.

Firstly

First"ly, adv. In the first place; before anything else; -- sometimes improperly used for first.

First-rate

First"-rate` (?), a. Of the highest excellence; pre\'89minent in quality, size, or estimation.
Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. M. Arnold.
Hermocrates . . . a man of first-rate ability. Jowett (Thucyd).

First-rate

First"-rate`, n. (Naut.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class.

Firth

Firth (?), n. [Scot. See Frith.] (geog.) An arm of the sea; a frith.

Fir tree

Fir" tree` (?). See Fir.

Fisc

Fisc (?), n. [F. fisc, fr. L. fiscus basket, money basket, treasury; prob. akin to fascis bundle. See Fasces.] A public or state treasury. Burke.

Fiscal

Fis"cal (?), a. [F. fiscal, L. fiscalis, fr. fiscus. See Fisc.] Pertaining to the public treasury or revenue.
The fiscal arreangements of government. A\'3eHamilton.

Fiscal

Fis"cal, n.

1. The income of a prince or a state; revenue; exhequer. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A treasurer. H. Swinburne.

3. A public officer in Scotland who prosecutes in petty criminal cases; -- called also procurator fiscal.

4. The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general.

Fisetic

Fi*set"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to fustet or fisetin.

Fisetin

Fis"e*tin (?), n. [G. fisettholz a species of fustic.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from fustet, and regarded as its essential coloring principle; -- called also fisetic acid.

Fish

Fish (?), n. [F. fiche peg, mark, fr. fisher to fix.] A counter, used in various games.

Fish

Fish, n.; pl. Fishes (#), or collectively, Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]

1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water.

2. (Zo\'94l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See Pisces. &hand; The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes.

3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.

4. The flesh of fish, used as food.

5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. &hand; Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8. -- Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] -- Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below). -- Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. Francis. -- Fish crow (Zo\'94l.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. -- Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. -- Fish davit. See Davit. -- Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. -- Fish duck (Zo\'94l.), any species of merganser. -- Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. -- Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. -- Fish glue. See Isinglass. -- Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. -- Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. -- Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. -- Fish line, ∨ Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. -- Fish louse (Zo\'94l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus, Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura. -- Fish maw (Zo\'94l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. -- Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. -- Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. -- Fish owl (Zo\'94l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian species (K. Ceylonensis). -- Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint. -- Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. -- Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett. -- Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. -- Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. Knight. -- Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. -- Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett. -- Fish strainer. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. -- Fish trowel, a fish slice. -- Fish weir ∨ wear, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. -- Neither fish nor flesh (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other.

Fish

Fish (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fishing.]

1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.

2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.

Any other fishing question. Sir W. Scott.

Fish

Fish, v. t. [OE. fischen, fisken, fissen, AS. fiscian; akin to G. fischen, OHG. fisc, Goth. fisk. See Fish the animal.]

1. To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor.

2. To search by raking or sweeping. Swift.

3. To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream. Thackeray.

4. To strengthen (a beam, mast, etc.), or unite end to end (two timbers, railroad rails, etc.) by bolting a plank, timber, or plate to the beam, mast, or timbers, lengthwise on one or both sides. See Fish joint, under Fish, n. To fish the anchor. (Naut.) See under Anchor.

Fish-bellied

Fish"-bel`lied (?), a. Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail. Knight.

Fish-block

Fish"-block` (?), n. See Fish-tackle.

Fisher

Fish"er (?), n. [AS. fiscere.]

1. One who fishes.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."

Fisherman

Fish"er*man (?), n.; pl. Fishermen (.

1. One whose occupation is to catch fish.

2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

Fishery

Fish"er*y (?), n.; pl. Fisheries (.

1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison.

2. A place for catching fish.

3. (Law) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters. Abbott.

Fishful

Fish"ful (?), a. Abounding with fish. [R.] "My fishful pond." R. Carew.

Fishgig

Fish"gig` (?), n. A spear with barbed prongs used for harpooning fish. Knight.

Fishhawk

Fish"hawk` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The osprey (Pandion halia\'89tus), found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.

Fishhook

Fish"hook` (?), n.

1. A hook for catching fish.

2. (Naut.) A hook with a pendant, to the end of which the fish-tackle is hooked. Dana.

Fishify

Fish"i*fy (?), v. t. To change to fish. [R.] Shak.

Fishiness

Fish"i*ness, n. The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant.

Fishing

Fish"ing, n.

1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.

2. A fishery. Spenser.

Fishing

Fish"ing, a. [From Fishing, n.] Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village. Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing. -- Fishing line, a line used in catching fish. -- Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc. -- Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the line for angling. -- Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing. -- Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc. -- Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid.<-- fishing expedition (metaphorical usage). an investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven, and often with no evidence of such wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation -->
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Fishlike

Fish"like (?), a. Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.
A very ancient and fishlike smell. Shak.

Fishmonger

Fish"mon`ger (?), n. A dealer in fish.

Fishskin

Fish"skin` (?), n.

1. The skin of a fish (dog fish, shark, etc.)

2. (Med.) See Ichthyosis.

Fish-tackle

Fish"-tac`kle (?), n. A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.

Fish-tail

Fish"-tail` (?), a. Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming.

Fishwife

Fish"wife` (?), n. A fishwoman.

Fishwoman

Fish"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Fishwomen (. A woman who retails fish.

Fishy

Fish"y (?), a.

1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. Pope.

2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.] <--3. creating suspicion that the surface appearances are misleading -->

Fisk

Fisk (?), v. i. [Cf. Sw. fjeska to bustle about.] To run about; to frisk; to whisk. [Obs.]
He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions. Latimer.

Fissigemmation

Fis`si*gem*ma"tion (?), n. [L. fissus (p.p. of findere to split) + E. gemmation.] (Biol.) A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.

Fissile

Fis"sile (?), a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p.p. of findere to split. See Fissure.] Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.
This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. Sir I. Newton.

Fissilingual

Fis`si*lin"gual (?), a. [L. fissus (p.p. of findere to split) + E. lingual.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the tongue forked.

Fissilinguia

Fis`si*lin"gui*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p.p. o f findere to split) + lingua tongue.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. [Written also Fissilingues.]

Fissility

Fis*sil"i*ty (?), n. Quality of being fissile.

Fission

Fis"sion (?), n. [L. fissio. See Fissure.]

1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.

2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.

Fissipalmate

Fis`si*pal"mate (?), a. [L. fissus (p.p. of findere to split) + palma palm.] (Zo\'94l.) Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe's foot. See Illust. under Aves.

Fissipara

Fis*sip"a*ra (?), n. pl. [NL. See Fissiparous.] (Zo\'94l.) Animals which reproduce by fission.

Fissiparism

Fis*sip"a*rism (?), n. [See Fissiparous.] (Biol.) Reproduction by spontaneous fission.

Fissiparity

Fis`si*par"i*ty (?), n. (Biol.) Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.

Fissiparous

Fis*sip"a*rous (?), a. [L. fissus (p.p. of findere to split) + parere to bring forth: cf. F. fissipare.] (Biol.) Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission. -- Fis*sip"a*rous*ly, adv.

Fissipation

Fis`si*pa"tion (?), n. (Biol.) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.

Fissiped, Fissipedal

Fis"si*ped (?), Fis*sip"e*dal (?), a. [Cf. F. fissip\'8ade.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves.]

Fissiped

Fis"si*ped, n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Fissipedia.

Fissipedia

Fis`si*pe"di*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p.p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

Fissirostral

Fis`si*ros"tral (?), a. [Cf. F. fissirostre.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers.

Fissirostres

Fis`si*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p.p. of findere to cleave) + rostrum beak.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft.

Fissural

Fis"sur*al (?), a. Pertaining to a fissure or fissures; as, the fissural pattern of a brain.

Fissuration

Fis`su*ra"tion (?), n. (Anat.) The act of dividing or opening; the state of being fissured.

Fissure

Fis"sure (?), n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. Cerebral fissures (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum. -- Fissure needle (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. Knight. -- Fissure of rolando (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum. -- Fissure of Sylvius (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under Brain. -- Fissure vein (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter. Raymond.

Fissure

Fis"sure (?), v. t. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.

Fissurella

Fis`su*rel"la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a fissure.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet.

Fist

Fist (?), n. [OE. fist, fust, AS. f; akin to D. vuist, OHG. f, G. faust, and prob. to L. pugnus, Gr. Pugnacious, Pigmy.]

1. The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.

Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.

2. The talons of a bird of prey. [Obs.]

More light than culver in the falcon's fist. Spenser.

3. (print.) the index mark [&hand;], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows. Hand over fist (Naut.), rapidly; hand over hand.

Fist

Fist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fisting.]

1. To strike with the fist. Dryden.

2. To gripe with the fist. [Obs.] Shak.

Fistic

Fist"ic (?), a. [From Fist.] Pertaining to boxing, or to encounters with the fists; puglistic; as, fistic exploits; fistic heroes. [Colloq.]

Fisticuff

Fist"i*cuff (?), n. A cuff or blow with the fist or hand; (pl.) a fight with the fists; boxing. Swift.

Fistinut

Fis"ti*nut (?), n. [Cf. Fr. fistinq, fistuq. See Pistachio.] A pistachio nut. [Obs.] Johnson.

Fistuca

Fis*tu"ca (?), n. [L.] An instrument used by the ancients in driving piles.

Fistula

Fis"tu*la (?; 135), n.; pl. Fistul\'91 (#). [L.]

1. A reed; a pipe.

2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] Knight.

3. (Med.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula. Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only.

Fistular

Fis"tu*lar (?), a. [L. fistularis: cf. F. fistulaire.] Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed. Johnson.

Fistularia

Fis`tu*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. fistula pipe.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of fishes, having the head prolonged into a tube, with the mouth at the extremity.

Fistularioid

Fis`tu*la"ri*oid (?), a. [Fistularia + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia.

Fistulate

Fis"tu*late (?; 135), v. t. & i. [Cf. L. fistulatus furnished with pipes.] To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. [Obs.] "A fistulated ulcer." Fuller.

Fistule

Fis"tule (?; 135), n. A fistula.

Fistuliform

Fis"tu*li*form (? ∨ ?), a. [Fistula + -form.] Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped.
Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips.

Fistulose

Fis"tu*lose` (?; 135), a. [L. fistulosus.] Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike. Craig.

Fistulous

Fis"tu*lous (?), a. [Cf. F. fistuleux.]

1. Having the form or nature of a fistula; as, a fistulous ulcer.

2. Hollow, like a pipe or reed; fistulose. Lindley.

Fit

Fit (?), imp. & p. p. of Fight. [Obs. or Colloq.]

Fit

Fit, n. [AS. fitt a song.] In Old English, a song; a strain; a canto or portion of a ballad; a passus. [Written also fitte, fytte, etc.]
To play some pleasant fit. Spenser.

Fit

Fit, a. [Compar. Fitter (?); superl. Fittest (?).] [OE. fit, fyt; cf. E. feat neat, elegant, well made, or icel. fitja to web, knit, OD. vitten to suit, square, Goth. f to adorn.

1. Adapted to an end, object, or design; suitable by nature or by art; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy.

That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak.
Fit audience find, though few. Milton.

2. Prepared; ready. [Obs.]

So fit to shoot, she singled forth among her foes who first her quarry's strength should feel. Fairfax.

3. Conformed to a standart of duty, properiety, or taste; convenient; meet; becoming; proper.

Is it fit to say a king, Thou art wicked? Job xxxiv. 18.
Syn. -- Suitable; proper; appropriate; meet; becoming; expedient; congruous; correspondent; apposite; apt; adapted; prepared; qualified; competent; adequate.

Fit

Fit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fitting (?).]

1. To make fit or suitable; to adapt to the purpose intended; to qualify; to put into a condition of readiness or preparation.

The time is fitted for the duty. Burke.
The very situation for which he was peculiarly fitted by nature. Macaulay.

2. To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc.

The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13.

3. To supply with something that is suitable or fit, or that is shaped and adjusted to the use required.

No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak.

4. To be suitable to; to answer the requirements of; to be correctly shaped and adjusted to; as, if the coat fits you, put it on.

That's a bountiful answer that fits all questions. Shak.
That time best fits the work. Shak.
To fit out, to supply with necessaries or means; to furnish; to equip; as, to fit out a privateer. -- To fit up, to firnish with things suitable; to make proper for the reception or use of any person; to prepare; as, to fit up a room for a guest.

Fit

Fit (?), v. i.

1. To be proper or becoming.

Nor fits it to prolong the feast. Pope.

2. To be adjusted to a particular shape or size; to suit; to be adapted; as, his coat fits very well.

Fit

Fit, n.

1. The quality of being fit; adjustment; adaptedness; as of dress to the person of the wearer.

2. (Mach.) (a) The coincidence of parts that come in contact. (b) The part of an object upon which anything fits tightly. Fit rod (Shipbuilding), a gauge rod used to try the depth of a bolt hole in order to determine the length of the bolt required. Knight.

Fit

Fit, n. [AS. fit strife, fight; of uncertain origin. &root; 77.]

1. A stroke or blow. [Obs. or R.]

Curse on that cross, quoth then the Sarazin, That keeps thy body from the bitter fit. Spenser.

2. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousness; a convulsion; a paroxysm; hence, a period of exacerbation of a disease; in general, an attack of disease; as, a fit of sickness.

And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake. Shak.

3. A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time; a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of passion, or of laughter.

All fits of pleasure we balanced by an equal degree of pain. Swift.
The English, however, were on this subject prone to fits of jealously. Macaulay.

4. A passing humor; a caprice; a sudden and unusual effort, activity, or motion, followed by relaxation or insction; an impulse and irregular action.

The fits of the season. Shak.

5. A darting point; a sudden emission. [R.]

A tongue of light, a fit of flame. Coleridge.
By fits, By fits and starts, by intervals of action and re

Fitch

Fitch (?; 224), n.; pl. Fitches (#). [See Vetch.]

1. (Bot.) A vetch. [Obs.]

2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt.

Fitch

Fitch, n. [Contr. of fitched.] (Zo\'94l.) The European polecat; also, its fur.

Fitch\'82

Fitch"\'82 (?), a. [Cf. F. fich\'82, lit. p.p. of ficher to fasten, OF. fichier to pierce. Cf. 1st Fish.] (Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed. Cross fitch\'82, a cross having the lower arm pointed.

Fitched

Fitched (?), a. (her.) Fitch\'82. [Also fiched.]

Fitchet, Fitchew

Fitch"et (?), Fitch"ew (?), n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zo\'94l.) The European polecat (Putorius f\'d2tidus). See Polecat.

Fitchy

Fitch"y (?), a. Having fitches or vetches.

Fitchy

Fitch"y, a. [See Fitch\'82.] (Her.) Fitch\'82.

Fitful

Fit"ful (?), a. [From 7th Fit.] Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. Shak.
-- Fit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fit"ful*ness, n.
The victorius trumpet peal Dies fitfully away. Macaulay.

Fithel, Fithul

Fith"el (?), Fith"ul (?), n. [OE. See Fiddle.] A fiddle [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fitly

Fit"ly (?), adv. In a fit manner; suitably; properly; conveniently; as, a maxim fitly applied.

Fitment

Fit"ment (?), n. The act of fitting; that which is proper or becoming; equipment. [Obs.] Shak.

Fitness

Fit"ness, n. The state or quality of being fit; as, the fitness of measures or laws; a person's fitness for office.

Fitt

Fitt (?), n. See 2d Fit.

Fittable

Fit"ta*ble (?), a. Suitable; fit. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Fittedness

Fit"ted*ness (?), n. The state or quality of being fitted; adaptation. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Fitter

Fit"ter (?), n.

1. One who fits or makes to fit; esp.: (a) One who tries on, and adjusts, articles of dress. (b) One who fits or adjusts the different parts of machinery to each other.

2. A coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper. [Eng.] Simmonds.

Fitter

Fit"ter, n. A little piece; a flitter; a flinder. [Obs.]
Where's the Frenchman? Alas, he's all fitters. Beau. & Fl.

Fitting

Fit"ting (?), n. Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.), necessary fixtures or apparatus; as, the fittings of a church or study; gas fittings.

Fitting

Fit"ting, a. Fit; appropriate; suitable; proper. -- Fit"ting*ly, adv. -- Fit"ting*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.

Fitweed

Fit"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium f\'d2tidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

Fitz

Fitz (?), n. [OF. fils, filz, fiz, son, F. fils, L. filius. See Filial.] A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence.

Five

Five (?), a. [OE. fif, five, AS. f\'c6f, f\'c6fe; akin to D. vijf, OS. f\'c6f, OHG. finf, funf, G. f\'81nf, Icel. fimm, Sw. & Sw. Dan. fem, Goth. fimf, Lith. penki, W. pump, OIr. c\'a2ic, L. quinque, Gr. pa. Fifth, Cinque, Pentagon, Punch the drink, Quinary.] Four and one added; one more than four.
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Five nations (Ethnol.), a confederacy of the Huron-Iroquois Indians, consisting of five tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Oneidas, and Senecas. They inhabited the region which is now the State of new York.

Five

Five (?), n.

1. The number next greater than four, and less than six; five units or objects.

Five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Matt. xxv. 2.

2. A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

Five-finger

Five"-fin`ger (?), n.

1. (Bot.) See Cinquefoil.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.

Fivefold

Five"fold` (?), a. & adv. In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.

Five-leaf

Five"-leaf` (?), n. Cinquefoil; five-finger.

Five-leafed, Five-leaved

Five"-leafed` (?), Five"-leaved` (?), a. (Bot.) Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.

Fiveling

Five"ling (?), n. (Min.) A compound or twin crystal consisting of five individuals.

Fives

Fives (?), n. pl. A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. Smart. Fives court, a place for playing fives.

Fives

Fives, n. [See Vives.] A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives. Shak.

Five-twenties

Five`-twen"ties (?), n. pl. Five-twenty bonds of the United States (bearing six per cent interest), issued in 1862, '64, and '65, redeemable after five and payable in twenty years.

Fix

Fix (?), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p.p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Fix

Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]

1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make efinite.

An ass's nole I fixed on his head. Shak.
O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. Herbert.
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. cxii. 7.
And fix far deeper in his head their stings. Milton.

2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. Pope.
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. Young.

3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] Sandys.

4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications a will make it insensible to the action of light. Abney.

5. To put in prder; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]

6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn. -- To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establis; settle; determine.

Fix

Fix, v. i.

1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. Waller.

2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. Bacon. To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.

Fix

Fix, n.

1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dillema. [Colloq.]

Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey.

2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.]

Fixable

Fix"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being fixed.

Fixation

Fix*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. fixation.]

1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed.

An unalterable fixation of resolution. Killingbeck.
To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation. Sir W. Raleigh.
Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. Quain.
A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. Watts.

2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements.

3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. Glanvill.

4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. Bacon.

Fixative

Fix"a*tive (?), n. That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant.

Fixed

Fixed (?), a.

1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable.

2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. -- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. -- Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. -- Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. -- Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. -- Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4. -- Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.] -- Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. -- Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils. -- Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. -- Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.

Fixedly

Fix"ed*ly (?), adv. In a fixed, stable, or constant manner.

Fixedness

Fix"ed*ness, n.

1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.

2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.

Fixidity

Fix*id"i*ty (?), n. Fixedness. [Obs.] Boyle.

Fixing

Fix"ing (?), n.

1. The act or process of making fixed.

2. That which is fixed; a fixture.

3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]

Fixity

Fix"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. fixit\'82.]

1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed.

2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton.

Fixture

Fix"ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. Fixture.]

1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.

2. State of being fixed; fixedness.

The firm fixture of thy foot. Shak.

3. (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Bouvier. &hand; This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.

Fixure

Fix"ure (?), n. [L. fixura a fastening, fr. figere to fix. See Fix, and cf. Fixture.] Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.

Fixgig

Fix"gig` (?), n. A fishing. [Obs.] Sandys.

Fizgig

Fiz"gig`, n. [Fizz + gig whirling thing.] A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.

Fizgig

Fiz"gig`, n. [See Gig a flirt.] A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson.

Fizz

Fizz (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzing.] [Cf. Icel. f\'c6sa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa, G. fisten, feisten. Cf. Foist.] To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

Fizz

Fizz, n. A hising sound; as, the fizz of a fly.

Fizzle

Fiz"zle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzling (?).] [See Fizz.]

1. To make a hissing sound.

It is the easfizzling. B. Jonson.

2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridicuously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]

Fizzle

Fiz"zle, n. A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]

Fjord

Fjord (?), n. See Fiord.

Flabbergast

Flab"ber*gast (?), v. t. [Cf. Flap, and Aghast.] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.

Flabbergastation

Flab`ber*gas*ta"tion (?), n. The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] London Punch.

Flabbily

Flab"bi*ly (?), adv. In a flabby manner.

Flabbiness

Flab"bi*ness, n. Quality or state of being flabby.

Flabby

Flab"by (?), a. [See Flap.] Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

Flabel

Fla"bel (?), n. [L. flabellum a fan, dim. of flabrum a breeze, fr. flare to blow.] A fan. [Obs.] Huloet.

Flabellate

Fla*bel"late (?), a. [L. flabellatus, p.p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel.] (Bot.) Flabelliform.

Flabellation

Flab`el*la"tion (?), n. The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison.

Flabelliform

Fla*bel"li*form (?), a. [L. flabellum a fan + -fform: cf. F. flabeliforme.] Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.

Flabellinerved

Fla*bel"li*nerved` (?), a. [L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve.] (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf.

Flabellum

Fla*bel"lum (?), n. [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.) A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.

Flabile

Flab"ile (?), a. [L. flabilis.] Liable to be blown about. Bailey.

Flaccid

Flac"cid (?), a. [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.] Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh.
Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.
-- Flac"cid*ly (#), adv. -- Flac"cid*ness, n.

Flaccidity

Flac*cid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. flaccidit\'82.] The state of being flaccid.

Flacker

Flack"er (?), v. i. [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.] To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Flacket

Flack"et (?), n. [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.] A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

Flag

Flag (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (?).] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign.]

1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. T. Moore.

2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.

The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift.
Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.

Flag

Flag (?), v. t.

1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior.

2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

Nothing so flags the spirits. Echard.

Flag

Flag, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See Flag to hang loose.]

1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.

2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Black flag. See under Black. -- Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. -- Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. -- Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. -- Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money. -- Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. -- National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. -- Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. -- To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. -- To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. -- To hang the flag half-mast high ∨ half-staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. -- To strike, ∨ lower, the flag, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. -- Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.

Flag

Flag, v. t. [From Flag an ensign.]

1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

Flag

Flag, n. [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus. Cooper's flag, the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. -- Corn flag. See under 2d Corn. -- Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. -- Flag root, the root of the sweet flag. -- Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2.

Flag

Flag, v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.

Flag

Flag, n. [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. Floe.]

1. A flat stone used for paving. Woodward.

2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Flag

Flag, v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones.
The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.

Flagellant

Flag"el*lant (?), n. [L. flagellans, p.p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; -- called also disciplinant.

Flagellata

Flag`el*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.L. flagellatus, p. p. See Flagellate, v. t.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.

Flagellate

Flag"el*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating (?).] [L. flagellatus, p.p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.] To whip; to scourge; to flog.

Flagellate

Fla*gel"late (?), a.

1. Flagelliform.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

Flagellation

Flag`el*la"tion (?), n. [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation.] A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.

Flagellator

Flag"el*la`tor (?), n. One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

Flagelliform

Fla*gel"li*form (?), a. [L. flagellum a whip + -form.] Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

Flagellum

Fla*gel"lum (?), n.; pl. E. Flagellums (#), L. Flagella (#). [L., a whip. See Flagellate, v. t.]

1. (Bot.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antenn\'91 and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.


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Flageolet

Flag"eo*let` (?), n. [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of fla\'81te, flahute, F. fl. See Flute.] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.

Flagginess

Flag"gi*ness (?), n. The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. Johnson.

Flagging

Flag"ging (?), n. A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.

Flagging

Flag"ging, a. Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. -- Flag"ging*ly, adv.

Flaggy

Flag"gy (?), a.

1. Weak; flexible; limber. "Flaggy wings." Spenser.

2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [Obs.] Bacon.

Flaggy

Flag"gy, a. [From 5th Flag.] Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.

Flagitate

Flag"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. flagitatus, p.p. of flagitare to demand. See Flagitious.] To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. [Archaic] Carcyle.

Flagitation

Flag`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. flagitatio.] Importunity; urgent demand. [Archaic] Carlyle.

Flagitious

Fla*gi"tious (?), a. [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.]

1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; -- said of acts, crimes, etc.

Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor.

2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; -- said of persons. Pope.

3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope. Syn. -- Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate; abandoned. See Atracious. -- Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv. -- Fla*gi"tious*ness, n.

A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay.

Flagman

Flag"man (?), n.; pl. Flagmen (. One who makes signals with a flag.

Flagon

Flag"on (?), n. [F. flacon, for flascon, fr. OF. flasche, from LL. flasco. See Flask.] A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.
A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay.

Flagrance

Fla"grance (?), n. Flagrancy. Bp. Hall.

Flagrancy

Fla"gran*cy (?), n.; pl. Flagrancies (#). [L. flagrantia a burning. See Flagrant.]

1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.]

Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. Steele.

Flagrant

Fla"grant (?), a. [L. flagrans, -antis, p.pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. flagrant
. Cf. Flame, Phlox.]

1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.

The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior.
A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the beadle. De Quincey.
Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging.

A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant. Palfrey.

3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked. Syn. -- Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious.

Flagrantly

Fla"grant*ly, adv. In a flagrant manner.

Flagrate

Fla"grate (?), v. t. [L. flagrare, flagratum, v.i. & t., to burn.] To burn. [Obs.] Greenhill.

Flagration

Fla*gra"tion (?), n. A conflagration. [Obs.]

Flagship

Flag"ship` (?), n. (Naut.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

Flagstaff

Flag"staff` (?), n.; pl. -staves ( or -staffs (. A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Flagstone

Flag"stone` (?), n. A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

Flagworm

Flag"worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Flail

Flail (?), n. [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fl\'82au. See Flagellum.]

1. An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely.

His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. Milton.

2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded. Fairholt.

No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to brain the Popish assassins. Macaulay.

Flaily

Flail"y (?), a. Acting like a flail. [Obs.] Vicars.

Flain

Flain (?), obs. p. p. of Flay. Chaucer.

Flake

Flake (?), n. [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.]

1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.]

2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.

You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer. English Husbandman.

3. (Naut.) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.

Flake

Flake (?), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. Flag a flat stone.]

1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." Addison.

Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.

2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash.

With flakes of ruddy fire. Somerville.

3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes. <-- 4. a flaky{2} person --> Flake knife (Arch\'91ol.), a cutting instrument used by savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone. Tylor. -- Flake stand, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm. Knight. -- Flake white. (Paint.) (a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales. (b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. Ure.

Flake

Flake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaking.] To form into flakes. Pope.

Flake

Flake, v. i. To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

Flakiness

Flak"i*ness (?), n. The state of being flaky.

Flaky

Flak"y (?), a. Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike. <--2. (of persons) = prone to strange behavior; (of actions) odd or unconventional = offbeat, whacky -->
What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts.
A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.

Flam

Flam (?), n. [Cf. AS. fle\'a0m, fl, floght. &root; 84 . Cf. Flimflam.] A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.]
A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.

Flam

Flam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flamming.] To deceive with a falsehood. [Obs.]
God is not to be flammed off with lies. South.

Flambeau

Flam"beau (?); n.; pl. Flambeaux (#) or Flambeaus (#). [F., fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame.] A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

Flamboyant

Flam*boy"ant (?), a. [F.] (Arch.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

Flamboyer

Flam*boy"er (?), n. [F. flamboyer to be bright.] (Bot.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of C\'91salpinia.

Flame

Flame (?), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]

1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." Milton.

Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. Pope.
Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. Pope.

3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.

4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray. Syn. -- Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze. Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5. -- Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. B. Jonson. -- Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine. -- Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer. -- Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum. -- Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

Flame

Flame, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaming.] [OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also, flamer. See Flame, n.]

1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze.

The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. Shak.

2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.

He flamed with indignation. Macaulay.

Flame

Flame, v. t. To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. Spenser.

Flame-colored

Flame"-col`ored (?), a. Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

Flameless

Flame"less, a. Destitute of flame. Sandys.

Flamelet

Flame"let (?), n. [Flame + -let.] A small flame.
The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.

Flamen

Fla"men (?), n.; pl. E. Flammens (#), L. Flamines (#). [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

Flamineous

Fla*min"e*ous (?), a. Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.

Flaming

Flam"ing (?), a.

1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior.

3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

Flamingly

Flam"ing*ly, adv. In a flaming manner.

Flamingo

Fla*min"go (?), n.; pl. Flamingoes (#). [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg. flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p.pr. meaning flaming. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame.] (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the genus Ph\'d2nicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

Flaminical

Fla*min"i*cal (?), a. Pertaining to a flamen. Milton.

Flammability

Flam`ma*bil"ity (?), n. The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Flammable

Flam"ma*ble (?), a. Inflammable. [Obs.]

Flammation

Flam*ma"tion (?), n. The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

Flammeous

Flam"me*ous (?), a. [L. flammeus from flamma flame.] Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Flammiferous

Flam*mif"er*ous (?), a. [L. flammifer; flamma flame + ferre to bear.] Producing flame.

Flammivomous

Flam*miv"o*mous (?), a. [L. flammivomus; flamma flame + vomere to vomit.] Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745).

Flammulated

Flam"mu*la`ted (?), a. [L. flammula little flame, dim. fr. flamma flame.] Of a reddish color.

Flamy

Flam"y (?), a. [From Flame.] Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope.

Flanch

Flanch (?), n.; pl. Flanches (#). [Prov. E., a projection, OF. flanche flank. See Flank.]

1. A flange. [R.]. (Her.) A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side. &hand; Flanches are always in pairs. A pair of flanches is considered one of the subordinaries.

Flanched

Flanched (?), a. (Her.) Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings.

Flanconade

Flan`co*nade" (?), n. [F.] (Fencing) A thrust in the side.

Flaneur

Fla`neur" (?), n. [F., fr. fl\'83ner to stroll.] One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

Flang

Flang (?), n. A miner's two-pointed pick.

Flange

Flange (?), n. [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection. See Flanch, Flank.]

1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. Knight.

2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe. -- Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. Knight. - Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off. -- Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh

Flange

Flange, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flanging (?).] (Mach.) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

Flange

Flange, v. i. To be bent into a flange.

Flanged

Flanged (?), a. Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel.

Flank

Flank (?), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.]

1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the rids and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.

2. (Mil.) (a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.

When to right and left the front
Divided, and to either flank retired. Milton.
(b) (Fort.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion.

3. (Arch.) The side of any building. Brands.

4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear. -- Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen. -- Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front. -- Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line. -- Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc. -- Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank. -- Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position. -- Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against hostile incursion. -- Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy.


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Flank

Flank (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flanking.] [Cf. F. flanquer. See Flank, n., and cf. Flanker, v. t.]

1. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.

Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. Pitt.

2. To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.

Flank

Flank, v. i.

1. To border; to touch. Bp. Butler.

2. To be posted on the side.

Flanker

Flank"er (?), n. One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body.
They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants. W. Irwing.

Flanker

Flank"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flankered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flankering.] [See Flank, v. t.]

1. To defend by lateral fortifications. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

2. To attack sideways. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Flanel

Fla"nel (?), n. [F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress (?); fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. Wool.] A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam. -- Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

Flanneled

Flan"neled (?), a. Covered or wrapped in flannel.

Flannen

Flan"nen (?), a. Made or consisting of flannel. [Obs.] "Flannen robes." Dryden.

Flap

Flap (?), n. [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap, and E. flap, v.] Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment.
A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne.

2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.

4. pl. (Far.) A disease in the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

Flap

Flap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flapping (?).] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop, flippant, fillip.]

1. To beat with a flap; to strike.

Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope.

2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] W. Cartwright.

Flap

Flap, v. i.

1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air.

The crows flapped over by twos and threes. Lowell.

2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. Gay.

Flapdragon

Flap"drag`on (?), n.

1. A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing. Johnson.

2. The thing thus caught abd eaten. Johnson.

Cakes and ale, and flapdragtons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.

Flapdragon

Flap"drag`on, v. t. To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour. [Obs.]
See how the sea flapdragoned it. Shak.

Flap-eared

Flap"-eared` (?), a. Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak.

Flapjack

Flap"jack` (?), n.

1. A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

2. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover. [Prov. Eng.]

Flap-mouthed

Flap"-mouthed` (?), a. Having broad, hangling lips. [R.] Shak.

Flapper

Flap"per (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, flaps.

2. See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." Buckley. Flapper skate (Zo\'94l.), a European skate (Raia intermedia).

Flare

Flare (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaring.] [Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]

1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy.

With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.

4. To be exosed to too much light. [Obs.]

Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior.

5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Flare

Flare, n.

1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

Flare

Flare, n. Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.

Flare-up

Flare"-up` (?), n. A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

Flaring

Flar"ing (?), a.

1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light.

His [the sun's] flaring beams. Milton.

2. Opening or speading outwards.

Flaringly

Flar"ing*ly, adv. In a flaring manner.

Flash

Flash (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flashing.] [Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to blaze, E. flush, flare.]

1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash.

Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unumbered struggles. Talfourd.
The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. M. Arnold.
A thought floashed through me, which I clothed in act. Tennyson.

3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. Shak.
To flash in the pan, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under Flash, a burst of light. Bartlett. Syn. -- Flash, Glitter, Gleam, Glisten, Glister. Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.

Flash

Flash (?), v. t.

1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. Milton.

2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).

4. To trick up in a showy manner.

Limning and flashing it with various dyes. A. Brewer.

5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.]

He rudely flashed the waves about. Spenser.
Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3.

Flash

Flash, n.; pl. Flashes (.

1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.

The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. Wirt.

3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. Bacon.

4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. Flash light, ∨ Flashing light, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. Knight. -- Flash in the pan, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing.

Flash

Flash, a.

1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. <-- different from flashy[3]? Not much used late 1900's. Perh. because of sense 2? -->

2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. Flash house, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. "A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house." Macaulay.

Flash

Flash, n. Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

Flash

Flash, n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.]

1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] Haliwell.

2. (Engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. Flash wheel (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level.

Flashboard

Flash"board` (?), n. A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.]

Flasher

Flash"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, flashes.

2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality. <-- 3. an exhibitionist -->

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis). (b) The European red-backed shrile (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.

Flashily

Flash"i*ly (?), adv. In a flashy manner; with empty show.

Flashiness

Flash"i*ness, n. The quality of being flashy.

Flashing

Flash"ing, n.

1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.

3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. Knight. Flashing point (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100° F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor.

Flashy

Flash"y (?), a.

1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow.

2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous.

A temper always flashy. Burke.

3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.

4. Without taste or spirit.

Lean and flashy songs. Milton.

Flask

Flask (?), n. [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca, G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca, flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel, Gr. Flagon, Flasket.]

1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.

2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] Bailey.

4. (Founding) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc. Erlenmeyer flask, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; -- so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. -- Florence flask. [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as Betty, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. -- Pocket flask, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.

Flasket

Flask"et (?), n. [Cf. W. fflasged a vessel of straw or wickerwork, fflasg flask, basket, and E. flask.]

1. A long, shallow basket, with two handles. [Eng.]

In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket. Spenser.

2. A small flask.

3. A vessel in which viands are served. [Obs.] Pope.

Flat

Flat (?), a. [Compar. Flatter (?); superl. Flattest (?).] [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. fl\'94tz stratum, layer.]

1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

Though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. Milton.

2. Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed.

What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat! Milton.
I feel . . . my hopes all flat. Milton.

3. (Fine Arts) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.

A large part of the work is, to me, very flat. Coleridge.

4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.

5. Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition.

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world. Shak.

6. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.

Flat burglary as ever was committed. Shak.
A great tobacco taker too, -- that's flat. Marston.

8. (Mus.) (a) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat. (b) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.

9. (Phonetics) Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant. Flat arch. (Arch.) See under Arch, n., 2. (b). -- Flat cap, cap paper, not folded. See under Paper. -- Flat chasing, in fine art metal working, a mode of ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots and lines made with a punching tool. Knight. -- Flat chisel, a sculptor's chisel for smoothing. -- Flat file, a file wider than its thickness, and of rectangular section. See File. -- Flat nail, a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a flat, thin head, larger than a tack. Knight. -- Flat paper, paper which has not been folded. -- Flat rail, a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar spiked to a longitudinal sleeper. -- Flat rods (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods, for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance. Raymond. -- Flat rope, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit. Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are made by sewing together a number of ropes, making a wide, flat band. Knight. -- Flat space. (Geom.) See Euclidian space. -- Flat stitch, the process of wood engraving. [Obs.] -- Flat tint (Painting), a coat of water color of one uniform shade. -- To fall flat (Fig.), to produce no effect; to fail in the intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.

Of all who fell by saber or by shot, Not one fell half so flat as Walter Scott. Lord Erskine.

Flat

Flat (?), adv.

1. In a flat manner; directly; flatly.

Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty. Herbert.

2. (Stock Exchange) Without allowance for accrued interest. [Broker's Cant]


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Flat, n.

1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats.

Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat. Bacon.

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2. A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand.

Half my power, this night Passing these flats, are taken by the tide. Shak.

3. Something broad and flat in form; as: (a) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. (b) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. (c) (Railroad Mach.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car. (d) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions.

4. The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.

5. (Arch.) A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself<-- an apartment taking up a whole floor -->.

6. (Mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal. Raymond.

7. A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull. [Colloq.]

Or if you can not make a speech, Because you are a flat. Holmes.

8. (Mus.) A character [♭] before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.

9. (Geom.) A homaloid space or extension.

Flat

Flat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flatted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flatting (?).]

1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.

2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress.

Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. Barrow.

3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

Flat

Flat, v. i.

1. To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fal to an even surface. Sir W. Temple.

2. (Mus.) To fall form the pitch. To flat out, to fail from a promising beginning; to make a bad ending; to disappoint expectations. [Colloq.]<-- = to fall flat -->

Flatbill

Flat"bill` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

Flatboat

Flat"boat` (?), n. A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

Flat-bottomed

Flat"-bot`tomed (?), a. Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.

Flat-cap

Flat"-cap` (?), n. A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; -- hence, a citizen of London. Marston.

Flatfish

Flat"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectid\'91; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.

Flat foot

Flat" foot` (?). (Med.) A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.

Flat-footed

Flat"-foot`ed, a.

1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.

2. Firm-footed; determined. [Slang, U.S.] <-- catch flat-footed = catch unprepared -->

Flathead

Flat"head` (?), a. Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

Flathead

Flat"head`, n. (Ethnol.) A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

Flat-heated

Flat"-heat`ed (?), a. Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

Flatiron

Flat"i`ron (?), n. An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.

Flative

Fla"tive (?), a. [L. flare, flatum to blow.] Producing wind; flatulent. [Obs.] A. Brewer.

Flating

Flat"ing (?), adv. [Flat, a. + adverbial suff. -ing.] With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position. [Obs.] Spenser.

Flatlong

Flat"long (?); 115), adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise. Shak.

Flatly

Flat"ly, adv. In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptori;y; positively, plainly. "He flatly refused his aid." Sir P. Sidney.
He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and without appetite. Jer. Taylor.

Flatness

Flat"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being flat.

2. Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.

3. Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.

4. Want of variety or flavor; dullness; inspidity.

5. Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

Flatour

Fla*tour" (?), n. [OF.] A flatterer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Flatten

Flat"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flattening.] [From Flat, a.]

1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.

2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.

3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.

4. (Mus.) To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch. To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly fore-and-aft of the vessel. -- Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.

Flatten

Flat"ten, v. i. To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

Flatter

Flat"ter (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

2. (Metal Working) (a) A flat-faced fulling hammer. (b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.

Flatter

Flat"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]

1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.

When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered. Shak.
A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5.
Others he flattered by asking their advice. Prescott.

2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

Flatter

Flat"ter, v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise.
If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton.

Flatterer

Flat"ter*er (?), n. One who flatters.
The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. Addison.

Flattering

Flat"ter*ing, a. That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak.
A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they ought be, not as they are. Goldsmith.

Flatteringly

Flat"ter*ing*ly, adv. With flattery.

Flattery

Flat"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Flatteries (#). [OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t.] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke.
Syn. -- Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation.

Flatting

Flat"ting (?), n.

1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out.

2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Gwilt.

3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. Knolles.

4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls. Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no gloss. -- Flatting furnace. Same as Flattening oven, under Flatten. -- Flatting mill. (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints, the ribbon from which the planchets are punched. (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes of ornamentation.

Flattish

Flat"tish (?), a. Somewhat flat. Woodward.

Flatulence, Flatlency

Flat"u*lence (?), Flat"*len*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. flatulence.] The state or quality of being flatulent.

Flatulent

Flat"u*lent (?), a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.]

1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.

Vegetables abound more with a\'89rial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot.

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy.

4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.

He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden.

Flatulently

Flat"u*lent*ly, adv. In a flatulent manner; with flatulence.

Flatuosity

Flat`u*os"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. flatuosit\'82.] Flatulence. [Obs.] Bacon.

Flatuous

Flat"u*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. flatueux.] Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] Bacon.

Flatus

Fla"tus (?), n.; pl. E. Flatuses (#), L. Flatus. [L., fr. flare to blow.]

1. A breath; a puff of wind. Clarke.

2. Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body. Quincy.

Flatwise

Flat"wise` (?), a. ∨ adv. With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.

Flatworm

Flat"worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

Flaundrish

Flaun"drish (? ∨ ?), a. Flemish. [Obs.]

Flaunt

Flaunt (? ∨ ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n.. Flaunting.] [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter, flutter.] To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as, a flaunting show.
You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot.
One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.

Flaunt

Flaunt, v. t. To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

Flaunt

Flaunt, n. Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]
In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.

Flauntingly

Flaunt"ing*ly, adv. In a flaunting way.

Flautist

Flau"tist (?), n. [It. flauto a flute See Flute.] A player on the flute; a flutist.

Flauto

Flau"to (?), n. [It.] A flute. Flaute piccolo ( [It., little flute], an octave flute. -- Flauto traverso ( [It., transverse flute], the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old fl\'96te a bec, with a mouth piece at the end.

Flavaniline

Fla*van"i*line (? ∨ ?; 104), n. [L. flavus yellow + E. aniline.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

Flavescent

Fla*ves"cent (?), a. [L. flavescens, p.pr. of flavescere to turn yellow.] Turning yellow; yellowish.

Flavicomous

Fla*vic"o*mous (?), a. [L. flavicomus; flavus yellow + coma hair.] Having yellow hair. [R.]

Flavin

Fla"vin (?), n. [L. flavus yellow.] (Chem.) A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

Flavine

Fla"vine (?; 104), n. (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.

Flavol

Fla"vol (?), n. [L. flavus yellow + -oil.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.

Flavor

Fla"vor (?), n. [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor, cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob. fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf. Blow.] [Written also flavour.]

1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

4. That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

Flavor

Fla"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flavored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flavoring.] To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

Flavored

Fla"vored (?), a. Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.

Flavorles

Fla"vor*les (?), a. Without flavor; tasteless.

Flavorous

Fla"vor*ous (?), a. Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid. Dryden.

Flavous

Fla"vous (?), a. [L. flavus.] Yellow. [Obs.]

Flaw

Flaw (?), n. [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]

1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak.

2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.

Has not this also its flaws and its dark side? South.

3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs.]

And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden.

4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.

Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton.
Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson.
Syn. -- Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck.

Flaw

Flaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flawing.]

1. To crack; to make flaws in.

The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. Dryden.

2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]

France hath flawed the league. Shak.

Flawless

Flaw"less, a. Free from flaws. Boyle.

Flawn

Flawn (?), n. [OF. flaon, F. flan, LL. flado, fr. OHG. flado, G. fladen, a sort of pancake; cf. Gr. Place.] A sort of flat custard or pie. [Obs.] Tusser.

Flawter

Flaw"ter (?), v. t. [Cf. Flay.] To scrape o [Obs.] Johnson.

Flawy

Flaw"y (?), a.

1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. Johnson.

2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

Flax

Flax (?), n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. Ply.]

1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.

2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and cleaned by hatcheling or combing. Earth flax (Min.), amianthus. -- Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. -- Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. -- Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for bleaching and spinning like cotton. Knight. -- Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it for the spinner. -- Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen manufactured. -- Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the field. -- Flax wench. (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.] (b) A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak. -- Mountain flax (Min.), amianthus. -- New Zealand flax (Bot.) See Flax-plant.

Flaxen

Flax"en (?), a. Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.

Flax-plant

Flax"-plant` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.

Flaxseed

Flax"seed` (?), n. The seed of the flax; linseed.

Flaxweed

Flax"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) See Toadflax.

Flaxy

Flax"y (?), a. Like flax; flaxen. Sir M. Sandys.

Flay

Flay (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaying.] [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle\'a0n; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fl\'be, Sw. fl\'86, Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. ples to tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst tear; perh. akin to E. flag to flat stone, flaw.] To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak.

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Flayer

Flay"er (?), n. One who strips off the skin.

Flea

Flea (?), v. t. [See Flay.] To flay. [Obs.]
He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's skin. J. Fletcher.

Flea

Flea, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle\'a0, fle\'a0h; akin to D. fl, G. floh, Icel. fl, Russ. blocha; prob. from the root of E. flee. Flee.] (Zo\'94l.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix. A flea in the ear, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply, annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. -- Beach flea, Black flea, etc. See under Beach, etc.

Fleabane

Flea"bane` (?), n. (Bot.) One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

Flea-beetle

Flea"-bee`tle (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small beetle of the family Halticid\'91, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

Flea-bite

Flea"-bite` (?), n.

1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.

2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.

Flea-bitten

Flea"-bit`ten (?), a.

1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; -- said of the color of a horse.

Fleagh

Fleagh (?), obs. imp. of Fly.

Fleak

Fleak (?), n. A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.]
Little long fleaks or threads of hemp. Dr. H. More.

Fleaking

Fleak"ing, n. A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Flea-louse

Flea"-louse` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllid\'91, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

Fleam

Fleam (?), n. [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum, phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See Phlebotomy.] (Surg. & Far.) A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet. Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight.

Fleamy

Fleam"y (?), a. Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.]
Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston.

Flear

Flear (?), v. t. & i. See Fleer.

Fleawort

Flea"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds. Loudon.

Fl\'8ache

Fl\'8ache (?), n. [F. fl\'8ache, prop., an arrow.] (Fort.) A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.

Fleck

Fleck (?), n. A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.

Fleck

Fleck (?), n. [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fl\'84ck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.] A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow.
Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.

Fleck

Fleck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking.] [Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fl\'84cka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See Fleck, n.] To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden.
A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.

Flecker

Fleck"er (?), v. t. To fleck. Johnson.

Fleckless

Fleck"less, a. Without spot or blame. [R.]
My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson.

Flection

Flec"tion (?), n. [See Flexion.]

1. The act of bending, or state of being bent.

2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

Flectional

Flec"tion*al (?), a. Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. Earle.

Flector

Flec"tor (?), n. A flexor.

Fled

Fled (?), imp. & p. p. of Flee.

Fledge

Fledge (?), a. [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G. fl\'81gge, fl\'81cke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E. fly. Fly, v. i.] Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

Fledge

Fledge, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Fledged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fledging.]

1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary for flight.

The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves. L'Estrange.

2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering.

Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. Shak.

Fledgeling

Fledge"ling (?), n. A young bird just fledged.

Flee

Flee (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle\'a2n (imperf. fle\'a0h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl (imperf. fl), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan. (Flight.] To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak.
Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak.
&hand; When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?" Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.

Fleece

Fleece (?), n. [OE. flees, AS. fle\'a2s; akin to D. flies, vlies .]

1. The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.

Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. Milton.

2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. -- Golden fleece. See under Golden.

Fleece

Fleece, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fleecing.]

1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.

2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or frand; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.

Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. Fuller.

3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] Thomson.

Fleeced

Fleeced (?), a.

1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. Spenser.

2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.

Fleeceless

Fleece"less (?), a. Without a fleece.

Fleecer

Flee"cer (?), n. One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. Prynne.

Fleecy

Flee"cy (?), a. Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. "Fleecy flocks." Prior.

Fleen

Fleen (?), n. pl. Obs. pl. of Flea. Chaucer.

Fleer

Fle"er (?), n. One who flees. Ld. Berners.

Fleer

Fleer (?), [imp. & p. p. Fleered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleering.] [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide wound.]

1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout.

To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. Shak.

2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.]

Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. Latimer.

Fleer

Fleer, v. t. To mock; to flout at. Beau. & Fl.

Flear

Flear, n.

1. A word or look of derision or mockery.

And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak.

2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.]

A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.

Fleerer

Fleer"er (?), n. One who fleers. Beau. & Fl.

Fleeringly

Fleer"ing*ly, adv. In a fleering manner.

Fleet

Fleet (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeting.] [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fle\'a2tan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. flj&omac;ta to float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. plu to swim, sail. &root;84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]

1. To sail; to float. [Obs.]

And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. Spenser.

2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance.

All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. Milton.

3. (Naut.) To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; -- said of a cable or hawser.

Fleet

Fleet, v. t.

1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. Spenser.

2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy.

Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. Shak.

3. (Naut.) (a) To draw apart the blocks of; -- said of a tackle. Totten. (b) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

Fleet

Fleet, a. [Compar. Fleeter (?); superl. Fleetest.] [Cf. Icel. flj quick. See Fleet, v. i.]

1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble.

In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

2. Light; superficially thin; not penetring deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] Mortimer.

Fleet

Fleet, n. [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fle\'a2t ship, fr. fle\'a2tan to float, swim. See Fleet, v. i. and cf. Float.] A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Hfledge with wings. Milton.

Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch him to the emperor's couShak.